Learn more about the people and services at SPARC

The Sports and Arthritis Clinic (SPARC) is a collaboration of specialist sports and exercise physicians and select allied health practitioners providing world-class sports and activity related musculoskeletal care. SPARC is the first South Australian business to be governed by Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), who are physician specialists in this field. This enables not just the specialist level of knowledge and experience in non-surgical management, but also appropriate integration with our experienced allied health partners.

Our Team

SPARC offers not just a modern fully equipped gym and training site, but also expert integration with our multi-disciplinary team which includes:

Our doctors also maintain an active presence in the community, looking after a wide variety of athletes and sports including:

  • Dr Geoff Verrall
    • Medical director of the South Australia Sports Institute (SASI)
    • South Australia Cricket Association
    • Team doctor Australian Mens Cricket team


Specialty Services


You can expect us to be actively promoting activity and education in the community, and will find our practitioners happy to use their experience to help keep you active, in whatever your goals may be.

From helping you continue playing tennis into your 70’s, dealing with your chronic back pain, non-surgical treatment for your osteoarthritis or completing your first marathon, our integrated team can help guide your through.

We invite you to meet our team and services we offer, and look forward to working alongside you.


Womens Health General Practitioner

Personal Training

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Facebook — April 07, 2024

Forever producing amazing performances! #runningmumsaustralia

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Facebook — April 03, 2024

Meet Dr Georgie Minns,One of our up and coming superstar GPs, Georgie has a focus on women’s health, Sports medicine and much more 🙌. Georgie is practicing at SPARC on Mondays and Fridays!!To learn more about Georgie, jump over to our website:https://www.sparc.com.au/staff/dr-georgie-minns

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Facebook — March 28, 2024

Happy Easter from the team at SPARC. While we are closed over Easter 🐣. For any emergencies over this period please contact reception via email: reception@sparc.com.au and we will get back to you first thing Tuesday 👌

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Facebook — February 27, 2024

Meet Tom! One of SPARC's Physiotherapists with a keen interest in assessment and management of lower-limb ailments!When Tom isn't working with the Sturt football club or helping patients at SPARC, you can often find him, lifting iron with @ryanlewis83 at @sparcupfitness, training with @runasonecoaching or running at his favourite location, the espy at Seacliff!For more about Tom, pop over his Staff profile page!https://www.sparc.com.au/staff/tom-lancaster

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