Physiotherapy Fact Sheets

Media releases from Sports Medicine Australia about sports injuries and treatments and general health discussions for our patients' information:

• Beat the Heat
• Boot Camp: Safety of boot camps to be investigated
• Cricket Injuries: Avoid being bowled by injuries this cricket season
• AFL Injuries : Hamstring injuries in the AFL
• Kids & Schoo l: Back toschool - Back to sport
• Kids Bone Health : Let the children play
• Kids Sports Safety: Sports injuries - keeping kids safe
• Martial Arts Injuries: Study takes the kick out of martial arts injury
• Mouthguards & Sports : Wrong choices!
• Obesity: Don't just blame the kids and food!
• Osteoporosis Prevention: Exercise does help prevent osteoporosis
• Pregnancy & Sport : Risks versurs benefits
• Safe Exercise : Enjoy exercise, but do it safely
• Senior Citizens : Why sport keeps you young
• Sports Injury Prevention: National education program launched to prevent injury increase as Austraians are encouraged to exercise
• Tennis Blood Sugar: Guard against falls in blood sugar levels
• Tennis Forehand Forces : Forehand forces
• Tennis Injury Prevention: Preparation, nutrition and hydration: important keys to tennis injury prevention
• Tennis Pain : Work-before stops pain-after
• Tennis Racket Tension: Is racket tension "feel" a myth?
• Tennis Safety Rules : Bigger balls not the answer
• Tennis Shoulder Injury: Big swingers save shoulders in serving
• Tennis Winners : What makes winners
• Winter Sports: Preparation reduces winter-sports injuries