Qatar
In recent years, there have been many sports stars around the world
Frequent trips to this West Asian country for treatment, rehabilitation, and recuperation
Like Neymar, Di Maria, Mo Farra...
Because there is a hospital, a research center and a rehabilitation nursing home
Sports medical rehabilitation institution - Aspetar.
It was labeled with a shiny label
# Its place in the field of sports medicine
Comparable to the position of the Houston control center in the American aerospace industry#
Aspetar
Aspetar is a specialist orthopedic and sports medicine hospital home to some of the world's leading sports medicine practitioners and researchers. One of the facilities of the Aspeer Sports Centre in Qatar, the hospital began operations in 2007 and was the first sports medicine hospital in the Middle East.
In 2009, Aspetar – Hospital of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine was officially accredited as a FIFA Centre of Medical Excellence (F-MARC) by FIFA's Chief Medical Officer. Aspetar is the first sports medical centre in the region to receive this award, with only 49 medical centers and clinics worldwide accredited to this high standard.
International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Handball Federation (IHF), Qatar Olympic Committee, Algerian Football Federation, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar (CMU-Q), ECSS: European Academy of Sports Sciences, Texas Health Resources (THR), Tottenham Hotspur Club, Paris Saint-Germain Club, University of Queensland, Sidra Medical and Research Centre (Sidra)...
Aspetar takes a diversified approach to athlete injury management, including comprehensive assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injured athletes.
Aspetar's Center of Excellence is dedicated to addressing challenging sports injuries and illnesses, including a world-class groin pain, spine and cartilage center.
Aspera's Medical Education Division is focused on improving patient care, providing support and education to clinicians and students, and providing best medical practice principles. Services for sports clubs, Olympic federations and national teams.
Aspetar's National Sports Medicine Program (NSMP) improves the quality of sports medicine care for all sports clubs and associations in Qatar, especially injury and disease prevention.
Cutting-edge, advanced research is an integral part of Aspera's vision.
Asbatar explores
Amid Doha's shiny, skyscrapers, Asbettar's architectural appearance is neither eye-catching nor luxurious.
BBC sports correspondent Martin Mazur walked into the relatively low-key building and found it unique, equipped with the world's top ultra-modern sports medical surgery and rehabilitation facilities, including physical recovery and psychological construction.
The most memorable thing is that the special cold storage here contains imported human parts, such as the knee joint, for scientific research and experimentation.
Elite sports are one of the key investment and support targets of the Qatari government, including sports medicine institutions. Asbetar opened in 2007 with an unambiguous vision of its goal of becoming the world's leader in sports medicine, the world's number one.
Therefore, in addition to leading the world in instruments and facilities, sufficient funds and resources, the eyes of recruiting talents are focused on world-class experts, and scientific research needs are met as much as possible.
Tailor-made
Treatment is just one part of Asbethar. Another popular service is the assessment of athletes' muscles, toughness, endurance, strength and healthy joint performance during activity, creating a complete archive of personal data.
This archived data is essential for athletes to treat injuries and recover later in life.
According to reports, many football clubs have included this assessment in a special pre-season training plan, sending players there to collect data. Other clubs require the inclusion of this set of data in the medical examination report before signing a new player.
Magical experience
Argentine star Di Maria told the BBC that for the first time in his life in Asbetar he experienced the feeling of being located at different altitudes in a room.
There are 25 assessment rooms that simulate oxygen levels at different altitudes between 500 and 4,500 meters above sea level, thus testing data on athletes' body parts at different altitudes during exercise and resting rest, including blood pressure and heart rate.
This "altitude pavilion" is also used for rehabilitation and altitude training.
"Herbarium" library
Asbetar opened the "Surgeon Visit" program in 2016 to provide clinical practice opportunities for medical graduate students around the world.
To achieve the high level of professionalism in Asbettar, doctors need hands-on practice. To this end, the world's first medical training center for sports surgery was established in Asbethar.
This training center does not provide imitation human joints, but "real goods", called "specimens" of human joints (mainly including shoulders, ankles, knees and torso), most of which come from the United States and are stored in cold storage.
This import operation involves 6 government ministries and administrative procedures are complicated.
Sports rehabilitation
Barry White, a retired NBA player, coaches athletic at Asbethal Rehabilitation and was involved in the architectural design of the center, from spatial patterns, curved lines, floors, roofs, lighting, windows to houseplants.
He said the rehabilitation center is completely different from the gym.
People doing rehabilitation activities together in this pool, simulated ski equipment and the unwalled space of the course may have a positive psychological effect.
Asbettar's definition of rehabilitation includes four parts: surgery, postoperative rehabilitation, balanced nutrition, and psychological construction.
Research Center
Since publishing its first medical paper in 2007, the institution has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers each year, with seminars, visits, and workshops on its calendar throughout the year.
Former Manchester City midfielder and "African Footballer of the Year" Yaya Toure is one of the stars on Asbethal's patient list. He told the BBC: "There is no similar institution in Europe. Everything a high-level athlete needs is here. ”
American NBA player Joel Embiid flew 12 hours from Philadelphia to Asbetar for rehabilitation after foot surgery.
More than 35,000 athletes come to Asbetar for rehabilitation every year, many of whom are familiar names. They received treatment, rehabilitation, exchange and sharing there, and many became "repeat customers".
In 2014, Asbatar was designated an IOC Research Centre (IOCR) focusing on injury prevention and athlete care.