Dr Andrew Aldous is passionate about sports and sports medicine.
Since completing his undergraduate medical degree in 2008 at the University of Melbourne, Andrew now loves working at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Geelong.
“I can watch two flies walk up a wall,” he says.
“Anything to do with sport and activity gets my interest turned on and as such it was a natural progression to want to work in the field.
“It allows me to work within a team environment and with patients that are generally very motivated to remain active and to help themselves, essentially our patients are the best! It also allows me to travel with teams that I support which is a great perk.”
Andrew is the current Collingwood Magpies netball doctor, was the AFLW doctor for Collingwood in its inaugural year in 2016/17 and is the current AFL academy doctor.
It’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about sports medicine.
“I love the variety in my daily work life,” he says.
“I get to help manage elite athletes with their week to week demands of games, training and travel.
“However this is only a small proportion of my work, the majority of my day is getting to help motivated patients get over their hurdles and back exercising to achieving their individual goals, no matter how large or small they may be.
“The other thing I love is the challenge of working with a client on an issue that is troubling them when there isn’t a simple explanation. The most rewarding experiences often take the most effort”
Andrew says Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre has amazing practitioners with incredible experience across a huge variety of sports.
“My colleagues are the head doctors of many national sporting bodies and are always available to offer advice when asked,” he says.
Find Olympic Park Sports Medicine Clinic at 30 Bellarine St, Geelong or go to opsmc.com.au.
