Dr Jennifer Saunders

A/Prof Saunders has worked with Elite National and Olympic sporting teams, has been a lecturer in University of Notre Dame and Sydney University, as well as Private Practice from 1981 to date. Jeni is now local to the Southern Highlands.

Her recent Ph.D studies were in the Diagnosis, Management and treatment of sacroiliac joint injuries (SIJ). She has studied the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections and uses this to treat both the SIJ as well as tendon injuries to the elbow, knee, gluteal insertion at the lateral hip as well as Achilles tendon.

Education

Graduated in medicine at UNSW 1978

Inaugural Fellowship of the Australian College of Sports Physicians 1991

Ph. D University of Notre Dame (Sydney) 2019

   Thesis entitled: “The sacroiliac joint: Clinical correlations of the ligamentous and muscular connections.”

Sport and Exercise Medicine | Management and Treatment of Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injuries | Platelet Ric h Plasma (PRP) injections to treat the SIJ as well as tendon injuries to the elbow, knee and gluteal insertion at the lateral hip, as well as Achilles tendon.