Dr Louise Tulloh

Louise is a fellow of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, having been awarding the college medal (for highest achievement in the fellowship exam) in 1999. Following general postgraduate training including a year in paediatrics and 6 months in geriatric and rehabilitation medicine, she entered the ACSP registrar training program, completing most of her training at Narrabeen Sports Medicine Centre and North Sydney Sports Medicine Centre. Louise has been a partner at NSSMC since1999.

Louise’s team commitments have included Balmain RLJFC (1995), Warringah Rugby Club (1996-1998) and Manly Warringah RLFC (1998-2000). She has performed medical event coverage for short and Olympic course triathlon, 18ft sailing Grand Prix, World Cup Triathlon (Sydney) and the Sydney Olympic Games.

Louise has particular interest in medical concerns of the female athlete (hormonal changes, nutritional deficiency, absent periods and stress fractures) and lectures widely to GP’s, physiotherapists and athletes on this topic. She enjoys working with recreational athletes to maintain their desired level of athletic participation with special regard for knee cap pain and other overuse injuries of the lower limb. 

Publications include:

'Acute Rehabilitation of Sports Injury(Tulloh, Pinczewski and Power. Chapter 30). Textbook of Clinical Pain Management, Hodder Arnold.

 ‘Raised troponin T and echocardiograph abnormalities after prolonged strenuous exercise- the Australian Ironman Triathlon’. Tulloh et al.  Br J Sports Med 2006.

 ‘Review of 64 Bilateral Knee Replacements’. Cross, Harris, Tulloh. Presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the International Knee Society’s Scientific Meeting, Toronto March 1991.