Physiotherapy and Telehealth
You may have noticed this week that I have been performing Physiotherapy with Telehealth using telephone and zoom as a way of exercising social distancing but still continuing essential care for patients.
You may have noticed this week that I have been performing Physiotherapy with Telehealth using telephone and zoom as a way of exercising social distancing but still continuing essential care for patients.
One of the most common questions we hear in our practice is “Why should I see a Sports Physician? I walk the dog and do the gardening”, or “I’m 70 and haven’t played sport since I was 16.”
Last week you may have spotted Dr Greg Harris and Luke Blunden from the Sports Medicine team at Ballarat OSM supporting the Road Cycling National Championships.
With the horrific bushfires currently burning in New South Wales and Victoria many athletes and sporting organisations have been monitoring the smoke and air conditions and considering if athletes should be training or competing.
It had felt a long time coming, but here we were in Wellington, New Zealand, moments away from kick off in our round 1 opener. Western United Football Club was about to be inaugurated into the A-League….
Recent newspaper articles discussed whether using ice for acute ankle sprains was actually useful for recovery. The article suggested that all we thought about using RICE (“Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation”) was wrong, or at least not really helpful.
The most satisfying part of working as a Sports and Exercise Medicine Registrar is that I can help people find a pathway to becoming more physically active. Often times, an injury or a medical condition is getting in the way.
The team at Ballarat OSM have been out supporting Ballarat Basketball this week and providing Sports Medicine coverage at the Australian under 14 national club
In sport, we know that a perfect preparation often equals a perfect performance. Unfortunately poor preparation usually equals poor performance and injury often stands in the way of things in sport.
In Sports medicine we very commonly treat painful, inflamed tissues such as joints, bursas, tendons or tendon attachments to bones