Bio
Sally joined the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre team in 2001. Sally was awarded a first class honours in her under graduate studies at La Trobe University and won the Young Investigator’s award at the Victorian Podiatry Conference in the year 2000. Sally worked in Perth for 18 months before she made the move to OPSMC. It was in Perth that she gained valuable sporting experience working with both the Perth Wild Cats Basketball team and the AIS hockey squad.
Sally completed her Master of Sports Medicine (by Research) at the University of Melbourne in 2010. Her research focused on Achilles tendinopathy and the mechanical behaviour of the Achilles tendon in running athletes. Her main findings were published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. As a result of her research Sally has a special interest in the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy in both elite and recreational athletes.
Sally’s practice interests also include lower limb biomechanics and footwear technology. She has a particular interest in Australian Rules Football, track and field athletics, recreational running and walking and the treatment of children. Sally has worked with a number of sporting teams and organisations including the Victorian Bushrangers cricket team, the Australian Ballet School, Little Athletics Victoria and the PGA. Sally has been the Podiatrist for the Richmond Football Club since 2001 and has more recently started work with the Richmond AFLW team.
Sally’s personal sporting background is track and field athletics for which she represented Victoria as a junior. More recently she completed her first marathon and enjoys long distance walking.
Qualifications
Career Highlights / Affiliations / Associations
- Team Podiatrist – Richmond Football Club AFL and AFLW
Research / Publications
Podiatry Honours Thesis: The effect of two different foot orthoses, flexible and rigid, on ground reaction forces during running, 1998
MSM Thesis: Tendon-aponeurosis strain and clinical features of runners with and without Achilles tendinopathy, 2010
Journal publication: “Mechanical Properties of the Achilles Tendon Aponeurosis Are Altered in Athletes with Achilles Tendinopathy”, Child et al; The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2010, Vol, 38, No. 9, 1885-1893
Professional Conference Presentations
- Poster Presentation – National Sports Medicine Conference (2010)
- Presenter – Post Graduate Certificate in Lower Limb Anatomy (2009 & 2010)
- Presenter – National Sports Medicine Conference (2008)
- Poster Presentation – National Podiatry Conference (2007)
- Presenter – Victorian Sports Medicine Conference (2002 & 2003)
- Presenter – Victorian Podiatry Conference (2000 & 2006)
- Presenter – Perth Podiatry Conference (2000)
FEE STATEMENT AND ONLINE BOOKING
Melbourne Campus Fee Statement
A referral from a general or specialist medical practitioner is not required to see Ms Child. The cost of an initial consultation with Ms Child may be up to $125.00 and patients may be eligible for a Medicare rebate of $53.80. The cost of a standard review consultation (30 mins) may be up to $98.00 and the cost of a long review (45 mins) may be up to $110.00. Patients may be eligible to receive a Medicare rebate of $53.80 for both review types. To receive a Medicare rebate, the patient must have a Chronic Disease Management Plan (previously known as an Enhanced Primary Care Plan) issued by a general or specialist medical practitioner. Private health insurance rebates may be available too, depending on the terms and conditions of the patient’s insurance. Initial consultations are generally booked as 45 minute appointments and review consultations are generally booked as 30 minute appointments unless otherwise specified by Ms Child or if the patient has not been seen by Ms Child for a 12 month period. Please note that in addition to the charges already mentioned, additional fees may apply, for example, for Foot Orthotic Therapy and Shockwave Therapy. Payment of all fees is required on the same day as the appointment. For further information about fees and charges, please contact OPSMC on 1300 859 887.
We do not bulk bill due to inadequate Medicare rebates.
Telehealth Campus Fee Statement
We do not bulk bill due to inadequate Medicare rebates.
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