Dr Sharron Flahive (Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Dr Sharron Ruth Flahive
- Qualifications
- FACSP 2004
- MBChB University of Otago 1986
- Occupation
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Female
- Medical Specialties
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Links
- http://www.stadiumclinic.com.au/
- Phone
- 02 9409 0500
Dr Sharron Flahive is the current Chief Medical Officer for the Waratahs, Sharron is the longest serving member of the Waratahs staff looking after the team for more than 15 years!
Pain from injury is seldom discerning. In time, neither the young nor the old outwit its unwelcomed embrace. It greets the genders with the precision of utmost political correctness. Weekend warriors, elite and professional athletes are all welcomed with equal enthusiasm. Not being able to exercise or work due to pain from injury is frustrating to us all ... irrespective of whether you are an recreational walker or a budding professional athlete.
Dr Sharron Flahive may have wide recognition from her long term involvement with the NSW Waratahs but her work transcends the sporting spectrum from the first time or recreational sportsperson to the professional athlete. Her speciality is being able to assist all patients return to fitness and to resume normal participation in their work and life without pain and dysfunction (irrespective of their level of activity).
Patients of Sharron will note two features of her treatment. Firstly, that each patient is an individual that needs to be managed on an individual basis. Secondly, some patients do require further specialist investigation. It is the identification of the very best specialist medical talent for that patient's particular ailment in a timely manner that is critical. In all instances, a carefully calibrated management program designed for the individual and managed by the best medical care is what makes the difference in a patient making their best possible recovery. She transfers the principles of elite athlete injury prevention and rehabilitation to recreational athletes of all ages.
Sometimes once a diagnosis is made treatment may simply involve advice on activity modification and maintenance of fitness while the injury heals. Other injuries may require guided treatment including further conservative treatment or possibly surgical referral. Conservative treatment may include directed physiotherapy, massage,osteopathy or chiropractic treatment or referral to Podiatrist.
Sharron has a passion about well-being, health and injury prevention. She has been involved in screening of athletes for many years and believes the same principles can be used with recreational and non-exercising individuals prior to commencing exercise if your overriding belief is that 'exercise is medicine'.
Dr Sharron Flahive is a specialist Sports Medicine consultant having gained fellowship of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians in 2004 and being awarded the college medal for highest achievement in her fellowship exams. She was also the first female Sports Physician to be appointed to a professional rugby union team in 1999 when she was appointed as the NSW Waratah Chief Medical Officer. She has retained this role with the NSW Waratahs since the date of that appointment.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Sydney Stadium Medical
- Stadium Orthopaedics
Practice Locations
NSW
- Sydney Stadium Medical
- Address
- Sheridan Building
Ground Floor
Moore Park Road
Moore Park NSW 2021
Australia
- Phone
- 02 8323 6500
