Background

Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic was established in 1985 as a multi-disciplinary health provider specialising in sports and musculo-skeletal injuries. The growth of Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic is testimony to its success, as it now has over 30 sports medicine practitioners across 9 health sectors. These health services include:

• Sports Medicine
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Physiotherapy
• Clinical Pilates
• Massage
• Podiatry
• Psychology
• Dietetics
• Occupational therapy

Philosophy

Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic aims to provide "Excellence in Sports Medicine," and to satisfy our patient's needs beyond their expectations by providing the highest standard of health care across a range of health disciplines.

We have an unrelenting desire and work ethic to fulfill this aim. In striving for these goals the practitioners have become highly involved in education, and research and development, all in an endeavour to be at the cutting edge of sports medicine.

Education

Practitioners from Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic are involved with educating other health professionals, teaching at universities such as Melbourne University (medical and physiotherapy), La Trobe University (physiotherapy and psychology) and Deakin University (Exercise Metabolism and Sports Injury Prevention). Other teaching is conducted through the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, Sports Medicine Australia, the Australian Physiotherapy and Podiatry Associations, Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation and the College of General Practitioners.