Advanced centre for sports medicine opens at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road

The facility is spread across 215000 sq feet Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road has launched North Mumbai's first dedicated sports medicine diagnosis, rehabilitation, and surgery facility as a dedicated centre. Present on the occasion were Soniya Rajage, Freestyle wrestling Champion, Nikhil Sports personality & Instagram star, and other professionals from training institutes and gyms. The facility is spread across 215000 sq feet and provides a super-specialty care in almost all specialities. The centre consists of the latest infrastructure, one of the best faculty, prompt diagnosis methods, rehabilitation, and surgical options for ones with sports-related injuries. Dr Girish Bhalerao, Head - Centre of Excellence for Sports Medicine and Consultant- Joint Replacement & Sports Medicine Specialist, said, "We are proud to come up with a Centre for Sports Medicine at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road which is a comprehensive facility with tailor-made programs for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery involving all the essential facilities. This centre is a one-stop solution for not only athletes but non-athletes too.” "The department will be able to deal with all the problems related to sports injuries and injuries to joints (involving various body parts like knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow, and wrist). This includes evaluation of the patient, imaging, diagnosis of injuries, cryotherapy and advanced electrotherapeutic modalities, sports rehabilitation, fitness evaluation, sports nutrition, and sports psychology," said Dr Bhalerao. "Aim of the physiotherapists and rehabilitation specialists will be to help athletes of all age groups and all levels of ability to enhance their sports performance and provide evidence-based advice and support on safe participation in sports and exercise,” concluded Dr Imraan Khan, Consultant & Head Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation department.