The range of SPORT ORTHO
The extensive sports orthopaedic centre for sports injuries of all kinds with highly qualified specialis
1. Sports orthopaedics
The Sports Orthopaedic Centre specialises in treating sports injuries and sports damage to the whole musculoskeletal system either by performing operations or minimal invasive treatments. Diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation all in the same place. The most up-to-date and minimal invasive procedures are used for precise diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries and damage. Very often, even if the injuries are very complex, intervention can be kept to the minimum and thus rehabilitation is much faster.
Emergencies
The doctors working at the Bern Sports Orthopaedic Centre and their qualified colleagues are committed to the well-being of their patients around the clock, both professionally and for any personal problems. In addition there is a 24 hour emergency department with appropriate facilities for optimum care of all acute injuries. We are staffed 365 days a year with experienced emergency doctors because a professional diagnosis and an immediate start to the proper treatment are vital if the patient is to take up sporting activities later.
Arthroscopy
Arthroscopic operations on the knee joint and the shoulder are the most common because injuries and damage to the shoulder and the knee are a major part of sports orthopaedic medicine because of the special construction and function of these joints.
Athletes, physiotherapists and sports orthopaedic surgeons work together as a team to give back a good quality of life to those affected with a targeted rehabilitation programme.
Minimal invasive procedures and high tech materials give better treatment results, shorter times in hospital, a faster return to work and a low complication rate. But diagnostic and therapeutic progress require a high level of specialist expertise that only a specialist centre like the Bern sports orthopaedic unit will be able to deal with in future.
2. Sports medicine
The multi-functional network at the Bern Sports Orthopaedic Centre includes selected specialists who offer the whole range of sports medicine and performance diagnoses.
Comprehensive sports medicine care for athletes engaged in health sports, sport for all and competitive sports is provided according to Swiss Olympic Association guidelines.
Clinical investigations, anthropometry, laboratory tests, ECG, lung function, training advi
2.1. Stamina diagnosis
Conconi test, capacity test, submaximal and maximal step tests (on a treadmill, a bicycle or on the track respectively), lactic acid measurement, spiroergometry, chemical laboratory tests.Performance Diagnostics
2.2. Strength diagnosis
Isokinetic strength tests, basic strength tests, jump strength measurements (Kistler force plate)
3. Orthopaedic procedures
The best individual solution is developed for all athletes. The most modern techniques and materials are used for this. Deviations in the body statics are recorded using digital video analysis. In this way specific static and dynamic corrections can be made to sports shoes and thus foot, back, knee and hip problems eliminated. More...
4. Advice on sports nutrition
Athletes need a balanced, individually designed diet to maintain physical efficiency because energy requirements are different depending on the type of sport and intensity.
Scientifically based sports nutrition advice is given at the Bern Sports Orthopaedic Centre.
5. Sports psychology
With competitions it is not only physical fitness that is necessary for sporting success, but mental strength also plays a significant part. How often is a tennis match decided «in the mind» or do the golf professional and the racing driver need maximum concentration?
In the Sports Orthopaedic Centre you will find sports psychologists who will help you to cope with problems and increase concentration and thus optimise your mental strength when practising your sport and have an affect on competitions (coaching, supervisio
Sport and Art
The Sports Orthopaedic Centre expresses its understanding of athletes and their interests both architecturally and in the internal decoration of the hospital. Athletes are also artists - they understand that their bodies and minds must be in dynamic harmony to achieve sporting performance or top performance and to improve constantly.
The Sports Orthopaedic Centre has commissioned the Bern artists Baumann and Hausamman to record the sportsman's soul in impressive action pictures and sculptures.