SPORTS MEDICINE

Services We Provide:

In our department; The following services are provided by our physicians, who are equipped with up-to-date academic knowledge on sports traumatology, sports rehabilitation, exercise physiology and biochemistry, and athlete nutrition:

Evaluation before participation in sports

  1. Preparticipation screening
    2. Determination of sports branches that are suitable and unsuitable for the individual 3. Calculation of the estimated adult height of the individual

Diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries

  1. Joint injuries such as shoulder, knee, ankle, wrist
    2. Ligament injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament, internal lateral ligament, external lateral ligament
    3. Tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, swimmer’s shoulder, thrower’s shoulder, runner’s knee
    4. Meniscus injuries , cartilage injuries
    5. Tendon injuries such as achilles tendinitis, patellar tendonitis
    6. Osteitis pubis, sportsman’s hernia, groin injuries
    7. Spine problems of athletes, back-back-neck pain, spondylolysis-listesis

Treatment of sports injuries

  1. Rehabilitation of sports injuries with physical therapy modalities
    2. ESWT
    3. PRP: Injection of platelet (platelet) rich plasma obtained by centrifugation method
    4. Prolotherapy: Injection of proliferative and irritant hypertonic solutions (dextrose, etc.) that stimulate inflammation and accelerate recovery
    5. Neural therapy: Local anesthetic injection that accelerates healing by activating the body’s own neurovegetative system
    6. Mesotherapy
    7. Dry needling
    8. Intra-articular injection
    9. Kinesiotape and taping application
    10. Exercise program

Athlete performance evaluation and follow-up

  1. Cardiopulmonary exercise test (aerobic capacity measurement, MaxVO2)
    2. Submaximal aerobic power test
    3. Anaerobic capacity measurement (Wingate)
    4. Blood lactate test
    5. Body fat and muscle analysis
    6. Anthropometric measurements
    7. Static and dynamic pulmonary function tests
    8. Isometric dynamometric measurement
    9. Treadmill and exercise bike tests
    10. Static and dynamic balance/coordination/proprioception tests
    11. Star balance test
    12. Functional motion scan analysis
    13. Joint range of motion measurement

Athlete Consulting

  1. Nutrition
    2. Supplements (protein powders, vitamins, herbal products)
    3. Hormones
    4. Increasing performance

Organizing exercise as therapeutic and preventive in chronic diseases

  1. Diabetes (diabetes)
    2. Obesity
    3. Heart diseases
    4. Psychiatric problems (depression, sleep disorders, etc…)
    5. Hypercholesterolemia

Equipment Used in Our Unit:

  1. TENS device
    2. Therapeutic US
    3. Microwave
    4. Shortwave diathermy
    5. Infrared
    6. ESWT
    7. Pneumatic compression
    8. Electromyostimulation device
    9. Treadmill
    10. Cycling ergometer
    11. Theraband, pilates ball, balance board and mats