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)

Available for appointments

Dr Praet does not take general practice appointments.
He is available as a sport and exercise physician.