Dr Stephan Praet

MD, MSc, PhD, FEBSM, FACSEP

Dr Stephan Praet (MD, MSc, PhD, FEBSM, FACSEP) is a Consultant Sport & Exercise Physician with over 25 years of international clinical experience across Europe and Australia.

He holds specialist qualifications from both the Australasian College of Sport & Exercise Physicians (FACSEP) and the European Board of Sport Medicine (FEBSM), a PhD from Maastricht University, and an Adjunct Associate Professorship at the University of Canberra
Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE). He is a former Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Physician (2015–2017) and a co-author of 40+ peer-reviewed publications.

Dr Praet has a particular interest in:

Neural Prolotherapy (Lyftogt Perineural Injection Therapy / PIT) for chronic nerve and myofascial pain — one of the few practitioners in the ACT and Illawarra trained in the Lyftogt method
Exercise medicine for chronic disease — type 2 diabetes, cancer rehabilitation, heart failure, long-COVID, and healthy ageing
Sports & musculoskeletal injuries — tendinopathy, concussion assessment and return-to-sport, bone stress injuries
Running medicine — gait assessment, load management, RED-S, marathon preparation

From 1 July 2025, Sport & Exercise Physicians are classified by Medicare as consultant physicians. Significantly higher Medicare rebates now apply with a valid GP referral.

As a former competitive 800m runner (PB 1:51.9), Dr Praet understands firsthand the urgency of returning to sport safely.

More information: www.drstephanpraet.com.au

Specialty interest areas

Running injuries to the foot, lower limb, groin, pelvis and lower back
Concussion management
Bone stress injuries and Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome (RED-S)
Sports nutrition and Nutraceuticals
Medical imaging and treatment of Tendinopathies
Regenerative Medicine of Osteoarthritis and Tendinopathy
Treatment of Myofascial trigger points, and Lyftogt P.I.T. (neuro)prolotherapy (dextrose injections) for chronic myofascial (nerve) pain, osteoarthritis, ligament injuries and TMJ dysfunction
Muscle deconditioning and exercise prescription in chronic illnesses, such as cancer, heart failure, COPD, Long COVID-19, mitochondrial myopathies and type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular risk assessment, heart rate variability and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)