Functional medicine
Pain & functional limitations
Regulative & preventative medicine
Dr. med. univ. Klaus Wachter
Therapy
Sports medicine doesn't concentrate on individual diagnoses but instead focuses on the impact of athletic activity, whether at a recreational or elite level, on the human body.
A structural approach, informed by an understanding of the biomechanics of the movements involved and the resilience required by the structures involved, leads to the diagnosis and treatment of injury patterns, overuse syndromes, and complaints that arise during physical activity.
Treatment of structural injuries extends to the entire fascio-musculo-skeletal unit, which should always be considered and treated as a whole, including fasciae, tendons, ligaments, joint structures, bones, and muscles.
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Various manual therapeutic methods are employed
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Sports medicine analysis of musculoskeletal deficits, imbalances...
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Targeted training-controlled fascial physiotherapy, training therapy by the Team Altgasse
Additionally, systemic physiological causes are investigated and treated, which could potentially limit higher performance, quicker recovery, or rehabilitation.
Often, unrecognized deficits in substrate metabolism (macro- and micronutrients, dietary errors, vitamin balance), disturbances in mitochondrial metabolism, immunological deficits (e.g., chronic infections like EBV, CMV), or endocrinological imbalances (deficits in the hormone system) are found.
To address these factors, the following examinations and therapies are conducted:
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Metabolic analysis (macro- and micronutrients), etc.
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Measurement of oxidative stress, antioxidants, effects on the musculoskeletal system, digestion, immunology, endocrinology (psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrinology)
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Therapy with macro- and micronutrients...
The goal, of course, is to return athletes to their usual sports as quickly as possible.