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The State's sports medicine and allied health professionals are world class and include Dr
Brian Sando, the Australian Olympic Team doctor and 'drugs in sport' expert.
Services range through diagnosis, treatment, orthopaedic surgery, prevention, education
and rehabilitation. These are delivered through sports medicine clinics offering a 'one
stop shop' for athletes and the general community which are unique and world class; and
through purpose built hospitals providing the full suite of sports medicine services and
specialising in orthopaedic surgery.
Sports Medicine Australia is the peak organisation with a multi-disciplinary membership
providing active community education programs to educate the sporting community on injury
prevention and safe sporting policies.
"Sportsmed.SA has become a world leader in
sports medicine treatment, injury prevention and research. It is the largest complex of
its kind in the Southern Hemisphere with over 40 practitioners providing a seamless
integration service from Sports Physicians, Physiotherapists, Surgeons, Podiatrists,
Massage Therapists, Psychologists, Dieticians and Occupational Therapists. We provide
support services to elite athletes including the Australian Track Cycling Team, cyclists
in the Australian Tour Down Under, the Japanese National Cycling Team when they are in
Adelaide for training and Indian cricket captain, Sachin Tendulkar."
Simon Bartold
Podiatry Division Sportsmed.SA |
