Concussion is still poorly understood. This article, prepared for parents, coaches and players provides an outline of the symptoms and management.

Have you ever been stuck deciding whether to use heat or cold when something is stiff or sore? Keep in mind that it is always worth contacting your healthcare provider for their professional opinion on treatment options for injuries and other medical conditions.  Most recommendations on the use of heat vs cold are actually based […]

Football season is heating up fast with local association teams training and preparing for their upcoming season whilst Football NSW youth and senior teams are already a few weeks into their season. I think I speak for most people that after the past year we are all very eager to return back to playing sport.  […]

As a you may know, one of our Penrith physios has recently been recovering from a broken collarbone (or clavicle) . Kaelin Moodley was forced out of work for over 6 weeks.  He very generously agreed to sit down with us to share his experience from the other side of the “table”. How did it […]

Going en pointe is a very exciting time in a young dancer’s ballet career.  An important step to making sure you are ready is having a pre-pointe assessment.  Here are some frequently asked questions from both parents and dancers to help you prepare for your assessment! What is a pre-pointe assessment? A pre-pointe assessment is […]

The Touch Trans Tasman 2022 is just around the corner. We asked Steph Cummins, a physio with our Caringbah team, a touch footy rep player AND a member of the 2019 World Cup Medical Team, what she has seen as the most important characteristics of elite Touch Football players. First up she said: “Choose your parents carefully”. Sport geneticists […]

Did you increase your running distance, time or volume during lockdown and now find yourself with outer knee pain? If you have pain on the outside of your knee, the iliotibial band or ITB as it is commonly referred to could be the culprit. The condition, iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS), is the most common […]

Have you ever woken up with your neck stuck and unable to turn or move ? You may have a case of wry neck! What is a wry neck? An acute wry neck is the sudden onset of severe neck pain, it is accompanied by spasm of the neck muscles, causing the neck to laterally […]

There are many growth plate areas that can be irritated in adolescent children.  We’ve written about Sever’s Disease before, another common area is the knee. This condition is known as Osgood Schlatters Disease or syndrome. Osgood Schlatters is a common cause of knee pain in adolescent children who are physically active. Boys are more likely to […]