A panel of consultants from Spire St Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam, Surrey, will be hosting an informative talk on the most common sports injuries on Thursday 30 July at 7pm at St Bede’s Conference Centre, London Road, Cheam, in the grounds of Spire St Anthony’s Hospital. They will be giving information on what to do if the injury occurs, injury prevention exercises and answering questions.
The panel of specialist consultants will include Mr Vipul Patel, Mr Paul Hamilton, Mr Tiernan Byrnes and Charlotte Summer, head of physiotherapy at Spire St Anthony’s Hospital.
HOW TO BOOK
The event will be held on Thursday 30th July at 7pm. Places are limited so to book please call Nicola Blackman, Events Co-Ordinator on 0208 335 4694, or e-mail [email protected]
Sports injuries, which will be covered at this event, will include:
· Achilles tendinitis - when the tendon at the back of the ankle (the Achilles tendon) is overused, inflammation and pain can occur, which is known as acute Achilles tendinitis. The condition is most common among runners and in sports which involve running or jumping.
· Lower back pain can affect runners, cyclists, golfers and tennis players. There are many types of lower-back pain — bulging discs, back spasms, and pain reaching down the leg from the lower back, known as sciatica.
· Shoulder injuries are most common in tennis, swimming, weightlifting and volleyball and any sport that involves overhead movement. These problems are generally due to overuse, which loosens the rotator cuff — the group of tendons and muscles that surround the shoulder.
· Knee injuries account for about 55% of all sports injuries. Although torn ligaments and cartilage are the most common injuries, many knee problems are grouped into the category of "runner's knee," which includes a variety of aches and pains related to the kneecap.
· Tennis or golf elbow – tennis elbow consists of tendon degeneration in the elbow due to repeated backhand strokes in tennis, causing pain on the outside of the elbow. Golf elbow, on the other hand, usually affects the inside of the elbow, although it can sometimes attack the outside.
· Ankle sprains are very common among soccer, hockey, basketball, and volleyball players, as these sports involve jumping and running and these movements can lead to twisting the ankle and even possibly tearing a tendon or ligament.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom, with 39 hospitals and 13 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, treating insured, self-pay and NHS patients. The Group delivered tailored, personalised care to more than 260,000 in-patients and daycase patients in 2014, and is the leading provider by volume of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.
Spire offers in-patient/daycase procedures in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology and general surgery and also diagnostic services including imaging and pathology. The Group also offers out-patient services, such as consulting, minor procedures, treatments, health checks and physiotherapy.
In 2015, Spire Healthcare was voted Private Hospital Group of the year 2015 by Health Investor Magazine for the second year running.