General Practitioner
A general practitioner or GP is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities.
Sports Physican
A physician with specialized training who pro m o t e s lifelong fitness and wellness, and encourages p re vention of illness and injury. This physician helps the patient maximize function and minimize disability and time away from sports, work, or school.Sp o rts Medicine Physicians are ideal physicians for the non-athlete as well, and are excellent resources for the individual who wishes to become active or begin an exe rcise program. For the ” weekend warrior” or “industrial athlete” who experiences an injury, the same expertise used for the competitive athlete can be applied to return the individual as quickly as possible to full function.
Orthopedic surgeon
An orthopedic surgeon uses surgical, medical or physical means to investigate, preserve and restore functions to a patient’s extremities or spine. They deal with both primary and secondary musculoskeletal issues of a patient’s central nervous system, such as tumors, injuries, degenerative disease, trauma, congenital deformities and infections. They specialize in the muscles, ligaments, bones, tendons, joints and nerves, which let our bodies move
Clinical/Sports Psychologists
Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring underlying physiological and neurological processes.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is concerned with assessing, treating and preventing human movement disorders, restoring normal function or minimising dysfunction and pain in adults and children with physical impairment, to enable them to achieve the highest possible level of independence in their lives; preventing recurring injuries and disability in the workplace, at home, or during recreational activities and promoting community health for all age groups.
Occupational therapist (OT)
The role of an occupational therapist is to work with people of all ages to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of independence and function at home, school, sport and in the workplace.
Biokinetics
A Biokineticist improves a person’s physical status and quality of life through individualized assessment and exercise prescription in the dual context of clinical pathology (acute and chronic) and performance enhancement.
Dietician
Dietitians help promote good health through proper eating. They supervise the preparationand service of food, develop modified diets, participate in research, and educate individuals and groups on good nutritional habits.
Sports Massage Therapist
Sports massage emphasizes prevention and healing of injuries to the muscles and tendons but you don’t have to be in the Olympics to benefit from sports massage. Sports massage is also good for people with injuries, chronic pain or restricted range of motion.
Sports Scientist
Sport science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sport.
Rehabilitation gym
The outpatient rehabilitation gym at the Center for Sports excellence features a spacious, naturally lit, wheelchair friendly treatment area. The gym is designed to allow the team to progress individualized treatment programs in an environment that supports a natural flow between the use of state-of-the-art equipment and space for advanced functional training techniques
Personal Trainer
A personal trainer is a person who helps people exercise. The scope of practice for a personal trainer is to enhance the components of fitness for the general, healthy population. The five classic components of fitness are muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility, although there are other subsets like power, skill, and speed.
Pilates
Pilates is a system of exercises which is intended to strengthen the human mind and body.