Ballarat Sports Medicine
Finding the right path with non operative injury management
Ballarat Sports Medicine
Sport and Exercise Medicine Physicians are specialists in the non-surgical management of all musculoskeletal conditions.
They are Fellows of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, to gain their fellowship they have a physician exit exam and many years of experience.
As well as being skilled in the non-operative management of conditions, they are also up-to-date with what surgical managements can also be considered.
Sports Medicine is not solely about professional athletes. It is also about keeping people active and healthy. They can help with childhood & adolescent sporting injuries, recreational and middle-aged athletes. Common conditions treated include:
- Painful tendons (‘tendinopathies’) such as tennis or golfer’s elbow, plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendon injuries.
- Joint sprains and injuries.
- Muscle strains or tears such as hamstrings, or bad ‘corkies’.
- Assessing and managing sports-related concussions.
- Identifying training errors, (over training, or the wrong training), to get athletes back on track.
You can read about treatment options below.
Acute sporting injuries recover best when treated early: we always have urgent appointment spots available on Mondays and Tuesdays.
There are some conditions resistant to treatment, or need urgent surgical attention, in which case your Sports Medicine Physician can arrange an early appointment with the most appropriate surgeon.
Sports Medicine Resources
- Footy First: A training program to prevent leg injuries in community Australian Football
- The Knee Program Recreational Manual (Netball Australia)
- The Knee Program Junior Manual 11 - 14 Years (Netball Australia)
- The Knee Program Elite Manual (Netball Australia)
- The 11+ Complete Warm-up Programme to prevent injuries manual (FIFA Football for Health)
- Sports Medicine Medical Practitioner Referral Guide
- Patient Guide to Sport & Exercise Medicine Physicians
- Cortisone Injections - Patient Information
- Management of Sport-Related Concussion in Australian Football
Useful Information
- Novar Specialist Healthcare
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109 Webster Street
Lake Wendouree VIC 3350 - T | 03 5332 2969
- F | 03 5332 2003
- admin@ballaratosm.com.au
Independent Practitioners
Dr Greg Harris
Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician
- Injury Management
- Sport Injuries
- Overuse Injuries
- Concussion management
- Tendon Injuries
- Non-operative arthritis management
Dr Marta Safavi
Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician (SIMG)
- Concussion management
- Acute injury management
- Non-operative arthritis management
- Sports and musculoskeletal injuries
- Pre and post operative orthopaedic rehabilitation
- Tendon & overuse injuries
Dr Jai Sharma
Sports and Exercise Medicine Registrar
- Osteoarthritis management
- Tendon injury
- Ligament injury
- Ultrasound injections
- Sports injuries
- Bone stress injuries
Treatment Modalities
Autologous Blood Injections (ABI)
Shockwave Therapy
Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis
Iontophoresis
PRP Injections
Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS)
Tendon Treatments
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