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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.
Trochleoplasty – the new frontier in patella instability treatment
Patella instability once was treated with a knee splint for three weeks, then physiotherapy. That model has been long abandoned, the knee needs to be
ACL Reconstruction – Your surgeon should be considering adding an Extra-Articular Procedure
To decrease reinjury rates and increase return to sport rate – a new paradigm requires consideration of the anterolateral corner of the knee.
Australian National Joint Replacement Registry Report 2022
Australia has been leading the world with its National Joint Replacement Registry since 2000, with every joint replacement and its long term outcome being followed.
Platelet Rick Plasma (PRP) Injections
What is plasma and what are platelets? Plasma is the liquid portion of whole blood. It is composed largely of water and proteins, and it