FNQ Sports Medicine

Nothing but love for these 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬, under the Port Douglas arch 🐒🥰🏝️🚴🏼‍♂️ at - with the littlest monkey of all in support 🥰🐒🍌⁣
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As slightly biased sponsors, Flynn & I are super proud of your efforts this morning between Port 🏖️ ⏩️ Palm Cove 🏝️ ⏩️ Port 🏖️ 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏻🚴🏼‍♀️⁣
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We CAN NOT wait to see all 14 monkeys hit the range next weekend as part of the to Cooktown 🙈🙉🙊 🚵🏼‍♂️⛰️🚵🏼‍♀️ ⁣
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On a side note, - how bloody good do these kits look! 🥰🔥 Loving for custom kits and all the local support for these local teams and events 🙌🏼💪🏻😍
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Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival
Cardiac Challenge

Goodluck to and the North Cairns Tigers in their Qualifying Finals at Cazalys this weekend 💪🏻🤞🏼🏉⁣
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Go you good thing Scooter! 💪🏻🙌🏼 Hope you’ve got some excess baggage booked for your flight home!

Back-to-back bronze for Scooter! 🙌🥉

Thanks for having me present at your conference in Cairns, all things concussion in adolescents and sport 🤕 Perfect timing to go through the updated guidelines and timeframes for return to learn/sport.⁣
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The more we can educate and get the message out, hopefully the more brains we can “save” from repeated injury and longer term consequences.⁣
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“𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵, 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵”⁣
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National Institute of First Aid Trainers - NIFAT
Australian Institute of Sport

A sports physician’s bread & butter 👩🏼‍⚕️🤕🚴🏼‍♀️🙌🏼

✅ Treat the patient, and not the scan
✅ You don’t need an MRI to diagnose knee osteoarthritis
✅ Surgery isn’t always the answer
✅ Exercise isn’t “bad” for arthritic joints

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And that’s a wrap! 🥳💚🇦🇺💛👩🏼‍⚕️⁣
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It’s been an absolute whirlwind trip and very successful for both the Athletics team but also the Aussie Olympic team 🥇🥈🥉⁣
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It’s been a blast with this awesome High Performance medical team - and don’t mind having our last village supper with a speedy champ 🥈 ⁣
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Here’s to next time! 🔵🟡⚫️🟢🔴⁣ Back to Cairns 🏝️
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~ 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝗪𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 ~⁣
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BRONZED Aussies! How good for Rhyds & Jem to score the goods under the Eiffel Tower 🥉🙌🏼⁣
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With Jemima collecting her second medal at , that puts her alongside Australian Athletic Royalty 🇦🇺👸💚💛 ⁣
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Stoked to be part of this amazing team with 4.5 more days to come! ⁣
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~ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 ~⁣
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Working with the A-team for Aussie Athletics ⁣🇦🇺👩🏼‍⚕️
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🟣 Getting purple mondo trackside for the decathlon final night⁣
🟢 Watching the final 1500m decath effort after a hectic two days of comp and ⁣
🟡 100m Women’s Final with 70,000 boisterous French supporters (the stadium noise is insane!!)⁣
🔴 Keeping up-to-date on Nina’s Pole Vault from the warm-up tent….⁣
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Aussie Aussie Aussie 💚🇦🇺💛⁣
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~ 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 ~⁣
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Sharpening up our Olympic looks with my counterpart, Dr Paul Blackman, in Montpellier before we head into Paris 💚🇦🇺💛🇫🇷👩🏼‍⚕️🩺👨‍⚕️⁣
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𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐲(𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡) 👩🏼‍⚕️🇦🇺🇫🇷⁣⁣
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When your mum has a cool job… but she has an even cooler employer - which means you get your first passport stamp at 4 months of age… Life is pretty sweet 👶🏻✈️🌍⁣⁣
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Love that I have been given the opportunity to bring Flynn (& Zach) along for the ride 🥰 Sure, he won’t remember a second of this 🫣 but memories for life for us! Massive appreciation also to my husband for his role in getting us here 🥰🥰🥰 I may not be an Olympic athlete but this is still a life dream!⁣ 💚🇦🇺💛⁣
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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
ACSEP Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians

~ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 ~⁣
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Living our best life in Montpellier (staging camp), with the countdown on until the Opening Ceremony and the start of Track & Field in week 2 🇦🇺☀️🇫🇷👩🏼‍⚕️⁣
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Any of my Cairns (or rural/regional) medical colleagues (including students!) interested in coming to the ACSEP Conference in Melbourne (October), check out this awesome scholarship to help cover costs 🙌🏼✈️🏝️🤞🏼

ACSEP is proud to offer the Dr Geoff Thompson AM Rural/Regional Junior Doctor Scholarship to support an Australian regional/rural medical Student or junior doctor with an interest in Sport and Exercise Medicine, to attend the 2024 SMA & ACSEP Scientific Conference.

The scholarship is offered in recognition of the significant contribution ACSEP Fellow Dr Geoff Thompson AM, has made to rural and remote medicine throughout his career.

