News & Information
Concussion Assessment and Treatment
Diagnosing a concussion properly is something only a doctor can do; at Ballarat Sports Medicine we have Western Victoria’s only specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine Doctors with years of experience in team sports.
Elite Sports Physiotherapy & Acute Injury Recovery
Diagnosing a concussion properly is something only a doctor can do; at Ballarat Sports Medicine we have Western Victoria’s only specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine Doctors with years of experience in team sports.
Bracing for ACL Rupture: Too Good to be True?
Injuries to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) of the knee have traditionally been treated with surgical reconstruction, with failure rates reported at less than 2% per year.
Sacral Insufficiency Fracture
Whilst severe pelvic fractures are treated by orthopaedic surgeons in trauma centres, spontaneous sacral insufficiency fractures might be treated by endocrinologists, or rehabilitation physicians. But here are my comments!
Recliners after Surgery?
After surgery, sitting causes blood to sit in your leg veins, with a risk of clotting, it’s better to have your legs up!
Operative or Non-operative Care of Achilles Rupture
Robotic knee replacement surgery has been widely available for some years – and in Ballarat at St John of God, we have three robots to use with three different companies total knee replacement, and some partial knee replacements. Our surgeons using it find it a useful tool streamlining the operation.
Physiotherapy Compared With Shockwave Therapy for the Treatment of Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
Robotic knee replacement surgery has been widely available for some years – and in Ballarat at St John of God, we have three robots to use with three different companies total knee replacement, and some partial knee replacements. Our surgeons using it find it a useful tool streamlining the operation.
Advances in Knee Replacement – Is the robot helping?
Robotic knee replacement surgery has been widely available for some years – and in Ballarat at St John of God, we have three robots to use with three different companies total knee replacement, and some partial knee replacements. Our surgeons using it find it a useful tool streamlining the operation.
AOANJRR milestone – one million hip replacements recorded
The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) has officially recorded its one millionth hip replacement procedure.