In the Media

A sport and exercise physician – and the Roosters’ Chief Medical Officer – Dr Ibrahim likened the halfback’s injury to a motorcycle accident. Talking about Hughes’ injury, Dr Ibrahim told YSA: “It’s hard to tell exactly without seeing x-rays and examining him, but it’s an early return, no doubt about it.”

Listen to Dr Ibrahim and the Hybrid Physio team discuss return to sport, the amazing Cooper Cronk 2018 Grand Final story, advances in sports medicine, PRP & stem cells, how Physio’s and Sports Doctor’s should work together and much more.

Dr Ibrahim said players who suffer a pectoral muscle tear need not worry about any weakness being there permanently.

One of rugby league’s most respected medical experts has expressed concerns that the haphazard SCG turf could lead to injury for NRL superstars like Greg Inglis and Latrell Mitchell.

Roosters doctor Ameer Ibrahim has likened Cooper Cronk’s injury to those suffered in “motorbike accidents” and declared he has not seen a more courageous effort from a sportsman during his two decades in practice.

Roosters doctor Ameer Ibrahim details the insane lengths his staff went to so that Cooper Cronk could play with a broken shoulder blade in the NRL grand final.

DOCTOR Ameer Ibrahim left no stone unturned when looking for a way to get Cooper Cronk onto the paddock on Sunday night. Because looking at the scans, he believed the star halfback had Buckley’s chance to make it.

Watch Dr Ameer Ibrahim, Sports Doctor for the Sydney Roosters, demonstrate with former Sydney Roosters player, Brad Fittler, the Head Injury Assessment (HIA) process an NRL player must go through when a concussion is suspected.

“The premier fractured a vertebrae in his lower back. Sports physician and Sydney Roosters chief medical officer Dr Ameer Ibrahim says the injury is called a transverse process fracture on the lumbar spine.”