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Sports-specific Sports Injuries

Unfortunately, one of the downsides of sport is sustaining a sports injury. 

On the flip side, sports injury happens relatively infrequently, so the health and psychological benefits of participating in sport is still much better and beneficial compared to the potential temporary downside of a sports injury.

Luckily, medical care continues to improve every year. Health professionals, such as your sports physiotherapists or sports physician, deal with the day-to-day management of sports injury and are highly qualified in the field of sports injury management. 

If you wish to assess, accurately diagnose and optimally manage your sports injury in the shortest possible time, then you should seek the advice of your sports injury physiotherapist.

To assist you to identify injuries specific to your chosen sport on this website, we have categorised the most common sports injuries specific to your sport.

Simply select your sport from the menu list for specific sports injury information.

  • Acute Sports Injury Clinic
  • Australian Rules Football (AFL)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Horse Riding
  • Kids Injuries
  • Martial Arts
  • Netball
  • Rockclimbing
  • Rowing
  • Rugby League
  • Rugby Union
  • Running
  • Skateboarding
  • Skating
  • Snow Skiing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Squash
  • Ten Pin Bowling
  • Tennis
  • Touch Football
  • Track & Field
  • Triathlon
  • Touch Rugby League (TRL)
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Water Polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Youth Injuries

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