This scholarship has been made possible through funding support from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care's Specialist Training Program.

For details on how to apply, follow the link here 👇 https://ow.ly/L6lP50SBXCT

How good for Cairns AND Women’s sport 🏝️🙌🏼🤞🏼👩🏼‍⚕️ Love this vision!!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆!

🏅 Today, Cairns Regional Council proudly endorsed a vision to establish our city as the “Preeminent Destination for Women’s Sport in Australia.”

The vision seeks to transform the city into a vibrant hub for women’s sports by leveraging our significant sporting infrastructure, international airport, ample accommodation option and attractive climate.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟱 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀:

1️⃣ Partnerships: Collaborate with government, community groups, and local champions.

2️⃣ Infrastructure: Enhance facilities for women’s sport and recreation.

3️⃣ Events: Work with stakeholders to identify and attract elite event’s

4️⃣ Promotion: Highlight Cairns’ unique attractions to national and international teams and athletes.

5️⃣ Community Activation: Inspire young athletes and celebrate local heroes.

Cairns is on track to become a vibrant hub for women’s sport!

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month - a potentially deadly tumour that can mimic a musculoskeletal injury - not saying we scan every injury looking for these nasties but it can be in the back of our mind, especially if that pulled muscle seems to be dragging on 👩🏼‍⚕️🩻🩹🚴🏼‍♀️

So don’t ignore that injury if it just doesn’t seem right!

Kaela wrote her first sarcoma symptom off as a pulled muscle, and experts say her experience isn't uncommon Many sarcoma patients like Canberran Kaela Graham-Bowman have similar diagnosis experiences, with the complex nature of the rare cancer making identification particularly challenging.

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Thankyou Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc. for having me along to chat to the high performance squads about all things swimming and medical 👩🏼‍⚕️🏊🏼‍♀️🏊🏼‍♂️🏅⁣⁣
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As an athlete, it’s important to train both in and out of the water, activation for injury prevention, learning mindset and how to deal with “fails” (what even IS a fail?! 🤔), deep breathing and being part of a team sport! 💚🇦🇺💛⁣⁣
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Pretty impressed with how good the framing looks of the Pan Pacs 2018 shirt, now that it’s found a deserving home - just in time for Paris2024 🙌🏼🏝️⁣⁣
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Last minute FYI - on tomorrow night! Register online 💪🏻🥳

Are you a female player or involved with females teams?

Learn about Breast injury management on Tuesday 2nd July.
Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_SB056_60msbRQ6m_jwAlCM9dLCp1TX-zYLvTWk2CTE/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true

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QLD Independent Secondary Schools Rugby League (QISSRL) is the largest independent school-aged Rugby League competition in Australia⁣
🏉 60 teams (48 males, 12 female)⁣
🏉 Over 1,000 young athletes (16-18yo)⁣
🏉 Over 150 games of footy across a week⁣
🏉 6 games played simultaneously at any one time (makes medical coverage interesting!)⁣
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Dr Dougal Middleton oversaw the Medical team, with two other Cairns-based docs, Dr Naomi & Dr Seb 👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️⁣ ke
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A busy week certainly deserves some after-hours time off - with the Girls Grand Final doubling as the State of Origin Women’s curtain-raiser (Yes QLD for clinching the first 3-game series 🙌🏼🩷)⁣
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~ 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧 ~⁣⁣
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Good luck to all competitors in the 2024 IRONMAN in Cairns today! The conditions are forecast to be mint 🙌🏼 🌅🏝️☀️⁣⁣
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You’ve trained for this so enjoy the Palm Cove swim (croc-free 🤞🏼), take in the best road and view up to Port Douglas and the esplanade loops of Cairns 🏖️🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🏃⁣⁣
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Team FNQSM will be switching it up this year as Medical Director for the event so whilst we would love to see you, we are very happy to see you, killing it out on course and not in the tents! 👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️⁣⁣
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~ Men’s Health Week ~

Most men, by their own admission, avoid/don’t seek medical attention probably as quickly as they should and perhaps don’t look after their own health as well as possible 🫣

A novel approach to heart disease management by Curtin University has used the AFL clubs and footy drills as a way to link the two - sport & health! 🫀👨🏻‍⚕️🏉

It doesn’t matter HOW you move, regular exercise could just save your life! ⚽️🏄🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♂️🏏

AussieFIT (“Aussie Fans In Training”) - see article link for more info! Or to register your interest for future programs (did I say, FREE!)

https://www.aussiefit.org

The Limbic An Australian football-themed health behaviour change program might improve engagement in physical activity and healthy eating among men with cardiovascular disease and an interest in sport, a feasibility trial suggests. Called the ‘Aussie Fans in Training’ (Aussie-FIT) program, the intervention...

