Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine deal with many tendon conditions, both with and without surgery. The non operative group includes tendinopathies (e.g. tennis elbow, non insertional achilles tendonitis, jumpers knee) that often settle with rest/blood or PRP injections and a retraining program.
We have extensive experience with boney deformity correction. The most common is a bow deformity just below the knee – this eventually causes pain on the inner aspect of the knee, and arthritis. If we get to it early enough, correcting the deformity fixes the pain, and either slows or stops the onset of arthritis.
Bunions refer to a painful lump over the medial aspect of the great toe, at the metatarsal-phalangeal joint (MTPJ).
Research from Mater Hospital Sydney. Of 748 patients having hip or knee replacement, only 44 patients chose to go directly home. They matched these patients to 44 most similar remaining in rehabilitation. Satisfaction with the surgery was HIGHER in the patients discharged directly home, and the health outcomes were not changed. They concluded that rehabilitation doesn’t help.
Thursday the 31st of August was the official opening of the Ballarat OSM Acute Injury Clinic.
With less than 5 months until the Olympic Winter Games 2018 in PyeongChang, things are getting exciting!
Shoulder Stabilisation – Dislocating shoulders are a distressing, painful problem. There are many shoulder stabilisation treatments, what best suits you?
Sporting teams are successful when all members of the team are doing their job well. Treating sporting and other injuries is exactly the same, and it takes a team of experienced practitioners to get the best outcome in managing your injury.
Ever wondered how footballers manage to play within a week or two after a terrible looking injury?
While Emergency Departments are excellent at deciding if you need urgent treatment for an injury, the majority of injuries are not immediately that serious.