MONDAY NIGHT INJURY CLINIC

The Sports Injury Clinic holds a regular Monday night injury clinic. Between 6pm and 8pm clients can receive injury management from the weekend’s activities at a reduced rate, phone 9783 9990 anytime on Monday to secure your time. Our Physiotherapist will assess, treat and direct a rehabilitation program for your players’ immediately as well as an active management plan to avoid spending more time than is necessary the on sidelines. On the day of assessment our physiotherapist will contact and report to the injured players coach or manager by phone or email to report findings and outcomes. You will also have immediate access to Sports Medicine Doctors for assessment and investigations if required. A Monday night injury clinic session is fully covered by your private health fund with no gap to you, or in the event you don’t have private health insurance the cost is $20.

Drink Up, Beat the Heat during sport and activity.

Dehydration and heat stress = poor performance

Avoid heat stress and poor performance by adequate fluid replacement during your sport or activity.

• Exercise in hot or humid weather will result in additional fluid loss and increase the risk of dehydration
• Even small degrees of dehydration will cause a decrease in exercise performance
• Dehydration contributes to fatigue and may make you susceptible to cramps, heat stress and heat stroke
• Players, umpires, coaches, officials and spectators can be affected by heat
• Children are at much greater risk of heat stress.

Drink Up using the following measures

• Drink plenty of fluids
• Don’t wait to feel thirsty, thirst is a poor indicator of fluid needs
• Although water replaces fluids, sports drinks (containing 4-8% carbohydrate and small amounts of electrolytes) provide:
  • Additional energy from carbohydrate which can delay fatigue and enhance performance, especially during prolonged events
  • Salts (electrolytes) which aid the rehydration process
• Flavoured drinks such as sports drinks and low concentration cordial, as a result of their taste, may encourage fluid consumption more than plain water
• Cool fluids may be absorbed more rapidly than warmer fluids.

Your Drink Up routine

• Avoid starting exercise dehydrated. Drink plenty of fluids for several hours prior to exercise
• If you are well hydrated you should be able to pass a good volume of clear urine in the hour before exercise
• Drink at least 500ml (2-3 glasses) 1/2 to 1 hour before exercise
• Drink at least 200ml (1 glass) every 10-15 minutes during exercise
• During exercise take advantage of all breaks in play to drink up
• After exercise drink liberally to ensure you are fully re-hydrated.

How much fluid do I need?

You can assess your fluid requirements by weighing yourself before and after exercise.

• 1kg lost = 1 litre of fluid deficit
• 2kg lost = 2 litres of fluid deficit
• Aim to keep these fluid losses to a minimum by drinking before, regularly during and then after exercise
• Sweating and fluid losses continue after exercise. After exercise aim to replace at least 1.5 times the amount of fluid deficit, measured at the end of exercise.

Other ways to Beat the Heat

• Wear light clothing - light in colour, light in weight
• Wear a hat
• Wear a 30+ sun-screen to prevent skin damage and skin cancer
• Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes.

Symptoms of heat injury or heat stroke

It is important that you are aware and react quickly to the following symptoms of heat injury.

• Fatigue
• Nausea
• Headache
• Confusion
• Light headedness.

Beat the Heat Emergency Plan

• Lie the victim down
• Loosen and remove excessive clothing cool by fanning
• Give cool water to drink if conscious
• Apply wrapped ice packs to groins and armpits
• SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

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MOVING MARCH 2008

Dear valued customers, we are please to inform you that we will be moving to much larger and more convenient premises in the future. Although we are moving, it is only 20meters to the right. Currently, we are located at 361, the new location will be at 365-367 Nepean Hwy, Frankston. The new premises will have more treatment rooms, larger rehabilitation studio and pilates facilities as well as much more easily accessible car parking spaces.

A PRO-ACTIVE 2007 FOR YOUR CLUB

The Sports Injury Clinic gives you tips and offers services that can help your club be pro-active in preparation on the training track and ultimately lead to improved performance on the field.

Ground conditions affected by the drought are just one of the challenges we face during 2007 in getting your players up to peak condition.

However, with The Sports Injury Clinic’s AFL approved programs and player management systems, we can implement effective strategies for your club in a structured and pro-active way, 7 days a week.

Some of the concerns coaches consistently raise with us include injury reoccurrence, non structured training nights and rehabilitation programs.

The Sports Injury Clinic can address all these issues positively, working within your current club infrastructure.

What can we do for your club?

Assistance 24 hours a day

Your club will have access to an on-call physiotherapist who will give immediate assistance for players, coaches and trainers 24 hours a day. Just call 1800 351 421 for on-the-spot advice.

Exercise Physiology

The Sports Injury Clinic’s qualified Exercise Physiologists can come to your club and conduct specialist training sessions. They can also assist with structuring your training year based on prior knowledge of football injury and best outcomes. Exercise physiology sessions are also available on-line for your club during training and specialist injury sessions. (i.e. Hamstrings, groins, quads, knee/ankle injury.)

Injury Updates

You will receive 20 Injury Updates per year which will give you facts and information regarding certain injuries for use by coaches and players.