DISC has evolved to provide our patients and athletes with evidence based Sports & Family medicine services by our growing integrated medical team of Sports & Family Medicine doctors, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Sports Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapists, Movement therapists, Myofascial Therapists and Therapy nurses.
Working under one roof to serve the patient’s highest needs and to devise a thorough treatment plan, our team focuses on prevention and integration to ensure a speedy and long term recovery.
Our scope of practice includes:
- Acute sport injuries like muscle tears, tendon rupture, joint dislocation and bone pathology.
- Evaluation by doctor for your back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, hip pain and ankle pain and any other musculoskeletal injury.
- Physical assessment, evaluation and diagnostic ultrasound for sports related Injuries
- Including:
- Muscle Tears (hamstring, calve etc)
- Tennis Elbow
- Achilles Tendinitis
- Runners Knee
- Muscle Cramps
- Crowing pains in kids
- Swimmer’s Shoulders
- Ankle Sprains
- Knee ligaments sprains
- Plantar fasciitis
- Concussion /Head injury management according to the standards for elite athletes.
- Interventional procedures under ultrasound guidance such as:
- Platelet rich plasma (PRP)
- Knee and shoulder injection
- Muscles tear injection
- Tennis elbow or golfers elbow treatment
- Chronic wrist pain injection
- Hip block (therapeutic and diagnostic)
- Assessments and diagnosis of Children and adolescents with sport related injuries.
- Wellness screening in our active population: primary consultation to detect and treat lifestyle illnesses like high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, osteoarthritis, gout, cancer, childhood obesity, drug abuse, anxiety, depression…
- Fatigue and recovery management for endurance athletes.
- Primary illness assessment for athletes: assess illnesses that may influence performance i.e asthma, respiratory infection, allergies, low blood pressure, fatigue, sleeplessness, muscle cramps, visual disturbances, migraine, muscle weakness
- Medical care at Sport Events
- Referral for blood tests to check for vitamins, minerals or any other abnormalities.
- Referral for radiology I. E Xrays, MRI scans and CT scan.
- Medical reports on your condition for insurance companies to establish further treatment.
- Integration of care between doctor, chiropractor, physiotherapist, rehab specialist and trainer to optimise your care and recovery.