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Osteopathic approach to groin pain in athletes
For this episode, we welcome the highly experienced and respected Dr Nick Brasher. Nick is the owner and principal osteopath at Peak Osteopathy in Hawthorn. For the past 14 years, Nick has also worked as an osteopath with the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood AFL teams.
The focus for this episode is athletic groin pain. Nick draws on his experience working in elite sport and private practice to help us simplify and streamline our approach to this often complex presentation.
Nick discusses:
- Important points to cover in our history taking
- Approach to assessment: palpation, pain provocation, orthopaedic testing, muscle and movement assessment
- The role of movement, co-ordination and biomechanics failures
- Creating and reaching short and long term goals
- The role of manual therapy
- Approach to rehabilitation
- Home management, taping and belts
- Return to sport
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The content discussed in each episode is the opinion of the participants only and should not be used as medical advice.
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In this submission, we focus on how the Scope of Practice Review should aim to achieve affordable and universal access to best-practice health services and value for the consumer and health system. Osteopathy Australia advocates for every Australian to have access to high-quality healthcare and support, regardless of where they live. Australians also deserve to have access to funded osteopathy. This will drive better health outcomes, improve the utilisation of our healthcare resources, and help overcome the inefficiencies in primary care. There is a significant opportunity within osteopathy to leverage existing skillsets and scope of practice to address system inefficiencies and reduce the burden on other health practitioners.