Perth Sports Medicine Blog
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We are proud to offer up-to-date, evidence-based, specialist medical care for Sporting Injuries and Healthcare inactive people. We help our clients achieve goals as diverse as winning Olympic Medals to being able to lift their grandkids. We are one of WA's leading sports medicine centers. Our medical doctors are all specialists and registrars in the field of sports and Exercise Medicine.
Perth Sports Medicine Blog
2y ago
Other than quitting a pack-a-day smoking habit, regular physical activity is the single most effective thing you can do to reduce your risk of cancer. That statement is not based on opinion it is a quantifiable fact. Exercise is safe in overdose and has a lower side effect profile than any medication we know of. If it was a drug, we’d put it in the water supply. If it was a product it would out-sell smartphones ..read more
Perth Sports Medicine Blog
2y ago
Stress fractures are one of the most common sporting injuries yet they’re often misdiagnosed in the critical early stages ..read more
Perth Sports Medicine Blog
2y ago
Certain conditions are more ‘fun’ to treat than others. Ask any GP: aspirating an abscess is full of reward and gratification (actually, to be accurate, it’s full of pus). Someone comes in with something incredibly painful and you’ve got a skill that can offer immediate relief. Managing someone’s blood pressure is a much more thankless task ..read more
Perth Sports Medicine Blog
2y ago
Knees have to perform a pretty difficult task. Three bones have to come together and glide smoothly while being compressed with multiples of our bodyweight. Bone on bone doesn’t glide smoothly but the smooth glide is achieved by two things ..read more
Perth Sports Medicine Blog
2y ago
Other than quitting a pack-a-day smoking habit, quitting a sedentary lifestyle is the single most effective thing you can do to improve your health. That statement is not opinion, it is scientifically supported fact. There is no other health intervention of any sort that has such strong evidence in reducing all-risk mortality and improving quality of life as daily exercise ..read more