Southern Districts Sports Physiotherapy

04/11/2025

Come say Hello !
After 25 years in Sylvania Waters, we are settling in to our new premises at SMI, 545-549 Kingsway, Miranda.
Purpose built professional consulting rooms and a full commercial gym to fully rehabilitate your injuries.
Call 95253444 for an appointment.

23/09/2025

We are relocating !
After 25 years in Sylvania Waters, we will be moving back to Miranda.
Effective Monday, 29th September, Mark Jock Edgar will continue to provide consultation and treatment services to patients at the Sports Medicine Institute, 545-549 Kingsway, Miranda.
While our existing phone number will continue to work, please call 95253444 to book an appointment.

03/10/2024

Congratulations to one of our patients Neve on her outstanding results at the State athletics carnival last week.

Congratulations to Neve Jenkins on achieving the following results at the CHS State Athletics carnival:
Gold U16 100m Hurdles
Gold U16 4 x 100m Relay
Bronze U16 200m
Bronze U16 100m
Well done Neve. We are very proud of you. ⭐

24/04/2023

We will remember them.

10/02/2023

NECK PAIN

Neck pain is globally one of the leading causes of healthcare spending and is a condition we see regularly in the clinic. Neck pain can be due to a multitude of factors:

• Muscle pain and/or spasm
• Headache
• Facet joint pain
• Nerve pain
• Referred pain

Added to this other factors such as age, levels of stress, previous injury can all add and exacerbate an individual's neck pain experience. Knowing this, it is our role as physiotherapists to discern the potential driver/cause of an individual’s neck pain but to also recognize when these additional factors could be exacerbating someone’s pain experience.

03/02/2023

THE 5 R's OF CONCUSSION

For returning to play following a concussion the 5 R’s is a simple principle to remember.

Recognise – Identifying that a concussion has taken place on the field.

Remove – Remove the player from the sport or physical activity they're undertaking. Following a concussion, decision making is impaired so the player can be disoriented, this adds to the potential of further injury to occur.

Refer – refer for assessment to a doctor or sports doctor who is trained in diagnosing and the management of concussions.

Review – follow a graded return to play program, initially building physical activity and intensity and finishing with a return to full training. Review and reassess with the doctor or sports doctor who completed the initial assessment for clearance to return to play.

Return – A player must be symptom free through all stages of the graded return to play and be medically cleared before returning to play.

27/01/2023

CONCUSSIONS
Following on from last weeks post our first topic is something that is increasingly a talking point in the sporting field, concussions.

Now a concussion is when damage is caused to the brain when it comes in contact with the skull. This can happen one of two ways, as either a direct blow to the head (a high tackle, fall down the stairs), or indirectly (whiplash).

Symptoms can continue to persist for up to 2 weeks following injury even longer in adolescents. Common symptoms include: blurred vision, dizziness, nausea/vomiting, loss of consciousness and headaches just to name a few. A full list of symptoms can be found here: https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player-welfare/medical/concussion/concussion-guidelines. If you have any of these symptoms you shouldn't continue playing and cease activity until they resolve.

Next week we’ll look into the process of recognising, removing and returning to play following a concussion.

18/01/2023

WELCOME BACK

Welcome to 2023 from the team at Southern Districts Sports Physiotherapy.

This year we’ll be looking to get an informative post about conditions we typically see in the clinic out on a weekly basis. Over two posts we’ll outline the condition and provide some helpful tips on treatment and recovery.

We are going head to toe on this one, so stay tuned.

24/12/2022

BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAY PERIOD

From everyone here at Southern Districts Sports Physiotherapy we wish you all a joyous and safe festive period.

We'll be closed from today the 24th and returning on Tuesday the 3rd of January.

See you in the New Year 🎁🎄

14/10/2022

FACTS ABOUT ILLIOTIBIAL BAND (ITB) SYNDROME

- It's the most common cause of lateral knee pain

- It's caused by the compression of structures underneath the bands insertion

- Increases in training load and loss of hip control and strength are two of the main reasons for development.

04/08/2022

Big congratulations to Nathan Lawson on representing Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Nath a current Southern Districts player helped Australia to fourth in the Men's Rugby 7's.