Sports medicine in St. Petersburg. 15 years of experience in the treatment of joints and postoperative rehabilitation. Make an appointment with a sports traumatologist at the Department of Sports Medicine at the Health Workshop.
Sports Medicine Center
What Athlete-Specific Illnesses We Treat
Doctors of the Health Workshop clinic treat more than 20 diseases of the joints and spine, including:
Joint injuries can lead to damage to the soft tissues of the joint and its bone part. This leads to the development of osteochondrosis, arthritis, arthrosis, gout.
Sprain is an injury to muscles and tendons that does not compromise their integrity. Stretching occurs when the load on tissues exceeds their elasticity. This is a common sports injury.
A sprain is a tear or complete tear in the connective fibers of a ligament. You can get injured if you slip unsuccessfully, land after a jump, fall on an outstretched leg or arm.
A bruise is a closed injury to tissues and organs without breaking the skin. You can get it when you fall or even at home, hitting the bed.
Back injuries are caused by falls from heights, car accidents, or heavy lifting. The most dangerous injury in which the spinal cord can be damaged.
Muscle strain is the result of excessive physical exertion. The disease causes spasms and pain in the muscles.
A compression fracture is a common and dangerous spinal injury. As a result of an injury, one or more vertebrae are compressed.
The menisci are crescent-shaped layers of cartilage inside the knee joint. They cushion and evenly distribute the load on the knee.
Traumatic brain injury is one of the most common types of injuries and occurs in 36-40% of all injuries.
What does a sports medicine doctor do as part of an interaction with an athlete?
- Provides access to sports and sports training based on an informative multivariate assessment of the health status of the individual.
- Control over the functional readiness of the athlete's body in the conditions of his chosen sports activity is always based on the use of the principle of multiparametric assessment of the characteristics of the specific work performed by him and the principle of multiparametric assessment of the reactions of the athlete's body to the training and competitive work he performs.
- Correction of the dynamics of the level of functional readiness of an athlete using specific corrective complexes, including tools and methods developed on the basis of methods of clinical medicine, traditional folk medicine.
- Ensuring the growth of fitness (increasing special performance) of an athlete using physiologically justified specific complex (pedagogical, biomedical, psychological) effects on the athlete's body.
- Prevention and treatment of injuries and diseases of athletes in the process of their specific activities and outside of it.
- Rehabilitation of athletes after injuries and diseases.
- Emergency care for injuries and emergency conditions of athletes.
- Control over the observance by athletes of hygienic requirements that contribute to the reduction of morbidity and the growth of fitness.
- Control over the use of pharmacological preparations in sports.
Diagnostics
The clinic "Masterskaya Zdorovya" uses the whole range of high-precision equipment for the diagnosis of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and sports injuries.
Treatment of athletes in the "Workshop of Health"
The doctors of the clinics "Masterskaya Zdorovya" have been treating the consequences of injuries and diseases specific to athletes for 13 years.
Doctors of the orthopedic clinic "Workshop of Health" advise to go in for sports: swimming, yoga, running, fitness, dancing. Walk more, ride a bike. Avoid sudden movements and jumps, overload, injuries. Take a contrast shower to strengthen blood vessels. When working at the computer, keep your back straight, take a break every 2 hours. Treat sore throat, flu, sinusitis in a timely manner, do not carry the disease on your feet.
To prevent joint diseases, eat fatty fish (mackerel, salmon), bell peppers, carrots, oranges, tangerines, pineapples more often. Eat less white bread, pasta, sugar, fast food, cakes. Give up alcohol and cigarettes.