Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine Box Hill, Melbourne

Sport and Exercise Medicine doctors are specialist physicians who have completed medical school, and junior doctor training and then gone on to complete additional specialist level fellowship training in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Sport and Exercise Medicine Physicians are recognized by the Australasian College of Sports Physicians

Sports & Exercise Medicine Physicians Provide:

Specialising in the treatment of athletes and other physically active individuals, they have extensive education in musculoskeletal medicine. SEM doctors treat injuries such as muscle, ligament, tendon and bone problems, but may also treat chronic illnesses that can affect physical performance, such as asthma and diabetes. SEM doctors also advise on managing and preventing injuries.

Specialists in SEM also diagnose and treat any medical conditions, which regular exercisers or sports persons encounter. The majority of a SEM Physicians' time is therefore spent treating musculoskeletal injuries, however other conditions may include unexplained Exercise-induced asthma, screening for Cardiac Abnormalities, Diabetes in Sport. In addition Team Physicians working in Elite Sport often play a role in performance medicine, whereby an athletes’ physiology is monitored, and aberrations corrected, in order to achieve peak physical performance.

Elite & Amateur Sports Medicine Treatment

Led by the Director of Medical Services Dr. Philip Bloom, we bring together an experienced team of Sports Physicians and allied health practitioners.

Our sports physicians are experienced in working with elite athletes as well as non-elite individuals of all ages. They are trained in the use of ultrasound and ultrasound guided interventions, having attended both local and international training programs.

Our focus is to promote and allow physical activity and to help you achieve your goals whether at the elite level or simply to maintain your mobility and a healthy lifestyle into the advancing years.