FNQ Sports Medicine

08/10/2025

Congratulations to for presenting his research on our Sport & Exercise Medicine clinic at The 10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium in Alice Springs 👨🏻‍⚕️🏥🏝️

Changing the access to specialist Sport & Exercise medicine for rural regions as well as entering the public health system for everyone. Game on! ⚽️🏏🎾⛳️

07/09/2025

Come and join the festivities in what is the final ever bike event (Sunday) BUT the inaugural run event (Saturday) 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Let’s support these awesome local events to showcase why we live in Paradise 🏝️🥳🏅

Share the word!

Read more about the reasons why we have had to make this very difficult decision with a letter from the Festival Director, Bade Stapleton.

05/09/2025

88 Athletes. 1 Collective Goal💥🗣️

A record breaking Australian athletics team is charging into World Athletics Championships as greatness awaits in Tokyo. 💚💛

19/06/2025

24/05/2025

$1mil is not worth risking your health & integrity (not to mention law breaking) by taking substances that aren’t even approved for human use!

It will be a spectacle out of curiosity but it sets a poor example to our athletes and it’s amazing how often we are asked about peptides in sports medicine. Yes, they exist however, they are not regulated (we have no idea what actual ingredients are in them), not approved by TGA, there is no safety profile (Long term risks?) and yes, they are illegal in Australia (& banned in athletes who have antidoping tests too).

Sport Integrity Australia does not support the concept of the proposed Enhanced Games.

We remain committed to upholding the values of clean, fair, and safe sport, and reject any model that encourages or legitimises the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Read our full statement: https://zurl.co/3rW6E

21/05/2025

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24/02/2025

~ 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐬 ~⁣
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𝘍𝘕𝘘𝘚𝘔’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 & 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 ⁣
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Dr Nick has a strong passion for combat and contact sports, as well as weightlifting. He grew up in the UK, where he earned both his medical degree and a degree in neuroscience from the University of Bristol ⁣
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🏈 Nick is currently the Team Doctor for the and their six squads. ⁣
Dr Charalambous will be splitting his time between FNQ Sports Medicine and Cairns Hospital and 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐏/𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 to see patients.  He has private acute injury spots available every week 🤕⚽️⁣
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💪🏻 On a personal level, Dr. Charalambous has competed internationally in Taekwondo, trained in western boxing, currently holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is an avid weightlifter 🏋️‍♀️🥊🥋⁣
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13/02/2025

With junior sport about to kick off, please get to know the latest in youth concussion rules and guidelines! 🤕🤕🏉⚽️🏑🏀

Concussion Management Concussion Management Course Sports Trainer Connect SMA Position Statements Concussion in Australian Sport Concussion is a serious matter, and information regarding its short and long-term health implications continues to evolve, creating a real challenge for those responsible....

12/02/2025

Congratulations to Thefemaleco founder, Libby, on her nomination for making a difference in our community 🤞🏻🙌🏻

👏 Three remarkable Queensland women are among the finalists for the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. Congratulations to Angie Nisbet, Libby…

24/01/2025

🚗 ~ 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 ~ 😎⁣
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A few years ago, when I started at Cairns Hospital, I met a rather keen young Orthopaedic doctor 👨‍⚕️ - who soon saw the light, and decided sports⁣ medicine was more his style 🏑🏉🤿…⁣
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Fast forward and today, we say farewell to my first trainee registrar after two years with FNQSM, as Dr Dougal moves to Brisbane to complete his training 🥹🏖️🚗🌆. ⁣
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As Dougal said, he is currently my BEST (& worst) ever registrar 😂🤷🏼‍♀️⁣
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Good luck with the move and come on back to the heat & humidity when you’re done! (Your wife said so! - happy wife, happy life… just sayin’ 😜🏝️☀️)⁣
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(Don’t worry, Dr Nick will join FNQSM very soon 🥎🥊) ⁣
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19/01/2025

FNQ is no stranger to high heat and humidity 🏝️🥵 (and current heatwaves 🫣😩) but thankfully, most of us are somewhat acclimatized for our bouts of exercise during the summer months (educate visiting friends and family that it is very different up here and take it easier than what they may be used to!!)

Plus, we aren’t under the demands of telecast rights and can do it in the cooler hours of the day… but there’s a lot of science backing these heat policies in sport!

For us, wet ice towels and icy slushy drinks can be great for recovery (as I know how the pool feels like a bath right now 🫣🥵) to help cool your core temperature! Not to mention Aircon, misting fans where accessible…

Be smart and safe in the heat & current heatwave!! 🙌🏻🏝️

The Australian Open introduced a new heat policy in 2019 after years of negative headlines. Here's how it works.