Diana Robinson is a Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician with over fifteen years of clinical experience ranging from elite athletes to your everyday recreational exerciser.She was awarded the Fellowship of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP) in 1995.

Diana is currently the Chairman of Training for the ACSP and has been a member of the Board of Censors, responsible for academic standards of the College, for 6 years.

In the past, Diana’s experience with athletes is extensive. Diana was appointed as Australian Team Doctor for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games working at headquarters, as well as with the Australian Women’s Hockey team, the Australian Rugby Seven’s Team, the Australian Track Cycling Team, and the Australian Judo team. She was the Medical Director of Triathlon Australia 1993-2002 and the elite team doctor from 1992 – 2001. She sat on the International Triathlon Unions’ (ITU) Doping Commission from 1995–2000 and played a number of roles within the ITU Medical Commission. In 2000 Diana was the Medical Director for the Men’s and Women’s Triathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, as well as athlete care doctor for athletics. She was also the Medical director of the Uncle Toby’s Surf Life Saving Series and the Devondale Women’s Series for more than three years, and the medical director of the Triathlon Grand Prix and Formula One professional races.

Diana is an accredited international Women’s Tennis Association (WTA Tour) doctor,for many years, as well as other international tournaments. She worked with the Australian Sailing Team in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. In addition, Diana has worked with gymnastics, ballet, rugby league, and was the Chief Medical Officer for Warringah Rugby club for 6 years.

Diana’s other achievements involve working on the NSW Ministerial Taskforce for Women in Sport (1996-8) and particularly with the Active Girls Role Model Program aimed at curbing the sport drop-out rate by teenage girls.

As an author Diana co-wrote the Sports Medicine Australia Position Statement: the Benefits and Risks of Exercise During Pregnancy, as well as co-authoring a number of papers and original research articles published in peer reviewed journals and/or presented at major conferences.

Diana’s interest and expertise include issues affecting the exercising woman, including pregnancy, menstrual disorders and disordered eating behaviours. She has an expertise in dealing with all issues relating to the endurance athlete, particularly with regard to both acute and overuse injuries, and the medical problems that affect these athletes. As a sports physician she has an expertise with musculoskeletal injuries, particularly those of the lower limb, but more recently has developed a keen interest in that of posture, low back pain and truncal stability.