Bhubaneswar: AMRI Hospitals in the city in association with Sports Science India (SSI) has started the advanced sports rehabilitation and fitness centre in its campus.
The centre deals with the sports medicine, sports physiotherapy, sports surgery, exercise physiology, personnel training, sports psychology, sports wellness & recovery.
“The team at the centre comprising medicine specialist, surgeons, physiotherapists, psychologists and nutrition specialists in the field of sports has been serving the Indian ice hockey team, India U-16/19 football team, Odisha Football Academy, Ranji Cricket team, SAI badminton and table tennis academy, Naval Tata Hockey Academy, tennis clubs, weightlifting associations, wrestler association and railway players,” said sports medicine expert Dr Sarthak Patnaik, senior consultant, Arthroscopic & Sports Surgeon, AMRI Hospitals.
Dr Patnaik has treated many professional players including Commonwealth gold medalist Ravi Kumar and Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
Stating that sports injuries should not put an early end to the career of sportspersons, Nilanjana Mukherjee, VP & Unit Head, AMRI Hospitals said AMRI-SSI offers the latest in sports injury treatment, including treatments that don’t involve medication or surgery (integrative medicine).
“If you do need surgery, we use the smallest necessary incision (Key Hole surgery) to help you recover quickly. Our performance programmes build sport-specific skills that may help avoid injuries,” said Dr Sidharth Mishra, medical superintendent of the hospital.
Sports Physiotherapy is a specialty within physiotherapy which is dedicated to the assessment and treatment of injuries related to sports and exercise at all levels and ages. Whether the sport is running the marathons, playing football for clubs, IPL or climbing Everest, each injury has to be considered in the context of the demands of the activity.
One can visit the centre or call at 0674-6666600, 7752018672 to know the details of facilities.
