Melbourne Chiropractic and Sports Care

The Shannon Clinic based in Melbourne CBD is led by Dr. Nicholas Shannon, a leader and expert in the chiropractic field of sports and exercise medicine. We have extensive experience in general and sports chiropractic care and together with myotherapy services are here to help you recover from and prevent future injuries to keep you active and doing the things you love.

Sports Chiropractic Experts
Dr. Shannon is one of the leading sports chiropractors in Australia and is part of a small elite group of sports chiropractors that have combined theoretical expertise, achieving US and NZ postgraduate qualifications and practical expertise, working with sports medicine physicians and orthopedic surgeons in the USA and New Zealand.
Why Choose us?
The Shannon Clinic – Melbourne Chiropractic and Sports Care provides chiropractic, sports chiropractic and myotherapy services to elite athletes and teams, recreational athletes, office workers and primary home carers. Whether you are an athlete or not through our experience working with elite athletes we understand that a holistic, patient centered treatment approach is what creates the greatest results.
- Experts, leaders and educators in sports chiropractic
- Trusted by elite athletes and teams
- Evidence-based rehabilitation and treatment
- Knowledgeable and experienced practitioners
- Holistic patient centered treatment approach
- We want to see you return to the things you love to do

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Shannon Clinic blog

What's the Key to Better Health HIIT or MCT?
We are often asked by patients which exercise approach is best for them, should it be a high intensity approach either through their own training or part of a group or lower pace longer
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Running Related Injuries - What Do You Need To Know?
Running related injuries (RRI) have remained reasonable unchanged since the early 1980s and range from 17-79%. RRI are the most prevalent reason why runners cease participation with
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Furthering Our Understanding of Injuries In Elite Tennis Players
It is with great pleasure that I can share our paper, “Common and Less Well-Known Upper Limb Injuries in Elite Tennis Players” led by myself and co-authored by my esteemed colleagues
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Sports Psychology - Are You Overtraining, Depressed or Burned Out?
Mental Health and the Athlete Mental health has become a major talking point during the COVID pandemic with feelings of despair, lethargy, hopelessness, low drive which is compounded
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Why Protein is Important to Enhance Athletic Performance
Why is protein important for athletic performance? In sports where power and strength are important, athletes/individuals need lean muscle mass which occurs through a process called
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Are We Returning Our ACL Reconstruction Athletes Too Soon?
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries are devastating injuries that can significantly impact an athlete’s career including ending their ability to return to high level competitive
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