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The Best Expertise

Maintaining the best results requires knowledge and expertise. Our athletes train and so do we, through our professional development program. Meaning that when a practitioner the treats you, they have the most advanced injury care knowledge. Read about what our practitioners are thinking in the injury blogs below.

Australia’s Paralympic campaign begins

The Olympic Games in Tokyo have recently wrapped up with Australia finishing with 46 medals, including 17 gold, equaling our previous...

Three things you should do to beat shin splints

With running events featuring in the back half of the year, such as Run Melbourne (unfortunately postponed!) and the Melbourne Marathon, or even...

Achilles tendon rupture – to surgery or not to surgery, that is the question

Australian heart break: If you were like most of Australia glued to the Olympics over the recent weeks, you may have seen Australian steeplechase athlete Genevieve Gregson suffer...

Climbing up the walls

If lockdown has you climbing up the walls – it’s now an official Olympic sport! If “dyno” and “scorpion” don’t mean...

Why athletes are seeing red spots at the Olympics

It’s official: Australia has capped off its best-ever Olympic Games in the pool after the national swim team claimed a record-breaking...

Andy Murray pulls out of Olympic singles competition: why you shouldn’t ignore muscle niggles 

By CSSM Physio Hugh Feary Sad news for tennis fans: reigning Olympic men’s tennis champion Andy Murray has been forced to...

Olympic injuries: what will the toll be at Tokyo?

The Olympics symbolise the ultimate in athletic achievement. Athletes train their entire sporting lives for the chance of winning gold. This...

Reisstance Training in Youth

Young Guns – Resistance Training for Junior Athletes

In his previous blog post, CSSM Physiotherapist Peter Stath wrote about junior athletes and the potential pitfalls of specialising in one particular sport from...

Preventing Injury from overtraining

New Year! New Me! New Injury? Avoiding Overuse Injuries

So 2019 was great but you want to make 2020 even better!  It is a common theme every time January 1st...

Sport Specialisation in Junior Athletes

Too Much Too Soon – Finding the Balance for Junior Athletes

Sport participation among the youth population is ever-growing. As 2019 slowly comes to an end along with the most recent winter-sport...