Clinical services · Specialty team
Sports physiotherapy focuses on the prevention, assessment and management of injuries related to sport and exercise, along with the rehabilitation required to safely return an athlete to training and competition. Our sports physiotherapists work with athletes across all levels — from grassroots weekend competitors to NSW State and national representative teams — using evidence-based assessment, hands-on treatment and structured, criteria-based return-to-sport programs. We focus not just on resolving the current injury, but on identifying contributing factors to reduce the risk of re-injury.
What you'll understand
You'll leave knowing what
caused it, not just what it is
Most sporting injuries have a contributing cause — a training load spike, a movement pattern, a strength deficit. Treating the tissue without addressing that is how athletes end up back in the clinic with the same problem next season.
- What you injured and how badlyThe structure, the grade, and what that means for your season.
- What contributed to itTraining load, technique, previous injury, strength or mobility deficits.
- What return-to-play criteria you have to meetMeasured targets rather than a number of weeks.
- How to manage loadTraining load principles you can apply yourself, in and out of season.
- What re-injury risk looks likeThe realistic numbers for your injury, and what lowers them.
- What to do next timeEarly management in the first 48 hours makes a measurable difference.
Our model of care
Settle. Build. Sustain.
The same three stages we use across the practice, applied to this service — all of them inside Equip.
Stage 1
Settle
Acute management, accurate diagnosis and a clear picture of the season ahead. Pain and swelling brought under control quickly.
Stage 2
Build
Progressive loading toward sport-specific demands, with strength, power and change-of-direction work measured against criteria.
Stage 3
Sustain
Return to training, then competition, with a prevention programme and load management you maintain yourself.
Equip — what all three are for
An athlete who understands their own load management makes better decisions in the six months after discharge than any programme we could write for them.
Conditions we treat
What we treat
Achilles Tendinopathy
- ACL, PCL, MCL and LCL sprains and tears
- Ankle sprains (lateral and medial)
- AC joint injuries
- Shoulder instability and dislocation
Muscle strains
- Hamstring strains
- Quadriceps strains
- Calf strains
- Groin and adductor strains
- Hip flexor strains
Tendon and overuse injuries
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Patellar tendinopathy (“jumper’s knee”)
- Proximal hamstring tendinopathy
- Medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints)
- Iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome
Joint, cartilage and bone
- Meniscal tears
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Labral tears (shoulder and hip)
- Stress fractures
Concussion
- Sports-related concussion assessment and graded return-to-sport and return-to-learn management
Return to sport
- Post-ACL reconstruction return-to-sport programs
- Post-fracture and post-surgical return-to-sport rehabilitation
- Recurrent and chronic ankle instability
- Osgood-Schlatter disease and Sever’s disease in adolescent athletes
The team
Seen by every physiotherapist on our team
This is core physiotherapy caseload rather than a sub-specialty, so every physiotherapist across the four clinics sees it. Book at whichever clinic is closest to you.
23 physiotherapists
Across Blacktown, Norwest, Penrith and Westmead. Whoever you see for this will have it as core caseload.
Where to find us
Available at these clinics
Book with our sports & exercise team
Book online, or call and ask for this team.