Ballarat Orthopaedics Sports Medicine
BallaratOSM has been a leader in changing services to suit the changing environment
We require our patients and staff to wear masks. If you don’t have your own, a disposable mask is available. If you have a medical or psychological or some other issue making mask wearing impossible, please telephone our receptionist before attending here. Patients without masks will be asked to return to their cars until the issue is agreeably sorted out. A maximum of one support person per patient should also be adhered to.
We are doing face to face consultations. But for patients concerned about coming in, or actually unwell with viral symptoms, we have instituted Telehealth consultations since 16th March. We prefer video, but can telephone for patients without video equipment. Social distancing will be around for some time, so learning how to use smartphones or computers to videoconference is a new skill everyone should learn. For patients that need to be formally examined, or have treatments such as injections, casts, or wound care are treated in line with recommended advice from the Department of Health.
We have altered our usual surgical practices to reflect the current surgical restrictions, incorporating the latest recommendations from Taiwan, Britain, Singapore, and South Korea; balancing the best practices from the most affected locations.
Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy & Psychology are ALSO available by telemedicine
A classic Dr Osler’s maxim that “90{665e1b5b4bb895be4050fcfcb53757b7af48610468dbed1c124bc360ab22ee1d} of the diagnosis is made on the history” comes to mind. The addition of video conferencing adds the ability to assess range of movement, movement quality, swelling or deformity, and with teleradiology we can organise and then review images. Some patients are asking what a physiotherapist can do if not putting their hands on someone. It certainly is a different service but Luke has plenty of experience dealing with international sports teams and athletes. Sometimes the sports doc is in London, athlete in Spain, coach in Melbourne and physio in Buninyong. But it can all be managed with technology!
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