News & Information
FIFA Women’s World Cup Series – The groin strain
FIFA Women’s World Cup coming to Australia The world will be watching Australia and New Zealand as both countries host the biggest sporting event scheduled
2023 Australian National Basketball Championships
2023 Australian National Basketball Championships ‘Motivating and preparing players in difficult climatic conditions with high levels of fatigue in a high pressure elite competition environment
Avoiding Narcotics
With the improvements in rapid recovery surgery using multimodal therapy, we’ve audited our tramadol usage, which has been accepted for publication in ANZ Journal of Surgery.
Ballarat Basketball Partnership
Ballarat Sports Medicine have again partnered with Ballarat Basketball to support the Mens’ and Womens’ Ballarat Miners teams for the next two years. The extension
Exercise Physiology and Myotherapy is coming to Ballarat Sports Medicine
Grant McKechnie BEd(PE), DipM(RM), AdDip(Myo), GradDipHSc(ExRehab), MAppSci(Research), ProfCert(Pain NeuroSci/Edu) Ballarat Sports Medicine is very excited to announce that Grant McKechnie is joining the team of practitioners
Ballarat Sports Medicine’s New Registrar
Ballarat Sports Medicine has a new Sport and Exercise Medicine registrar, Dr Jai Sharma. Jai manages to combine many passions in life – medicine, sport
Ballarat Sports Medicine has a new physiotherapist
Simon Lewis has recently joined both Luke Blunden and Peta Johnston as a physiotherapist Ballarat Sports Medicine, increasing physiotherapy availability. Simon’s journey towards physiotherapy began
Sports Medicine – Why Do Native Anterior Cruciate Ligaments Fail?
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries can be catastrophic in pivoting sports such as AFL, soccer and netball.
Obesity and hip replacement
A new study published demonstrates hip replacement surgery fixes pain and improves walking both in obese and non obese patients, but the obese group are more likely to need walking aids at ten years.