Sports Injury Physiotherapy in Adelaide
Injured playing sport? We work out what it is, treat it, and get you back when your body is ready, not just when it stops hurting.
- Who it helps
- Weekend players and serious athletes with ankle, knee, hamstring, shoulder or groin injuries.
- What happens
- A proper diagnosis first, then treatment and strength work aimed at your sport.
- Back to play
- Based on tests of strength, hopping, sprinting and landing, not on how it feels.
- Cost
- $98 first visit. Health fund claims on HICAPS. Evening appointments to 7pm.
Your visit, step by step
Find out what it is
We separate the look-alikes, such as a calf strain from pain coming from the back, and tell you if a scan is needed.
Treat and rebuild
Hands-on treatment, then gradual loading. Dry needling, shockwave or pool work where they fit.
Test before you return
Strength against the other side, plus hop, cut and sprint tests, so you go back ready.
Often helps with
- Ankle sprains
- Hamstring and calf strains
- Knee injuries
- Shoulder injuries
- Groin and hip pain
- Achilles and shin pain
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Meet the team you will see
Every appointment is with one of our own AHPRA-registered physiotherapists. See their background, the conditions each of them focuses on, and how they approach your assessment and treatment.
Common questions
How soon should I see a physio?
Within a few days for most injuries, and sooner if it stops you walking or sleeping properly.
When can I play again?
When you pass strength and movement tests, not just when it feels fine. Going back too early is the most common reason an injury comes back.
Do I need a scan?
Most sports injuries do not. If yours does, we will say so and write to your GP.
Do I need a referral?
No. You can book yourself.
Read more about sports injuries
We assess and treat sporting injuries and take them through to return to play — not to the point where it stops hurting, which is usually several weeks before the tissue is ready for the thing that injured it.
Injuries we see most
- Ankle sprains, including the recurring ones that never quite settled the first time
- Hamstring, calf and quadriceps strains
- Knee injuries — ligament, meniscus, patellofemoral pain, jumper's knee
- Shoulder injuries from throwing, swimming and overhead sport
- Groin and hip pain in kicking and change-of-direction sports
- Achilles and shin pain in runners
- Lower back pain in rowers, cricketers and gym lifters
Getting the diagnosis right first
A calf strain and a referred pain from the lower back can feel similar to the person carrying them and need entirely different treatment. So can a groin strain and a hip joint problem. The assessment exists to separate those, and to identify what made you vulnerable — a training load that jumped, a movement pattern, a previous injury that never fully rehabilitated.
Where imaging or a medical opinion is needed, we will say so and write to your GP. Most sports injuries do not need a scan; the ones that do, need it promptly.
Return to play, properly
Feeling fine is not a criterion. Returning to sport should be based on what you can actually do — full range, strength compared with the other side, the ability to hop, cut, sprint and land without compensating — tested rather than assumed.
The most common reason for a repeat injury is returning on symptoms rather than on capacity. Getting through that last stage properly is unglamorous, and it is the part that decides whether you are back for the season or back in six weeks' time.
What treatment involves
Hands-on treatment to restore movement and settle pain, progressive loading to rebuild the tissue's tolerance, and sport-specific work to bridge the gap between the clinic and the field. We also use dry needling and shockwave therapy where they fit the problem, and hydrotherapy when land-based loading is not yet tolerated.
Evening appointments are available, which matters when training and work take the daylight hours.
Book an appointment
Ready when you are — no referral needed, and it takes about a minute.
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