Sports Medicine at Sydney University

Sports Medicine at Sydney University is a medium size practice and part of an inner city non-surgical multidisciplinary sports medicine centre which aims to provide personable high quality sports medicine care in a convenient picturesque location. Practitioners, listed below, collectively have extensive sports medicine experience looking after university students, the general inner city community and elite athletes. Prices for consultations are very reasonable by comparison with other inner city sports medicine practices. 

Location: Cnr. Western Ave & Physics Rd., Main Campus, University of Sydney (see map at bottom of page)

Phone: 02-93518118

Fax: 02-93518123

Sports Physicians and sports medicine doctors:

Dr John Orchard (left, visit John Orchard's site) hours Tues am, Thurs am

Special interests: Muscle and tendon injuries, aprotinin injections.

Dr Grace Bryant (right), hours Wed pm, Thurs pm; Special interests: Olympic sports, netball.

Dr Katherine Rae (pictured, left, attending the Sydney University rugby team), hours Tuesday & Thursday pm, Friday pm

Special interests: rugby injuries, track & field

             Dr Maja Markovic (right), hours Monday am, Wednesday am; special interests: female athletes, paediatric & adolescent athletes.

Please note that during early 2007, Katherine Rae will be absent on maternity leave, although appointments will be available, including bulk-billing for full-time students and pensioners, with sports medicine registrars Will Craddock and Calan Khong. Generally prices for consultations for the general public will be at higher rates than Medicare rebates, although out of pocket costs per consultation are reasonable (e.g. $20-50) - contact reception for further details.

Clinic hours: 8am-5.30pm Mon-Fri

Parking is available on campus, with a small dedicated car park in between the two main ovals (see map below). Please attend front desk for a parking voucher. In times of difficulty finding a parking spot, use the St Andrew's car park on Western Avenue. Buses travel along both Parramatta and City Rds and can get you within 5 minutes walk of the practice. Ralph's Cafe and the Arena Sports Centre are nearby to add to your visit if the mood dictates.

This web page is within the new injuryupdate.com.au website but maintains the historical format of the website in a previous life!

Services available: Sports medicine, physiotherapy, podiatry, massage, acupuncture.

Read a special section on the healing of tendon injuries. Read  Professor Nic Maffulli's view on tendon injuries and Dr John Orchard's Power Point presentation on tendon injuries (2.5 MB). Read about treatment with Aprotinin, cortisone or shockwave therapy.

Read an article from the New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine on the Biomechanics of Muscle Strain injury (.pdf format).

Read about muscle and tendon injuries in footballers (.pdf file)

Read a scientific paper on why muscle strains recur so often.

Visit the OSICS (Orchard Sports Injury Classification System) page.

Footballers used to worry about whether anti-inflammatory tablets were safe to take regularly. Now there is evidence that more people should be taking them because of the benefits. Read more.

See how to perform Achilles tendon eccentric strengthening exercises for chronic tendinopathy

Eccentric exercises can also be used for strengthening the patellar tendon.

To read a scientific summary of groin pain in athletes click here. To read about groin injuries in the AFL click here.

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