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Ace Sports Clinic Malvern provides tailored treatment for ACL injuries to support proper healing of anterior cruciate ligaments.
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Experience Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation at Ace Sports Clinic Malvern
- Improve your strength and flexibility
- Regain full knee mobility after an ACL tear
- Move freely without pain
- Science-based healthcare
- Get expert advice
- Improve your quality of life
QUALIFICATIONS:
Every practitioner at Ace Sports Clinic Malvern is university-trained and highly experienced in diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating ACL injuries. Whether you’ve suffered a partial or complete ACL tear, are recovering post-surgery, or are managing instability following a previous injury, you’re in expert hands with our ACL physios.
RECOVER FROM A TORN ACL WITH
A TAILORED TREATMENT PLAN
Empowering Freedom of Movement
Is an ACL injury limiting your life or interfering with your sport? Get back in motion at Ace Sports Clinic Malvern.
Personalised, Multi-Disciplinary Care for ACL Injuries
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) plays a vital role in stabilising the knee, especially during pivoting, jumping, and sudden directional changes. ACL injuries commonly occur during sports such as football, basketball, soccer, skiing, and netball, but they can also result from slips, falls, or workplace accidents.
Our comprehensive ACL injury treatment plans are designed to restore full function and reduce the risk of re-injury. Depending on your condition, your tailored program may include:
- Clinical and physical assessments to determine the extent of the ACL tear and any related instability
- Manual therapy and soft tissue techniques to reduce stiffness and promote healing
- Swelling and inflammation management through ice therapy, compression, and gentle mobilisation
- Neuromuscular retraining to restore balance and coordination
- Progressive strengthening of surrounding muscles, particularly the quadriceps and hamstrings, to support knee stability
- Custom exercise programs for mobility, strength, and agility
- Education and guidance on return-to-sport timelines and injury prevention strategies
- Collaboration with our multidisciplinary healthcare team, including physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, and osteopaths, for complete care
Accelerate Your Recovery with Targeted ACL Tear Treatment
Common Symptoms of an ACL Injury
An ACL tear or sprain can cause:
- A popping sound or sensation at the time of injury
- Immediate swelling or pain in the knee joint
- Instability or the feeling that your knee may “give way”
- Reduced range of motion and difficulty walking or bearing weight
- Tenderness along the joint line
- Difficulty bending or straightening the knee fully
- Ongoing weakness or loss of confidence during movement
Types of ACL Injuries We Treat
At Ace Sports Clinic Malvern, we treat all degrees and variations of ACL injuries, including:
- Partial ACL tears, where some ligament fibres are damaged but not completely ruptured
- Complete ACL ruptures, where the ligament is fully torn and the knee becomes significantly unstable
- Post-surgical ACL rehabilitation with structured physiotherapy after ACL reconstruction or repair
- Chronic ACL instability with recurring knee giving-way episodes due to incomplete recovery or previous injury
- Associated injuries, such as meniscal tears or collateral ligament damage that often occur with ACL trauma
Treatment Protocol for ACL Tears
Your ACL physio treatment plan will depend on the severity of the injury, your activity goals, and whether surgery is required. Common stages include:
- Acute Phase: Reducing pain and swelling, restoring basic range of motion, and beginning gentle muscle activation.
- Rehabilitation Phase: Progressive strengthening, balance and coordination exercises, and gait retraining to restore knee stability.
- Functional Phase: Return-to-sport conditioning, including agility drills, plyometrics, and sport-specific movement retraining.
- Prevention Phase: Ongoing maintenance and strengthening to reduce re-injury risk through guided exercise programs.
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ACL Physiotherapy Trusted by the Best
ACL injuries are among the most common sporting injuries, particularly in activities that involve pivoting, landing, or rapid deceleration. They can affect athletes of all ages and experience levels—but with the right support, recovery and return to performance are absolutely achievable.
Physiotherapy remains one of the most effective and evidence-based approaches to ACL treatment. Whether you’ve just sustained a torn ACL, are preparing for or recovering from surgery, or want to prevent re-injury, our Ace Certified Practitioners are here to help you move better, feel better, and live better.
Ace-Certified Practitioners
Our specialists complete advanced training with us prior to becoming an Ace-Certified Practitioner.
About Ace Sports Clinic
Our mission is to inspire high performance through positive and personalised care. We do this by providing the highest standard of care in a full-service, professional and collaborative environment. Focusing on your specific needs, our Malvern team of practitioners work together to provide a positive experience that helps you achieve your goals through effective treatment and rehabilitation of torn ACLs.
Values
Excellence is our DNA
Simply, we believe in providing outstanding care.
Our clinic is based on a set of values that we live by every day:
- Holistic health and wellness incorporating mind, body and spirit
- Positivity, Honesty and Empathy.
- Positivity in our staff creates authentic connections
- We uphold the highest ethical standards – always
- Empathy is in our genes. How we relate to each other and our clients
- Collaboration of a multi-skilled team means better outcomes for our clients.
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Injury & Pain We Treat
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Our Therapies
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is an active, exercise-focused approach to pain, injury and rehabilitation. Our Malvern physiotherapists will get you moving again and improve your strength and flexibility.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a gentle, hands-on approach to pain, injury and prevention. Our Malvern osteopaths will identify the underlying cause, rather than just treating your symptoms so you can move freely.
Exercise Physiology
Exercise physiology analyses the body’s responses to physical activity and how it adapts to over time. Our exercise physiologists work to maximise athletic performance, prevent illness and support recovery.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manipulation of soft tissues of the body including connective tissue, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. Our massage therapists can help with relaxation, recovery and performance.
Clinical Pilates
Pilates is a mind-body exercise that emphasises alignment, breathing, developing a strong core, and improving coordination and balance. It is practised with a qualified instructor on a mat or reformer.
Dry Needling
Dry needling reaches into the muscles releasing deep knots, tightness and tension providing pain relief and improved muscle activation. Visit our Malvern dry needling therapists today and experience better movement.
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Ace Sports Clinic Malvern
6/1 Milton Parade
Malvern, Victoria 3144
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am – 7:00pm
Sat: 8:00am – 1:00pm
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you do not require a referral to see any of our practitioners. Osteopathic practitioners, physiotherapists and chiropractors are primary health care practitioners who can accurately diagnose and manage all musculoskeletal injuries. We work closely with sports doctors and GPs, so are always happy to collaborate with your doctor if you request.
We accept all private health claims which can be processed on the spot. The level of private health coverage depends on your private health insurance plan and some limits for each modality can apply. Because we collaborate as a multidisciplinary team we can help maximise your benefits.
- if its your first visit, please complete all of the applicable forms online prior to your appointment. These forms will be emailed to you. If you experience any difficulties with the forms, please arrive 15-20 minutes before your scheduled appointment time so that we can assist you.
- Bring comfortable loose-fitting clothing to allow for the comprehensive assessment (t-shirt, shorts, running shoes).
- Bring any relevant medical information, copies of scans and reports, doctors’ notes and your current exercise program. These documents can also be emailed to us.
We accept HICAPS, Mastercard, Visa, American Express and EFTPOS. We can process private health claims on the spot so you only pay the gap.
No, but we do accept EPC Allied Health Medicare Plans from GPs which allow us to provide you with a Medicare rebate on your Allied Health Appointment
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03 9824 8001
Ace Sports Clinic Malvern
6/1 Milton Parade
Malvern, Vic Melbourne 3144
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am – 7:00pm
Sat: 8:00am – 1:00pm