Dr. Adam Castricum

Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician
MB BS (Monash) FACSP MSpM(Res)
OPSMC

Adam Castricum gained his Fellowship with the Australasian College of Sports Physicians in 2008, after successfully completing 6 years of training in Melbourne and Sydney. He was appointed Chief Medical Officer for Athletics Australia soon after.

His professional areas of interest include athletics, all codes of football, alpine skiing, lower limb injuries, exercise prescription, adolescent injuries, fatigue and vitamin D deficiency in athletes and exercise induced asthma, on which he completed his Masters Research in 2008.

He also performs interventions including ultrasound-guided cortisone and blood injections, extracorporeal shock wave therapy and iontophoresis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Monash
• Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)
• Masters of Sports Medicine by Research (MSpM(Res)) Melb

Involvement With Teams And Events

Current

• Athletics Australia - Chief Medical Officer (2008 - Current)

Past

• World Masters Games, Melbourne (2002)
• Williamstown VFL / Collingwood AFL Football Club (2003)
• Collingwood AFL Football Club (2003)
• Australian U21 Rugby Union Team, World Cup, Scotland (2004)
• Australian Youth Athletics Team, World Youth Championships
  • Marrakech, Morocco (2005)
  • Ostrava, Czech Republic (2007)
• Sydney University Rugby Union team (2005)
• Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Athletics Competition Chief Medical Officer (2006)
• Sydney Swans AFL Football Club (2006)
• NSW/ACT AFL Academy Medical Officer (2006)
• Bendigo Bombers VFL / Essendon AFL Club (2008)
• Australian Youth Athletics Team (2005-2008)
• Australian Junior Athletics Team, World Junior Championships
  • Bydgozcz, Poland (2008)
• Australian Athletics Team, World Championships
  • Berlin, Germany (2009)
  • Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India (2010)
  • World Championships, Daegu, Korea (2011)

  Research

  Masters by Research, Centre for Health and Exercise Medicine,(CHESM) University of Melbourne:
  “The role of Bronchial Provocation Challenge Tests in the diagnosis of Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Swimmers.”

  Published Articles

  "Overuse injuries in Australian Rules Football", Castricum et al; Medicine Today 2007, Vol 8, No 8: 55-58

  View PDF of Article: Medicine Today 2007, Vol 8, No 8: 55-58

  "The role of the bronchial provocation challenge tests in the diagnosis of exercise induced bronchoconstriction in elite swimmers", Castricum et al; British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010 44: 736-740

  View PDF of Article: Br J Sports Med 2010 44: 736-740

  Greatest Personal Sporting Moments

  • 1995 C Grade Reserve VAFA Premiership – Monash Blues
  • 2003 E Grade Tuesday Night Albert Park Winter Indoor Soccer Premiership
  • 2006 Finishing the Sydney City to Surf

  Greatest Professional Sporting Moments

  • 2005 World Youth Athletic Championships, in Morocco, where Australia placed 4th overall
  • 2006 Athletics Competition at Commonwealth Games, including finish to Women’s Marathon
  • 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin - the best result by an Australian team at a major championship, including the remarkable gold to Steve Hooker in the most extraordinary circumstances.