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.)

Monday Night Injury Clinic

The Sports Injury Clinic holds a regular Monday night injury clinic between 6pm and 8pm, no appointment is required. Our Physiotherapist will assess, treat and direct a rehabilitation program for your players immediately as well as an active management plant to avoid spending more time than is necessary the 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.

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.

THE SPORTS INJURY CLINIC ANNOUNCES ITS 2007 RESEARCH INITIATIVE
The utilisation of Real Time Ultrasound (RTUS)

In collaboration with Monash University Physiotherapy Department, The Sports Injury Clinic will be researching treatment options in the treating knee pain using RTUS. We have utilised data collected over a 2 ½ year period and will be assisted by Professor Jenny Keating (Head of Monash Physiotherapy Department) and selected physiotherapy honour students. We look forward to reporting our finding to you.

SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT OF ANKLES

INJURY UPDATE 3. APRIL 2007

Injuries to the ankle (predominately sprains) are especially prevalent in weight-bearing sports and activities, account for 10-30 percent of all sports injuries. Even uncomplicated ankle sprain can have residual problems including pain, tenderness, swelling, mechanical, and functional instability, and risk of recurring injury.

The physiotherapists in our practice treat a variety of athletes and can help your patients with ankle injuries to regain strength, mobility, balance and coordination.

Physiotherapists carry out research-based clinical tests to reliably identify which part of the ankle has sustained injury (ligament, joint, etc) and assess impairment, to ensure treatment is specific.

Once Diagnosed, evidence shows that early functional mobilisation (rather than immobilisation) - complemented by medical treatment such as oral and topical non-steroidal medication, prove very effective for acute injuries. Ice, low-level laser and passive joint mobilisation are also beneficial - adequate cooling (ice) following an ankle sprain has been found to reduce pain spasm and neural inhibition, allowing for earlier introduction of more advanced exercises.

Evidence also supports the prescription of a supervised functional rehabilitation program for greater reduction of swelling, faster return to sport and work, and to prevent recuring injury.


Being experts in movement analysis, physiotherapists are highly skilled to review an individual's sporting technique and pinpoint unnecessary and asymmetrical forces acting on the body that might increase the risk of future injury.

Out skills sports physiotherapists understand people and their sports. With expertise in the management of sports injuries, we can get your patients with ankle injuries moving well again, and help them achieve and maintain their best performance.


Of more than five million sports injuries in Australia every year, many are ankle injuries. Evidence shows that physiotherapy plays a critical role in the management of acute injury and the restoration of fill function to the ankle.

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This information was produced by the Australian Physiotherapy Association, PBA - For your printable version click here.