Alexandra Headland QLD 4572

Hip and knee surgeon for Alexandra Headland.

Professor Daevyd Rodda is an orthopaedic surgeon whose practice is focused on hip and knee replacement. Alexandra Headland patients are seen at the Maroochydore rooms. Maroochy Private Hospital is the next suburb along the coast road.

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Your nearest consulting rooms.

Maroochy Private Hospital
Level 9, 12 Future Way
Maroochydore QLD 4558
(07) 5493 8038, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm

Every consultation is at the Maroochydore rooms, on Level 9 of Maroochy Private Hospital, which is also where Professor Rodda operates. Surgery is at Maroochy Private or at Buderim Private.

A referral is needed for the consultation with Professor Rodda; without one you can start with the practice nurse practitioner, who can provide it. See booking your first appointment for how that works, including telehealth if travel is difficult.

Hip

Hip conditions and procedures.

Hip Osteoarthritis

What it is, what causes it, how it is diagnosed, and why the X-ray and the symptoms so often disagree.

Hip Labral Tear

A tear in the rim of cartilage around the hip socket. Common on MRI, often not the cause of the pain, and important mainly for what it says about the shape of the joint.

Hip Impingement (FAI)

A shape mismatch between the ball and the socket, so the two abut during movement. One of the recognised routes to earlier hip arthritis.

Hip Dysplasia

A socket that is shallower than it should be, so the load from the body is carried over a smaller area of cartilage. A common and frequently missed cause of hip arthritis in younger adults.

Avascular Necrosis

Loss of blood supply to the ball of the hip, causing an area of bone to die and, if it progresses, to collapse. Timing matters more here than in almost any other hip condition.

Trochanteric Bursitis

Pain on the outer hip, tender to press and painful to lie on. Commonly mistaken for hip arthritis, usually not a bursa problem at all, and almost never treated with surgery.

Leg Length Difference

One leg measuring or feeling longer than the other. Common before a hip replacement, planned for during one, and often felt afterwards even when the measurement is equal.

Total Hip Replacement

Replacing the worn ball and socket of the hip with an implant, most often through the anterior approach.

Anterior Total Hip Replacement

Reaching the hip between muscle planes rather than cutting through them, and what that changes in the first six weeks.

Revision Hip Replacement

Replacing a hip implant that has worn, loosened, become infected or dislocated repeatedly.

Hip Resurfacing

Capping the femoral head rather than removing it. Not performed here, and why.

Both Sides: Together or Staged?

When both sides need replacing: together under one anaesthetic, or staged months apart.

Knee

Knee conditions and procedures.

Knee Osteoarthritis

Arthritis simply means any condition causing pain and dysfunction in a joint. Knee arthritis refers to the gradual degeneration and loss of the smooth cartilage lining the knee joint.

Meniscal Tear

A tear in one of the two cartilage cushions inside the knee. The critical question is not whether the scan shows a tear, but whether the tear is a fresh injury or part of an arthritic process.

Patellofemoral Arthritis

Arthritis of the joint between the kneecap and the thigh bone. Produces a distinctive pattern of front-of-knee pain that is worse on stairs and standing up, and is often missed on standard X-rays.

Patellar Instability

A kneecap that slips out of its groove, or feels like it might. Mostly a problem of younger knees, and relevant here for the arthritis it can leave behind decades later.

Knee Ligament Injury

Injury to the cruciate or collateral ligaments. Relevant to this practice mainly for what it does to the knee two and three decades later.

Cartilage (Chondral) Defect

A localised area of damaged joint surface, as distinct from the widespread wear of osteoarthritis. The distinction determines whether repair is possible at all.

Baker's Cyst

A swelling behind the knee, filled with joint fluid. Almost always a consequence of something happening inside the joint rather than a problem in its own right.

Total Knee Replacement

Resurfacing the worn ends of the thigh bone and shin bone, and the kneecap where required.

Manipulation Under Anaesthetic

Releasing scar tissue in a knee replacement that has stopped bending.

Robotic Knee Replacement

Planning each implant against your own anatomy before any bone is cut, then holding the surgeon to that plan.

Muscle-Sparing Total Knee Replacement

Working beneath the quadriceps rather than dividing the tendon, to keep the extensor mechanism intact.

Unicompartmental (Partial) Knee Replacement

Resurfacing only the damaged compartment when the rest of the knee and the ligaments are sound.

Revision Total Knee Replacement

Replacing a knee implant that has worn, loosened, stiffened or become infected.

Knee Arthroscopy

Keyhole surgery inside the knee: where it genuinely helps, and why it does not help arthritis.

Knee Radiofrequency Ablation

Interrupting the nerves that carry pain from the knee, without treating the joint itself.

Kinematic Alignment

Why Alexandra Headland patients are referred here.

The practice is focused on two operations. Professor Rodda performs more than 800 joint replacements a year as at 2026, including more than 500 knee and more than 300 hip replacements, and does not operate on any other joint. Volume in a narrow field is one of the few factors consistently associated in the literature with better outcomes in joint replacement.

Every consultation and every operation is performed personally. Hip replacement is most often done through the direct anterior approach, which works between muscle planes rather than detaching muscle. Knee replacement is planned to your own anatomy using patient-matched instrumentation and robotic assistance, and most often performed through the subvastus, quadriceps-sparing approach.

Not everyone referred needs an operation. Much of the work of the practice is establishing who does, and the hip and knee journeys set out how that assessment runs.

Fees and cover.

Every patient receives a written estimate covering the surgeon, assistant, anaesthetist and hospital before anything is booked. Professor Rodda participates in no-gap arrangements with several health funds. See fees for how the total is made up.

Frequently asked questions.

Where does Professor Rodda consult for Alexandra Headland patients?

At the Maroochydore rooms, Maroochy Private Hospital, Level 9, 12 Future Way, Maroochydore QLD 4558. That is the only Sunshine Coast Orthopaedic Group room he consults from, and it is reached on (07) 5493 8038.

Do I need a referral to see Professor Rodda from Alexandra Headland?

No, not immediately. If you have a GP referral it comes straight to the rooms. If you do not, you can start with a telehealth consultation with a GP or with our nurse practitioner, who can provide the referral. A referral is still needed to claim the Medicare rebate on the consultation.

How long will I wait for an appointment from Alexandra Headland?

The rooms call you within two business days of receiving your referral and offer an appointment within four weeks. Tell the team if your problem is urgent.

Which hospitals does Professor Rodda operate at?

Maroochy Private Hospital at Maroochydore, which is also where he consults.

What does Professor Rodda treat?

Hip and knee replacement only. He does not operate on shoulders, elbows, hands, feet, ankles or spines. Those referrals are passed to colleagues within Sunshine Coast Orthopaedic Group.