The VIS Sports Medicine team is made up of qualified doctors, who are committed to minimising your chance of illness and injury and using their experience to guide you through recovery and rehabilitation for sustainable performance.
Sports Medicine
What is Sports Medicine?
Sports Medicine plays a major role in illness and injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of all VIS athletes. Sports Medicine focuses on the clinical aspects of an athletes’ physical and mental well being. Dr Peter Harcourt coordinates the program and is a resident doctor along with Dr Anik Shawdon, Dr Greg Hickey and Dr Sandra Mejak. Sports Medicine services are available Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday mornings, Thursday and Friday.
How Sports Medicine Helps The VIS Sports Medicine Team assists athletes with:
- Injury Management and Education
- How to avoid and treat injury
- Physiotherapy
- Soft Tissue Therapy and massage
- Nutrition and Healthy eating plans
- Research
The Sports Medicine team ensures an athlete is in peak health to meet the demands of training and competition.
