GP Newsletter - Summer 2021

Geelong GP Newsletter Summer 2021 Hospitality | Compassion | Respect | Justice | Excellence

Welcome to your GP Newsletter GP colleagues, As we come towards the end of another year, we’d like to take the chance to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year and thank you for your wonderful support throughout 2021. It’s been a challenging year, however, we admire your ongoing commitment to keeping our communities healthy and well.

Below we have highlighted some of our key achievements of the year and what you can look forward to in 2022.

Take care over the Christmas period and we look forward to seeing you in 2022.

2021: Achievements St John of God Social Outreach supports record number of people in FY2020-21 In a year where community support services have never been more needed and many providers were forced to reduce services or even worse close their doors, St John of God Health Care’s community-based Social Outreach services supported a record number of clients, delivering $24 million of free or low cost services across 67 locations to 6,243 people in need.

In the Media St John of God Geelong Hospital researchers are leading a new study to understand why AFLW athletes experience a higher incidence of ACL injuries than their male counterparts.

The research, which is being led by Dr Stephen Gill, from St John of God Geelong and Deakin University’s School of Medicine, will also look at ways to reduce the risk of injury.

The entire Geelong AFLW football team will be studied over the course of a year to examine their movement patterns and find any connections to ACL injuries.

Data will also be compared to the way the football club’s male player’s move. “There is a lot of interest in injuries to AFLW players at the moment as we are seeing quite a number of women experiencing ACL tears during games,” he said.

“So we want to see how we can intervene to reduce the incidence of injuries through changing things like training, or the strength and conditioning of players. We want to know what works specifically for women.”

Stephen said that the risk of ACL rupture was five to 10 times more likely to occur in women elite-level players than in men.

“By studying AFLW players we will be able to get a comprehensive set of data to understand the biomechanical reasons why knee injuries are occurring more often and what we can do to reduce the risk,” he said.

“An ACL injury can affect your season and may end your career. It will also affect your participation in other activities throughout your life and we know that the risk of needing a knee replacement doubles after an ACL injury.

“So this research will have far reaching impacts for AFLW players as well as the wider community of female athletes and the community.”

The research is the second study into Australian Football injuries to be led by Stephen, who is a physiotherapist and has worked at St John of God Geelong Hospital since 2017. His first study looked at the differences in injuries experienced by men and women in community football.

Meet Our Specialists Dr Tracey Gilchrist

Dr Josh Lin

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Breast Surgery and General Surgery

Tracey is a highly qualified obstetrician caring for women and their families in Geelong, Victoria. Tracey offers personalised, professional and evidence-based care to women with normal and high risk pregnancies.

Josh is a specialist breast, melanoma and general surgeon. Josh has postfellowship expertise in melanoma and skin cancer, as well as both benign and malignant breast conditions. He specialises in oncoplastic breast cancer surgery including therapeutic mammoplasties, perforator flap and implant-based reconstruction.

Referrals:

P: 5222 8858

F: 5221 8372

Referrals:

Consulting Address St John of God Granada Medical Centre Suite 1, Level 2, 88 Myers St Geelong

P: 5222 3044

Consulting Address McKillop Street Specialists 74 Little Myers St Geelong

Dr Sarah Norton Urology Sarah is a general Urologist treating patients with a wide range of urological conditions. She has an interest in laparoscopic and open surgery for uro-oncological cases. She has gained considerable expertise in all modern surgical techniques of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, and laser surgery for kidney stones and prostatic enlargement.

Referrals:

P: 5229 9105

F: 5229 9295

Consulting Address St John of God Granada Medical Centre Suite 3, Level 2, 88 Myers St Geelong

F: 5222 3122

Update On: Services St John of God Geelong Hospital Urology services

St John of God Geelong Hospital Obstetrics Services

Our urologists work with other specialists, registered nurses and allied health professionals to provide holistic care and comprehensive urology services, with a number of specialised procedures and surgeries available. Click here to read more.

Our obstetricians work within a highly skilled maternity care team which includes experienced midwives, neonatal and postnatal nurses, paediatricians and anaesthetists, offering patients and their families individualised, patient-centred care.

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St John of God Geelong Hospital Emergency Services

St John of God Geelong Hospital Outpatient Parkinson’s Management Program

We provide adult and paediatric emergency services to private patients with short waiting times and care provided by experienced nurses, doctors and specialists using the latest technology. Our Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Click here to read more.

Multidisciplinary therapy is vital to the effective management of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Our team of experienced specialist therapists at St John of God Geelong Hospital Outpatient Parkinson’s Program provides an individualised approach via a wide range of treatment options. Click here to read more.