Twelve9teen Sports Physiotherapy Information

We also provide sports medicine services for: St Joseph's Gregory Terrace - Spring Hill St Margaret's Anglican Girls School - Ascot Padua College - Kedron Brisbane Grammar School - Spring Hill Mount. Alvernia College - Kedron Delta Gymnastics - Brisbane Downey Park Netball- Windsor AIC rugby and GPS rubgy Twelve9teen Sports Physiotherapy for Adolescents is the only Brisbane based sports physiotherapy clinic designed just for teenagers. Not just another physiotherapy chain, twelve9teen is owned and run by Dr Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia, the only specialist sports physiotherapist in Australia who has a sub-specialty in adolescents in sport. Loretta's wealth of knowledge and experience working with elite teenage athletes means that she understands the complexities and intricacies of treating this age group. As stated in Dr Loretta's doctoral thesis, 'adolescence is a specific and unique developmental phase that differs substantially to childhood or adulthood, and is defined by growth and development'. Adolescent sporting injuries contribute to a large proportion of emergency department cases, and it is the leading cause of injury in the 12-19 year age group. It is vitally important to ensure that adolescent injuries are managed appropriately. Here in Australia sport is a way of life, and the peak age for involvement in sport is the adolescent age group, with 75% of adolescents participating in social sport or higher in this age group. These high incidents of sports participation demonstrate just how important it is to have an appropriate specialist sports physiotherapist for adolescent athletes. Over 50% of adolescence reporting musculoskeletal pain and if not appropriately managed in the initial stage these injuries can continue on to cause chronic pain and disability in a persons life. Here at twelve9teen sports physiotherapy we specialise in the elite adolescent athlete as well as the recreational or social adolescent athletes, we have strong ties to sports physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, allied health ...