• Dr Gaylene McKay - Working with the Opals at the Tokyo Olympics

    26 August 2021

     

    Dr Gaylene McKay has been the Opals (Australian Women’s Basketball Team) Physiotherapist for 7 years and travelled with them many times for camps and tournaments. But this year she had the privilege of supporting them in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics!

     

    Now that she’s back in Australia we asked her to spend some of her hotel quarantine time telling us a bit about the experience . . . .

     

    How did it feel to go to the Olympics and support one of the teams representing Australia?

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  • Cooking With Kristen: Raspberry Coconut Muffins

    23 August 2021
    Raspberry Coconut Muffins
     

    Banana bread is so 2020. Whether you’ve run out of things to bake during lockdown or you’re looking for an activity to keep the kids busy (and off their screens), you must give these muffins a try. They’re super easy to make, and don’t contain all the added sugars and additives that your local cafe or supermarket varieties contain. Enjoy these delicious, well-portioned cakes as a pick-me-up between meals or as an evening sweet treat.

     

    Makes 6-8 medium muffins.

     

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  • COVID UPDATE - Still open to provide you with medical care and urgent Allied Health care!

    18 August 2021

    In line with the Victorian Government's recent announcement of lockdown restrictions being strengthened and extended in metropolitan Melbourne, as a health service, we remain open to the public for urgent treatments - but with some additional limitations to what we offer and how. 

     

    Face-to-face appointments continue for:

    -        Sport & Exercise Medicine (Doctors and Registrars)

    -        Paediatric Medicine, and

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  • Last Photos From Tokyo 2020

    09 August 2021

    While Dr Gaylene McKay, our Managing Director and the Lead Physiotherapist for the Opals, is now back in Australia and in quarantine, she did manage to send through a few last pics from her time at the Olympics.

     

    She even rubbed shoulders with a few famous (non-basketball) faces while watching the Boomers vs USA before leaving Tokyo . . .

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  • COVID UPDATE - Still open to provide you with essential care!

    05 August 2021

    UPDATED 11/8/2021

     

    As a result of the Victorian Government's announcement of an additional 7 days being added to the lockdown:

    The current restrictions we have in place will remain until COB Thursday 19 August, unless Government guidelines change.

    Masks are still required on our premises by all, unless exempt, and we remain open to provide essential care.

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  • More Photos from Tokyo 2020

    03 August 2021

    More great photos from the Olympics thanks to Alphington Sports Medicine's Managing Director & Opals Lead Physiotherapist, Dr Gaylene McKay.

     

    The team had a huge win last night in Game 4 against Puerto Rico – let’s hope they can keep that momentum going when they face USA in the quarter finals tomorrow!

     

    #GoOpals!

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