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Pricing

  • The prices for each service are shown at the end of the relevant section.

  • All active Rugby players, regardless of their citizenship, will get an additional 20% discount on all services

Sports Medicine
What are the areas of expertise of a Sports Medicine physician?

  • Sports Medicine physicians usually first qualify as medical doctors and then complete 3 to 5 years of postgraduate study in sports medicine.

  • He/She knows thoroughly the effects of exercise on the health, both in sedentary and physically active people.

  • Sports Medicine physician is an expert in almost all health issues related with the physical activity (or inactivity), exercise, or sports. He treats a wide range of health conditions, ranging from advices on a healthier lifestyle to cardiac rehabilitation after a myocardial infarction.

  • Although Sports Medicine is generally associated with professional athletes, it also treats non-athletes, such as sedentary people, physically active persons, amateur sportsmen or people with chronic diseases. i.e., everyone who benefits from exercise and physical activity.

Lachman test, Sports medicine
What does the exercise do?

  • Exercise improves the body metabolism, circulation, muscle strength, resistance, coordination, reflexes, agility, balance, mental health, body composition, and much more. That’s why it is considered a perfect medicine. 

  • If the exercise is prescribed correctly and by the expert, it can improve the actual state of almost every person independently of their age, sex or health status. 

When to see a Sports Medicine physician?
Sports Medicine, Pitch-side care, Extraction team

Book visit with Sports Medicine doctor if you have any of the following conditions: 

  • Musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., sprains, muscle strains or contractures, dislocations, joint instabilities, post-surgical conditions, etc.)

  • Concussion 

  • Some chronic diseases (such as, high blood pressure, cardiopathies, obesity, diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc.), only after cunsulting with the specialist

 

Also, if you seek advice on:

  • Return to play decision 

  • Performance improvement 

  • Lifestyle changes, etc.

What is the difference between a Sports Medicine physician and an Ortopaedist/Traumatologist?

  • The main determinant of the difference is their patients: as a sports physician works primarily in sports and treats athletes who are exposed to high physical loads and who need to recover as quickly as possible after an injury, the main treatment goal of a sports physician is to help them to achieve this: i.e. to optimally reduce the treatment time and provide a complete rehabilitation of the injury in order to prepare the body for new heavy loads.

  • Both specialists treat musculoskeletal injuries. However, sports doctors are limited to non-surgical treatment, while orthopaedic traumatologists are highly-trained in operative treatment

  • Sports physicians seek the expertise of orthopaedic traumatologists for surgical intervention as a last resort.

Sports Medicine, Sidesmois, External rotation test
How long does the consultation last?

  • The duration of the consultation varies, but as usual is around 45-60 min.  

What are the prices for Sports Medicine consultation?

  • For citizens of Georgia: 60 GEL

  • For citizens of other countries: 90 GEL

  • For active rugby players: -20%

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