FNQ Sports Medicine

14/12/2025

Iron deficiency is all too common for a lot of our athletes - get checked and let’s treat it to get you to peak potential!

Zara Walters felt tired, dizzy and unable to recover from training sessions — then she found out she was low in iron. It's a condition that often goes undiagnosed, especially in female athletes.

15/11/2025

Congratulations to Dr Will Stockley, on presenting his clinical audit on rural and remote Sports & Exercise Medicine within and the scope for outreach clinics - at Annual Conference this weekend.⁣
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“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.”⁣
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Dr Will Stockley was also the 2025 Dr Geoff Thompson Rural Scholarship Recipient (left) having grown up in Nhulunbuy Gove NT ➡️ attended medical school at and more recently ➡️ worked as a resident doctor at … 🏝️ so it’s fitting he will be an trainee Registrar in Cairns in 2026. 🙌🏻🌏

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15/11/2025

Welcome to the Sports Medicine family, Dr Will! See you at FNQ Sports Medicine & Cairns Hospital in 2026 🙌🏻

ACSEP Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, but it’s a fantastic Conference and I’ve learned a lot. I’ve felt very welcomed, coming from a rural place and not knowing anyone, apart from my two great bosses up in Cairns, and two Registrars that I’d met previously.

“The opportunity to present was also fantastic. I talked a little about the rural and remote work that we’re doing up in Far North Queensland and a little about my previous work up in the Torres Strait, and thinking about how we can implement Sports Medicine in the remote settings.”

- William Stockley, 2025 Dr Geoff Thompson Rural Scholarship Recipient.

It’s been terrific to have three of our 2025 Scholarship Recipients are here with us on the Gold Coast, experiencing the Registrars Conference, as well as the Annual ACSEP Scientific Conference and engaging with the College community.

Left to Right: William Stockley, Dr Geoff Thompson Rural Scholarship Recipient, Osita Isichei, ACSEP Indigenous Scholarship 2025, Pasifika Recipient, Bailey Lacey-Rameka, ACSEP Indigenous Scholarship 2025, Māori Recipient.

07/11/2025

Upskilling at - just casually injecting some hormones (water) to my free-range chicken 🍗💉🩸👩🏼‍⚕️😂

Jokes! But yes, learning and practicing ultrasound guided injection techniques to add to the skill set for our patients. Handy to do at the time of consult for answers and then hopefully, immediate (or at least quick) benefits to get you back doing what you need to do 💪🏻

08/10/2025

Congratulations to for presenting his research on our Sport & Exercise Medicine clinic at The 10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium in Alice Springs 👨🏻‍⚕️🏥🏝️

Changing the access to specialist Sport & Exercise medicine for rural regions as well as entering the public health system for everyone. Game on! ⚽️🏏🎾⛳️

07/09/2025

Come and join the festivities in what is the final ever bike event (Sunday) BUT the inaugural run event (Saturday) 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Let’s support these awesome local events to showcase why we live in Paradise 🏝️🥳🏅

Share the word!

Read more about the reasons why we have had to make this very difficult decision with a letter from the Festival Director, Bade Stapleton.

05/09/2025

88 Athletes. 1 Collective Goal💥🗣️

A record breaking Australian athletics team is charging into World Athletics Championships as greatness awaits in Tokyo. 💚💛

19/06/2025

24/05/2025

$1mil is not worth risking your health & integrity (not to mention law breaking) by taking substances that aren’t even approved for human use!

It will be a spectacle out of curiosity but it sets a poor example to our athletes and it’s amazing how often we are asked about peptides in sports medicine. Yes, they exist however, they are not regulated (we have no idea what actual ingredients are in them), not approved by TGA, there is no safety profile (Long term risks?) and yes, they are illegal in Australia (& banned in athletes who have antidoping tests too).

Sport Integrity Australia does not support the concept of the proposed Enhanced Games.

We remain committed to upholding the values of clean, fair, and safe sport, and reject any model that encourages or legitimises the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Read our full statement: https://zurl.co/3rW6E

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24/02/2025

~ 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐬 ~⁣
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𝘍𝘕𝘘𝘚𝘔’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 & 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳 ⁣
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Dr Nick has a strong passion for combat and contact sports, as well as weightlifting. He grew up in the UK, where he earned both his medical degree and a degree in neuroscience from the University of Bristol ⁣
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🏈 Nick is currently the Team Doctor for the and their six squads. ⁣
Dr Charalambous will be splitting his time between FNQ Sports Medicine and Cairns Hospital and 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐏/𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 to see patients.  He has private acute injury spots available every week 🤕⚽️⁣
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💪🏻 On a personal level, Dr. Charalambous has competed internationally in Taekwondo, trained in western boxing, currently holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is an avid weightlifter 🏋️‍♀️🥊🥋⁣
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