This site contains information on injury epidemiology in professional sport and professional information on John Orchard
Muscle and tendon injuries (and their non-surgical management) are what I specialise in during my clinical practice. This includes conditions such as Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee), iliotibial band friction syndrome, groin pain, hamstring tendinopathy, trochnateric pain, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, biceps tendinpathy, rotator cuff tendinopathy, chronic calf and hamstring pain etc. I use treatment methods such as exercise programs, shock wave, PRP (platelet-rich-plasma) injections, ultrasound-guided injections, polidocanol and, only where appropriate, cortisone injections.
I have worked as a sports medicine doctor for the last 20 years, in Sydney (for the last 18 years) and then prior to that at the AIS in Canberra and in Melbourne. I am married with one child and live in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
Muscle and tendon injuries (and their non-surgical management) are what I specialise in during my clinical practice. This includes conditions such as Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee), iliotibial band friction syndrome, groin pain, hamstring tendinopathy, trochnateric pain, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, biceps tendinpathy, rotator cuff tendinopathy, chronic calf and hamstring pain etc. I use treatment methods such as exercise programs, shock wave, PRP (platelet-rich-plasma) injections, ultrasound-guided injections, polidocanol and, only where appropriate, cortisone injections.
I have worked as a sports medicine doctor for the last 20 years, in Sydney (for the last 18 years) and then prior to that at the AIS in Canberra and in Melbourne. I am married with one child and live in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
Sports injury epidemiology, and the relationship between ground conditions and football injuries, are my greatest areas of research interest. I have published over 100 research articles, many of which you can view for free on this website. In the last five or so years, many journals have requested complete transfer of copyright for articles, so many of my most recent peer-reviewed publications can not be downloaded for free.
I practice at The Sports Clinic at Sydney University. I am an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney on most Wednesdays and Thursdays. The reason why I only do two clinic days is because of my work with NSW/Australian cricket and the Sydney Roosters.
Dr John Orchard also provides sports medicine advice in Men's Health magazine.