
Sally Child
B Pod(Hons), Master of Sports Medicine
BIO
SPECIALIST AREAS

Biomechanical assessment and footwear technology

Children and adolescent sports injuries

Achilles tendinopathy and other lower limb MSK injuries
2020 – Present
Podiatrist
Richmond AFLW Team
Australia
2008 – Present
Podiatrist
Vixen’s Netball Team
Australia
2005 – Present
Podiatrist
ME Physio
Australia
2001 – Present
Medical Officer
Australian Ballet School
Australia
2001 – Present
Podiatrist
Richmond Football Club
Australia
2001 – Present
Podiatrist
OPSMC
Australia
2000 – 2001
Podiatrist
Perth Wildcats Baseball
Australia
2001 – 2010
Podiatrist
Bushrangers Cricket Team
Australia
2001 – 2005
Podiatrist
PGA Tour
Australia
2000 – 2001
Podiatrist
Western Sports Care
Australia
2000 – 2001
Podiatrist
AIS Hockey Squad
Australia
1999
Podiatrist
Caulfield Hospital
Australia
2011
Master of Sports Medicine
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours)
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
“Mechanical Properties of the Achilles Tendon Aponeurosis Are Altered in Athletes with Achilles Tendinopathy”
The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2010, Vol, 38, No. 9, 1885-1893
“Sally has presented at multiple Sports Medicine Australia and APodA conferences”
2001 - Present
AWARDS

Young Investigator’s award
Victorian Podiatry Conference
2000

The effect of two different foot orthoses, flexible and rigid, on ground reaction forces during running
Podiatry Honours Thesis
1998

Tendon-aponeurosis strain and clinical features of runners with and without Achilles tendinopathy
MSM Thesis
2010
Affiliations
“Richmond Football Club”
AFL and AFLW