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The Sports & Orthopedic Center
The Sports and Orthopedic Center was established to meet the needs of those who suffer from acute and/or chronic damage to their bones and joints.This center brings together in one place the orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine and rehabilitation experts, physical therapists and the level of equipment used by world-class athletes.

Regardless if they are

  • Professional athletes who suffer a bone contusion / joint pain and stiffness / ACL damage / meniscal tears / bursitis / tendonitis / strains, etc.
  • Sports enthusiasts (weekend warriors) who suffer shin splints / plantar fasciitis / muscle strain / tennis elbow / golfer’s elbow, etc.
  • All individuals being children / working-age adults / elderly adults who have accident and loss of bone & joint function
We have one goal in mind: ensuring our patients regain optimum functioning.

Samitivej has brought together 38orthopedic surgeons who have spent years of fellowship specializing in different aspects of sports and orthopedic care and treatment from oversea.

The Sport and Orthopedic Center has been accredited for the Clinical Care Program Certificate (CCPC) for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, from the American organization JCI* (Joint Commission International). Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital is one of the only two hospitals in the world to receive this prestigious certification.

JCI recognizes Samitivej Hospital as a center that demonstrates excellence in the integration and coordination of care and treatment:
  • Provides clinical care of an international standard
  • Employs practitioner's who are licensed both in Thailand and abroad
  • Ensures diagnostic equipment is both up to date and appropriately maintained
  • Continually implements quality and safety improvement initiatives
  • Focuses on the improvement of doctor-patient database management systems and procedures as a way to improve communication between patients and practitioners as well as streamline service delivery  

*JCI, based in the USA, is one of the world’s largest hospital accreditation organizations responsible for accrediting hospitals that meet an international standard of quality health care delivery.


Therefore, independent of age, type of injury or condition, a patient can feel confident that when they visit the Sports and Orthopedic Center, a team of health care professionals will determine how best to address the complex needs of each patient and collaboratively take innovative steps to address them.  





Patient family Education
 
our services

Sports Medicine Services

  • Increase performance
    • Fitness testing/assessment such as VO2Max testing on Tests on the bicycle and treadmill, Balance System, Isokinetic, etc. (Sports Pre-Test Performance, FIFA Pre Competition Medical Assessment)
    • Neuromuscular testing and trainingwith Balance System
    • Agility training with Balance System
    • Aerobic exercises– cardio training/endurance practicing with VO2max
    • Anaerobic exercises – anaerobic threshold with Isokinetic& Balance system such as functional training, eccentric training for increasing muscle strength
  • Sport Injury Treatment & Care
    • Condition treated: inflammation of tendon, tears in muscle or tendon, twisted joints, sprained joints , joint dislocation, tendinitis and fragment or broken bones
    • Treatment varied from prescribed drugs, injection and physiotherapy to surgery
  • Sport Recovery
    • Physical therapy after the treatment
    • Isokinetic equipment that challenges a patients to move their previously injured body segments with increasing resistance allowing for strengthening and growth of targeted muscle groups over time
    • Balance System that evaluates the stability of muscle control (on balanced and unbalanced surface) and determines the distribution of body weight placed by patients after surgery

Orthopedic Services

  • General Orthopedic Clinic
    • Provide treatment and surgery of broken bones caused by accidents from sports or work
    • Surgery to correct joint stiffness after severe broken ankle
    • Treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and surgery to correct broken bones caused by osteoporosis
  • Spine Clinic
    • Treatment and surgery of spine and neck bones
    • Surgery to correct scoliosis and spinal stenosis
    • Treatment of intervertebral disc by NSAID injection into spinal canal
    • Surgery to correct degenerative disc disease and C-spondylosis using endoscopic spinal surgery and minimally invasive surgery with navigator system for surgery planning. These technologies help increase accuracy of the surgery while reducing impact on the spinal nerve
    • Treatment of broken spine using percutaneous vertebroplasty technique
    • Treatment of broken spine and osteectopy from accident
    • Surgery to treat spinal infection and tuberculosis of spine
    • Surgery to correct scoliosis in children
  • Joint and Arthoplasty Clinic
    • Knee arthoplasty for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, hip dysplasia and avascular necrosis
    • Surgery to correct erosion of prosthesis
    • Joint replacement for accident patients
    • Surgery to correct bone angles
  • Hand and Microsurgery
    • Provides treatment and surgery for patients suffering problems with their fingers, hands, arms and nerve roots
    • Replantation surgery and redo operation of fingers, arms, hands, tendons and nerve roots and microscope surgery to correct brachial plexus injury
    • Surgery to correct hands disability and tendon transfer
    • Endoscopic Carpal tunnel release (ECTR) to cure trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome
    • Elbow arthroscopy
    • Wrist arthroscopy
    • Carpal bone fracture surgery
    • Treatment and surgery to connect hand tendons
  • PediatricOrthopedics Clinic
    Cures bone problems in children, such as in-born bones and joint disability, e.g. X-legs and O-legs, deformed feet, hip dislocation, scoliosis and walking disorder, and disability caused by broken bones
  • Bone Tumor Clinic
    Provides treatment and surgery for tumor and cancer in arms and legs
  • Foot and Ankle Clinic
    Provides treatment and surgery for patients suffering problems with their foot, ankle, heel and toes such as broken bones and injury, arthritis of the foot and ankle, Achilles tendon rupture, Achilles tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis, Hammer toe and claw toe
our facilities & medical technologies
  • High standard surgery rooms with the most advanced equipment and instruments
  • Minor surgery rooms
  • Modern bones and joints OPD examination rooms
  • OPD Assesement 8 rooms
  • Mini Rehabilitation 1 room
  • Balance System
  • ISOKINETICS
  • VO2MAX
 
 
 
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appointment & enquries
Phone: 66 (0) 2711-8494-6
Call Center: 66 (0) 2711-8181
Fax: 66 (0) 2711-8497
E-mail: info@samitivej.co.th
Sports and Orthopedic Center Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, 1st Floor, Building 1 [Classic Wing]
133 Sukhumvit 49, Vadhana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
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Phone: 66 (0) 2711-8494-6
Call Center: 66 (0) 2711-8181
Fax: 66 (0) 2711-8497
E-mail:  
info@samitivej.co.th
Sports and Orthopedic Center Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, 1st Floor, Building 1 [Classic Wing]
133 Sukhumvit 49, Vadhana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
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