Reduce blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol, keep Bone density, we improve our mobility joints, enlarge flexibility body or lift mood these are just a few of them countless benefits of playing sports regularly.
“However, sometimes our best goals are truncated when we suffer a injury or we have a symptom that warns us that there may be something we are not doing well, ”he warns Head of the Sports Medicine Unit of Ascires Biomedical Clinics, Dr. Antonio Giner.
Whether they are professionals or not amateur, the most common injuries among athletes are sprains, muscle tears, tendinopathy A muscular cramps. But complications can also take shape palpitations, disease, dehydrationNot chest pain, symptoms which, although short in time, may reflect a certain lack of control over the type of training, or effort we demand from our body.
treatment The most effective for these injuries or conditions is provided by a specialist Medicines for athletes, which will establish a accurate diagnosis and an adequate recovery plan to resume exercise in the best conditions of security.
“90% of injuries that occur in the sports field are functional or due to overuse and only 10% are traumatic“, Explains Dr. Giner, with whom he has extensive experience elite athletes.
Growth factors for tissue regeneration
Technology is an excellent ally for specialists in Sports Medicine, both to identify the problem or condition and to provide the best therapy. Ascires Biomedical Clinics in Valencia (Campanar), Castellón, Sagunto, Xàtiva and Gandia have the latter diagnostic technology and by all means personalized treatments.
“We apply different therapies to solve any injury that the athlete may have, among others, infiltrations with PRP (growth factors), Hyaluronic acid A inflammatory. There are therapies with a high regenerative capacity which provides excellent results to treat certain injuries to the tendon, joints or muscles“, Details the specialist.
It is essential to address these injuries, as well as for athletes who want to improve and improve their performance. multidisciplinary work of the professionals who make up the Ascires Sports Medicine Unit, which also integrates cardiologists, orthopedists, physiotherapists or nutritionists, among others.
The advantage of having specialized technology, facilities and equipment in the same clinic is that the athlete can be evaluated, subjected to the necessary tests and receive the diagnosis and treatment on the same day and in the same clinic, accelerating the path to full recovery.
Play sports after overcoming your conviction
Dr. Giner also warns of the possible follow, mainly cardiac, pulmonary and articular, related to the passage covid-19, which increase the need for safety when returning to practice sportsalso in the case asymptomatic.
“Medical supervision to resume activity is essential to minimize risks and avoid further complications. There is evidence to show the potential ability of coronavirus to cause heart damage, such as myocarditis or arrhythmia, even in mild or asymptomatic cases. Thus, requesting a medium or high sports intensity from your body after the illness can be risky“Dr. Giner remembers.