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Who We Are

Founded in 1987, Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (OPSMC) is committed to providing world-class sports medicine care for everyone, from the elite athlete to all members of the community, enabling active people to remain active throughout their life, for life. To deliver this to patients, OPSMC provides an environment that promotes excellence amongst our practitioners.

OPSMC’s internationally recognised sports and exercise medicine campuses offers patients state-of-the-art facilities, with expert services provided by a multi-disciplinary team of leading practitioners to professional athletes and all members of the public. Through an integrated team of over 70 practitioners, OPSMC provides preventative advice, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to assist you to return to your optimal health, activity and performance.

OPSMC maintains its leadership in the field of sports and exercise medicine across all disciplines through recruitment, training, research and ongoing education for our practitioners is a key priority. Those disciplines include Sport & Exercise Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Cardiology, Physiotherapy, Clinical Pilates, Women’s Health Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Nutrition/Dietetics, Psychology, Remedial Massage Therapy, Myotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Hand Therapy, Compartment Pressure Testing, Cycling ServicesInterventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Real-Time Ultrasound, Shockwave Therapy and a Sports Concussion Assessment Service.

OPSMC’s Olympic Park campus is situated within the world-class Melbourne and Olympic Park Precinct.

Why Choose Us?

We provide a patient-centred multi-disciplinary approach through integrated team solutions to your health, fitness and sporting goals allowing you to quickly and safely return to/improve on your active life.

Our team includes Sport & Exercise Medicine Physicians, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Dietitians, Psychologists, Remedial Massage TherapistsMyotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Clinical Pilates Instructors, Orthopaedic Surgeons & Sports Cardiologists.

From the elite athlete to all members of the community, our campuses provide you with:

  • Multiple specialists across all relevant disciplines providing you with an integrated solution to your health, fitness and sporting goals;
  • Over 70 expert practitioners with experience at all levels of sport, from local to elite teams and international representation;
  • Leading practitioners in their disciplines by prioritising recruitment, training, research, ongoing education and events for our practitioners, including being an Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians educational training facility, and our associations with leading universities including La Trobe University and Deakin University;
  • A team based approach to your personalised management plan using the latest evidence based approaches, patient exercise programs and technology;
  • Specially trained and friendly receptionists who can guide you to the most appropriate service and related practitioner for your individual needs;
  • State-of-the-art facilities including large gym spaces for rehabilitation;
  • Easy access to campuses within Melbourne (Olympic Park) including free two-hour parking at Olympic Park;
  • The first FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence in Australia.

Timeline

1987
Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre established in the Melbourne and Olympic Park Precinct by Peter Brukner and Mary Kinch (Medical and Physiotherapy Directors respectively)
1987
Sports Medicine services provider to Melbourne Football Club
1991
Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP) - Inaugural Fellowship exams held
1991
FC Better inaugural lecture presented by Professor Lance Twomey
1992
Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP) – First Registrar training positions
1993
Publication of Clinical Sports Medicine (first edition) edited by Drs Peter Brukner and Karim Khan
1993
Sports Medicine services provider to Richmond Football Club
1995
Sports Medicine services provider to Monash University
1996
Practitioners operated out of University of Melbourne Sports Medicine Clinic
1996
Sports Medicine services provider to Collingwood Football Club
2000
27th Olympiad Sydney Olympic Games
2004
Sports Medicine services provider to Hawthorn Football Club
2007
20th Anniversary of the establishment of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre
2008
Relocation of Albert Park Campus to St Vincent’s Private Hospital Complex in East Melbourne
2009
Specialist recognition of Sports Physicians by the Department of Health
2010
Building relocation of flagship campus to the new AAMI Park Stadium (Melbourne and Olympic Park Precinct)
2011
Opened Geelong Campus
2013
Recognised as Australia’s 1st FIFA Centre of Excellence
2014
Sports Medicine services provider to Melbourne Victory Football Club
2015
Reached a total of 75 practitioners across all campuses