Our doctors and sports scientists examine your health and endurance performance, check your posture and measure your strength in order to identify any deficits and, if necessary, jointly draw up a training plan based on your personal goals and current ability. Our sports medicine team is the point of contact for athletes who want to optimize their performance as well as for newcomers to sport or those returning to sport who want to start training well prepared and without risk. The Sports Medicine department is also the right place for patients with illnesses and sports medicine issues.
Prevention plays a major role in sport. Medical check-ups can prevent serious complications in sport and at the same time highlight and thus avoid overuse. In the Sports Medicine Department at Sportklinik Hellersen, we carry out examinations for fitness for sport in accordance with the DGSP/ACSM guidelines and offer sports medicine consultations for health-oriented sport. We are also an examination center for DOSB and LSB squad athletes.
Squad tests / fitness for sport
Since 1998, the Sports Medicine Department at Sportklinik Hellersen has had the status of a DOSB- and LSB-NRW-accredited examination center. This goes hand in hand with the task of examining athletes in the national and NRW state squads for health, performance and fitness for sport. The DFB has also commissioned Hellersen Sports Medicine to examine Bundesliga referees since 1998. Regular health checks are particularly important in competitive sport and are often a prerequisite for being allowed to take part in competitions.
Suitability for diving
The diving fitness examination determines whether the person is fit to dive and can practice diving safely. Our Specialist Physician carries out the examinations in accordance with the guidelines of the GTÜM (Society for Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine). Among other things, the examination records the general physical condition, resting blood pressure, heart rate and blood pressure under pressure. During a pulmonary function test, the doctor determines the vital parameters of the lungs (lung volume, vital capacity, etc.).
Bioimpedance analysis
Bioimpedance analysis is used to measure body composition and derive energy expenditure. The analysis calculates the muscle, fat and water content of the body as well as the daily calorie consumption at rest. The calculation not only relates to the entire body, but also provides information on the distribution of the arms, legs and torso. The sports scientists at Sportklinik Hellersen also use bioimpedance analysis to assess performance development, especially in sports where body weight is a performance-limiting factor.
Training planning
Training is always planned individually and is based on the athlete's respective goals - whether they are a competitive, amateur or ambitious hobby athlete. This can be, for example, increasing endurance performance or structural preparation for competitions. The fundamental aim of training planning is to avoid overstraining and overuse injuries and to only challenge the body to a healthy extent. Training planning therefore also includes regular medical checks to ensure optimal and appropriate training, as well as training documentation. Targeted rest breaks should also always be taken into account so that the body can adapt.
Strength diagnostics (back check)
The Back-Check is used as a test system for strength diagnostics. It is used to determine the muscular status of the trunk muscles. At the same time, sports medicine uses the test system to identify and quantify muscular imbalances. The test checks the performance of the posture-stabilizing muscles and enables recommendations to be made for health-oriented and targeted training of the trunk muscles.
Elena Krenz
Sports medicine office
- Phone+49 2351 945-2281
- Fax +49 2351 945-2283
- sekretariat.schneider@hellersen.de
