A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that a sports injury sustained while playing football make up the largest proportion of sports-related injuries requiring hospitalisation in Australia.
Jarrod Harvey is an amateur Triathlete with aspirations to become a professional within the sport from 2016 onwards. He has been involved in Triathlons since the age of 12 and has competed for Queensland as well as Australia throughout his schooling years. A four-year hiatus from the age of 19 to 23 allowed for the completion of his Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education which is now utilised each day in his position as an HPE Teacher.
Allsports Physiotherapy Indooroopilly has a lot to celebrate. Not only is the clinic marking its 20th birthday, but it has also now moved to brand new premises at 56 Coonan St, Indooroopilly.
Melissa Nolan has earned herself the amazing opportunity of travelling to the Rio Paralympics, and working side by side some of Australia’s most talented Paralympians. Since completing a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) in 2008 and a Bachelor of Human Movement Studies (Exercise Physiology) in 2009 at the University of Queensland, she has worked at Allsports Physiotherapy Camp Hill, where she has been a partner since 2013.
The recent 2016 Allsports Physiotherapy Professional Development Conference at the Rydges Hotel Brisbane brought together physiotherapists and Podiatrists from across the group to explore and discuss the latest developments in musculoskeletal injuries and their treatment.
Founded in memory of Adam Smiddy, a talented physiotherapist and triathlete who passed away to an aggressive melanoma aged just 26, Smiling for Smiddy is an organization that combines a love of the sport with an incredible determination to raise funds for cancer research.