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Good luck to all the swimmers taking part in the 1.5km or 3km Quiksilver Green Island Swim today as part of the program 🐠🐠. The conditions look perfect and why we live up here in paradise 🌅🏝️🤩⁣⁣ IRONMAN in Cairns
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𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵. ⁣⁣
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This year, the FNQSM team will be covering the main event on Sunday instead 👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️ so hopefully our skills are not needed 🫣🤞🏼 (but ready if so!) 🏊🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️🏃🏅⁣⁣
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Front, back AND middle page for Grant Scooter Patterson 🙌🏼🏊🏼‍♂️ Wishing our Cairns local superstar all the best this week at Paralympic trials (& Coach Herbie too!)🤞🏼🤞🏼🇦🇺💚💛

🚨Update - nailed a QT in his 50m Breaststroke heat swim 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

FNQ Regional Swimming Association
Central Cairns Swimming Swimming Australia Cairns Postrn

Even the best get nervous! It’s learning how to use those nerves to your advantage rather than being trapped by them 🤯 It takes practice and sometimes even the help of a sports/performance psychologist to realise nerves can be your friend… whether it’s Olympic trials, your first race, exams or even that sought-after job interview, you aren’t alone 💪🏻

'I was just dead silent': Australia's best swimmers on overcoming the paralysing fear of nerves Nervous energy cackles through the Brisbane Aquatic Centre ahead of the Australian Olympic trials, and nobody is immune from its effect.

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Medical Doctor (4-6 years of medical school + internship + junior doctor residency)⁣ (MBBS/MD)⁣
📚 4+ years of Specialist training with ACSEP (as a Registrar)⁣⁣
= Sport & Exercise Physician (FACSEP)⁣⁣
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Most people would know us as the sporting team doctor ⚽️🤽🏼‍♀️- on the sideline with football or travelling to the Olympics... but we don’t just work with the Elite Athlete! In fact, most of our day-to-day work is with ‘Weekend Warriors’ and social athletes 💪🏻🚴🏼‍♂️🏊🏼‍♀️😎⁣⁣
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In a nut-shell, think of us as a combination of:⁣⁣
🩻 Orthopaedics (non-operative)⁣⁣
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💊 General Practice (GP)⁣⁣
with a hint of all other medical specialities thrown in wherever exercise can be involved (ie: diabetic athlete, training with hypertension, impacts of medication and exercise, pregnancy, altitude and underwater, concussions etc) 🤰🧠🫀👣🧜🏼‍♀️👨🏻‍🦽‍➡️🏝️🏔️⁣⁣
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So we can help diagnose & manage your injuries and even some medical conditions where exercise may impact/need tweaking! We work WITH your allied health provider (physio, osteo, ex phys, chiro etc) to get you back on track - multidisciplinary medicine at its finest 🙌🏼🤩⁣
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Celebrating all things running!! ⁣
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It’s been nearly a year since my last “race” and half marathon - but I think Master Flynn has been a good excuse for sitting on the sidelines 🤰👶🏻 especially with in 2 weeks (FOMO) but happy to get back into it now!! 👣💪🏻🏃🏼‍♀️⁣
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Some people love to run 🥰 and others hate it 🥺. It’s always tough to get started so best to take it easy and slow to help prevent any injuries (like bone stress or tendinopathies/overuse) 🤕 ⁣
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It’s also VERY common to see runners have poor and weak glutes (butt muscles) - even though they may run marathons 🫣🍑 so starting some of these at home, with your physio or at Pilates can save your butt (literally)!⁣
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is a great place to start if you’re a bit hesitant - it’s a safe 5km run (or walk - !) and you can NOT come last (someone volunteers to be last!!). Every Saturday, 7am (in QLD) or 8am and it’s FREE! 🏅🌍🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏻‍♂️⁣
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We might be heading into Rd8 for Men’s and Women’s but just to recap, Dr Dougal Middleton has helped forge a new role with North Cairns Tigers AFL as their inaugural 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 👨🏻‍⚕️🏉🏆 (𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦)⁣⁣
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This is a role we see with our elite level & national teams so why not implement a similar role in our local, grassroots and aspiring leagues! Athletes are athletes, no matter where we live 💪🏻🏝️⁣⁣
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Coming from his own recent ACL injury, and medical training as a Specialist Sport & Exercise Medicine Registrar, it’s a match made in footy heaven! ⁣⁣
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Come on Tigers 🐯💛🖤 Bring on the 2024 season⁣ 🙌🏼⁣
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☃️ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝗪𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 ❄️⁣⁣
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Or in our case in Cairns, yay for no rain?! ☀️ but definitely yet to see winter arrive here 🤔🏖️⁣⁣
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So instead, 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 to when Dr Kira hit the snowboarding slopes of Zhangjiakou for the Beijing Winter Paralympics instead 🏂🇦🇺👩🏼‍⚕️ Even in the midst of COVID (so very few photos without a mask 😷 as that was forbidden unless basically eating or exercising!), it would have to be one of the best tours she’s been a part of 🥰 ⁣⁣
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How good that even being based in the tropics can lead to amazing jobs in the snow! Snow-bunny at heart ⛷️ Count-down is now on until Milan-Cortina!⁣⁣
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