{"id":2127,"date":"2023-02-10T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/?page_id=2127"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T04:26:30","slug":"sports-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/sports-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sports medicine focuses on diagnosing and treating sports-related diseases and protecting the health of athletes.<\/h3>\n<p>Practising sports, for recreational purposes or on a professional level, can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/\">sports injuries<\/a>, either through stress or trauma.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/sports-rehabilitation\/\">Sports medicine<\/a> studies the link between injuries, physical activity and the different sports. Thus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It prescribes <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/customised-programmes\/\">customised programmes<\/a> according to the specificities of each person;<\/li>\n<li>Assesses and checks whether a person is fit to play sports;<\/li>\n<li>Identifies risk factors;<\/li>\n<li>Gives advice on measures to prevent injuries associated with physical activity and sports;<\/li>\n<li>Diagnoses and treats overuse and trauma injuries resulting from sports practice;<\/li>\n<li>Identifies needs and refers athletes for specific intervention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most common sports-related injuries or diseases are, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/ankle-sprain\/\">Sprains<\/a>, for example of the ankle;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/tendonitis\/\">Tendonitis<\/a>, tears and other ligament problems;<\/li>\n<li>Meniscus and articular cartilage lesions;<\/li>\n<li>Joint lesions: knee, elbow, foot, <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/ankle-sprain\/\">ankle<\/a>, and other joints;<\/li>\n<li>Fractures and dislocations;<\/li>\n<li>Stress fractures;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/bursitis\/\">Bursitis<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Sprains and other muscle injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The initial medical assessment carried out by a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/clinic\/team\/\">clinical team<\/a> at Com Corpus will ensure proper communication between the physician and the physiotherapist who will treat you. You will need to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/appointments\/\">physical and rehabilitation medicine<\/a> appointment with one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/clinica\/equipa\/\">physiatrists<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/physiotherapy\/\">physiotherapy<\/a> sessions at Com Corpus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports medicine focuses on diagnosing and treating sports-related diseases and protecting the health of athletes. Practising sports, for recreational purposes or on a professional level, can lead to sports injuries, either through stress or trauma. Sports medicine studies the link between injuries, physical activity and the different sports. Thus: It prescribes customised programmes according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1946,"parent":1998,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2127","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127\/revisions\/2140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}