Dr Inman treats all musculoskeletal injuries, sports or work related injuries. His expertise is in the prevention of injuries, accurate diagnosis and unbiased recommendations of the best treatment pathways to suit the individual.
Dr Inman is not a surgeon, however he provides a balanced view on both the non surgical and surgical pathways available and recommends the best treatment and on-going management for each individual patient. After accurate diagnosis of the injury future treatment and further management options may include physiotherapy guided exercise rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgery, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, other allied health or other specialist as appropriate.
Dr Inman is not a surgeon, however he provides a balanced view on both the non surgical and surgical pathways available and recommends the best treatment and on-going management for each individual patient. After accurate diagnosis of the injury future treatment and further management options may include physiotherapy guided exercise rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgery, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, other allied health or other specialist as appropriate.
Treatments
Dr Inman is very experienced in the specialised use of ultrasound guided Platelet Rich Plasma injections (PRP), Corticosteroid (Cortisone), Synvisc (Hyaluronic acid), Dextrose injections (Prolotherapy) and Shockwave therapy for the treatment of tendon related pain and arthritic pain.
He also has expertise in exercise prescription for the rehabilitation of injuries and general health, especially in those patients with medical conditions and comorbidities and those using a variety of medications.
He also has expertise in exercise prescription for the rehabilitation of injuries and general health, especially in those patients with medical conditions and comorbidities and those using a variety of medications.
Common Conditions Treated
Common conditions treated by Dr Inman include Sports Concussion, Shoulder Pain & Instability, Cervical Spine (Neck) Pain, Lumbar Spine (Lower Back) Pain, 'Tennis Elbow' and 'Golfers elbow', Wrist Pain, Hip, Groin & Buttock Pain, Hamstring & Calf Injuries, Knee Injuries , Ankle Injuries, All tendon related injuries including Patella and Achilles Tendon Injuries, Plantar Fasciitis, Stress Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Child and Adolescent Sports Medicine, including osteochondrosis or "growing pains".
Other Services
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), safe participation and medical clearance for work and sport in school sport, elite athlete programs, the elderly athlete and work related fitness assessments via
Prevention of injuries and illness in Professional/ elite sports programs, Work place/ Occupational setting and school sports programs
Accurate diagnosis and unbiased advice regarding Management and Rehabilitation of injuries including
Other Medical Conditions that relate to physical activity; including exercise benefits, limitations and restrictions in:
Adventure Sport coverage and treatment of:
Medicine for specific populations including:
- Pre-participation medical screening (PPE) and ECG's
Prevention of injuries and illness in Professional/ elite sports programs, Work place/ Occupational setting and school sports programs
- He was the Head Doctor overseeing injury and illness prevention for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Rugby League team, the Australian Rugby Union 7's program, and assistant doctor to the Sydney Swans AFL, and NSW Waratahs Rugby programs
- Expertise in all facets of injury and illness prevention from
- Pre-Participation evaluation and Medical screening
- Biomechanical evaluations
- Injury predictions
- Injury Analysis and Injury Data Collection
- Load management: for minimisation of overuse injuries and rehabilitation
- Recovery scores; completed research on Creatine Kinase measurement in elite Sydney Swans AFL players and prior research in the causes of Muscle fatigue.
- Pre-habilitation and Injury prevention programs
- Injury Rehabilitation
- Medical clearance to return to sport
- Injury recurrence prevention
Accurate diagnosis and unbiased advice regarding Management and Rehabilitation of injuries including
- OA (osteoarthritis), Tendon injuries, Muscle injuries, Ligament injuries and non surgical management of Fractures and Stress fractures.
Other Medical Conditions that relate to physical activity; including exercise benefits, limitations and restrictions in:
- Heart conditions (High blood pressure, Heart disease, Arrhythmia's), Exercise Enduced Asthma and Bronchospasm, Headache's with exercise, Chronic Fatigue, Overtraining and the Immune system, Exercise associated abdominal pain, diarrhoea and bleeding, Exercise related blood in the urine (haematuria)
Adventure Sport coverage and treatment of:
- High Altitude Illness, Diving illness, Heat Illness and Collapse during activity.
Medicine for specific populations including:
- Female athletes , Pregnancy exercise limitations and advice, the 'Female athlete triad' involving inadequate nutrition, menstrual changes, bone health/ osteoporosis risk in female athletes.
- Child and adolescent athletes with 'growing pains' from open 'physes' or growth plates, or avulsions.
- The Elderly athlete: including thorough Pre exercise evaluation, overseeing safe weight loss, diet and exercise programs, and design of exercise programs to suit individual needs and goals within a multidisciplinary team of sports dieticians and exercise physiologists