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Department of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine provides medical care for athletes' "sports injuries" such as sprains, fractures, ligament injuries, cartilage injuries, or muscle injuries, and "sports disorders" such as tendinopathy or fatigue fractures due to overuse. For injuries that require surgery, surgical treatment and subsequent medical and athletic rehabilitation will be promptly performed for safe return to sports.

As the lifelong sports population is expanding year by year in Japan, the number of general sports enthusiasts is also increasing. If sports enthusiasts who is suffering for osteoarthritis, joint preservation surgeries such as around knee osteotomy, meniscal repair or regenerative surgery for articular cartilage injury are available in this center. In addition, a cell therapy such as PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) treatment, is also provided. Therefore please feel free to contact us.

For rehabilitation, this center also conducts not only medical but also athletic rehabilitation based on the actual sports characteristics using the latest medical equipment and abundant facilities. Our Center has the largest rehabilitation room in the western part of Japan, and the Sports Rehabilitation Room, equipped with the latest training devices, has been opened in the Sports Medicine Center. So, the patients who received rehabilitation in our center, athletic training are also available until recovery. Our hospital is historically renowned for treating patients with spinal cord injuries and para-athletes. Please feel free to contact us as well.

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Department of Sports Internal Medicine provides medical treatments for various internal physical problems caused by sports. Specifically, many athletes are potentially known to suffer from sports anemia, exercise-induced asthma, over-training syndrome, secondary amenorrhea or osteoporosis due to low energy availability. If athletes have following symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, palpitations, and easy fatigability during exercise, poor performance, or sluggish record, the above diseases may be hidden.

The Sports Internal Medicine clinic will improve the physical condition and sports performance for athletes, para-athletes or general sports enthusiasts. We are able to treat various generations, levels, and sports. Therefore, please feel free to contact us.
In addition, we will focus on educational activities to prevent above diseases or injuries, so we are welcome to receive consultations not only from players, but also from coaches or parents.

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Female well-experienced obstetrician / gynecologist would support female athletes at all levels, from recreational to professional level, for better performance.

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Department of Physiotherapy in Sports Medicine Center provides medical and athletic rehabilitation for in-hospital and out-patient athletes, who are prescribed by Sports Orthopaedic Surgeons or Sport Internal Medicine physicians. In case patients receive surgical treatment at our center, we will check the patients’ preoperative condition immediately after hospitalization and perform active rehabilitation from the early postoperative period. Since the Sports Rehabilitation Room, equipped with the latest training devices, has been opened in the physiotherapy room, patients are able to perform active training, including full-body exercise except for the affected lesions. After discharge from the hospital, patients can continue to receive medical and athletic rehabilitation through outpatient clinic.

Department of Physiotherapy in Sports Medicine Center provides medical and athletic rehabilitation for in-hospital and out-patient athletes, who are prescribed by Sports Orthopaedic Surgeons or Sport Internal Medicine physicians. In case patients receive surgical treatment at our center, we will check the patients’ preoperative condition immediately after hospitalization and perform active rehabilitation from the early postoperative period. Since the Sports Rehabilitation Room, equipped with the latest training devices, has been opened in the physiotherapy room, patients are able to perform active training, including full-body exercise except for the affected lesions. After discharge from the hospital, patients can continue to receive medical and athletic rehabilitation through outpatient clinic.

The aim of athletic rehabilitation is to safe return to competition and to prevent recurrent injuries. Physiotherapists analyze patients’ motion behavior or injury factors according to individual sports, characteristics of athletes, position and desired timing to return to sport. And then, they provide the individualized rehabilitation protocol. In our center, the sports physiotherapist will support patients until return to competitive level of sports.