Introduction

The Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport do not provide direct medical advice to members of the public. For medical advice please consult your local doctor or contact the relevant state branch of Sports Medicine Australia or Australasian College of Sports Physicians who will be able to give you a list of sports doctors in your local area.

If you are searching for information on medical topics, the PubMed database may be useful.

This page includes related to sports medicine and injuries in sport.

Links

• Injuryupdate web site provides information on professional sports injuries in Australia.
• Sports injury prevention fact sheets have been set up by the Monash University with Sport and Recreation Victoria and provide information on injury prevention in sport and recreation. Sports covered include alpine skiing, baseball, cricket, cross-country skiing, golf, horse-related sports, running, snowboarding, soccer and softball.
• Sports Injuries - MedlinePlus provides information to help answer sports injury related questions.
• Sports Safety - MedlinePlus provides information to help answer sports safety questions.
• Sportsafe program
• Sports Medicine Wikipedia
• STOP Sport Injuries 

Organisations

• Sports Medicine Australia
• Australasian College of Sports Physicians
• Sports Doctors Australia
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Gatorade Sports Science Institute
• International Federation of Sports Medicine - Federation Internationale de Medecine du Sport (FIMS) is an organization made up of the national sports medicine associations of over 100 countries.
• European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations
• National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom

Did you know?

Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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