The leading doctors of the department of Sports Medicine, Dr Alois Englhard, Dr Georg Öttl, Dr. Tim Kinateder and Dr. Christian Wimmer have been intensively involved in the provision of care for well-known sports clubs for many years in addition to their orthopaedic work. Their patients include many internationally successful top-class sportsmen and women, Olympic winners and world and European champions.

Sports medicine with its specialist departments of sports orthopaedics and sports traumatology is gaining ever more in importance because there are a large number of injuries and strain reactions in sport:
Cruciate knee ligament tear, ankle joint distortion, meniscus injury and shoulder dislocation are only some examples of possible sports injuries and sports trauma which can affect professional and amateur sports people. In renowned circles of sportsmen and women the team of doctors in the department of sports medicine is synonymous for outstanding expert competence when it is a question of the conservative and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries and strains.

The spectrum of performance extends over all open and arthroscopic surgical procedures of accident surgery and orthopaedics to the special fields of foot, knee joint and shoulder surgery. In addition, the close interdisciplinary co-operation of our team of doctors with outstanding remedial gymnasts and sports physiotherapists guarantees the athletes a speedy return to their previous level of performance after an injury.

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