At Shannon Clinic – Melbourne Chiropractic and Sports Care, we specialize in sports chiropractic services designed to address and prevent sports-related injuries, enhance performance, and promote overall well-being.
What is sports chiropractic?
Sports chiropractic focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and management of musculoskeletal conditions related to athletic activities. Practitioners undergo advanced training in sports and exercise medicine, equipping them with the expertise to handle a wide range of sports injuries and provide exercise-based rehabilitation.
Our Expertise:
Dr. Nicholas Shannon, our principal chiropractor, holds a postgraduate diploma in sports and exercise medicine from the University of Otago. As a Sports and Exercise Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Chiropractic Education (AICE), Dr. Shannon collaborates with leading sports medicine professionals globally. His extensive experience includes working with elite athletes and contributing to sports medicine research.
Our Approach:
We emphasize a holistic, patient-centered methodology, integrating manual therapies, exercise prescription, nutritional guidance, and training advice to optimize recovery and performance. Our goal is to empower patients to achieve and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle.
Don’t sports chiropractors only treat athletes?
Sports chiropractors do work with athletes across a variety of levels of sports however and most importantly, sports chiropractors work with everyone, athletes, non-athletes, office workers, domestic carer. It does not matter how active you are, a sports chiropractor is well suited to work with you to overcome your complaints.
What do sports chiropractors treat?
Holding advanced training in sports and exercise medicine, a sports chiropractors scope of practice is broader than that of a traditional chiropractor. As such, sports chiropractors will treat the common spinal complaints that present to a chiropractor in addition to this, a sports chiropractic will assess and manage a variety of complaints including but not limited to:
- Extremity joint injuries – shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, hips, knees, ankles, toes
- Soft tissue injuries – muscle strains/tears, ligament injuries, tendinopathy
- Sport related concussion
- Pre/post surgical rehabilitation
- Bone stress injuries
- Workload/training load related injuries
- Cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis
- Exercise prescription particularly in physically inactive and/or individuals with chronic preventable diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity)
Why choose the Shannon Clinic – Melbourne Chiropractic and Sports Care as your sports chiropractic clinic?
Dr. Shannon has extensive experience and training in sports and exercise medicine including a 2-year postgraduate diploma in sports and exercise medicine from the University of Otago. He is a Sports and Exercise Fellow of AICE. He works with world leading sports and exercise medicine doctors, sports cardiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists and physiotherapists across a variety of sports. This includes co-authoring journal papers on a variety of sports medicine related topics. Most importantly though, we are trusted by athletes and performing artists from around the country and world.
You can read more about Melbourne city sports chiropractor Dr. Shannon’s experience in sports medicine following an interview he did for The Age / Sydney Morning Herald which discussed his stint at the IRB Hong Kong Rubgy 7s festival.
Read more about Dr. Nicholas Shannon here
Contact Us:
Visit Shannon Clinic at Suite 9.16, Level 9, 220 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.
- Phone: 03 9041 9783
- Email: info@shannonclinic.com.au
Experience expert sports chiropractic care tailored to your needs at Shannon Clinic.
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