Aspetar

Aspetar A globally recognised, specialised Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, assisting athletes to achieve their maximum performance and full potential.
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Aspetar is the first specialised Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in the Gulf region. It provides the highest possible medical treatment for sports-related injuries in a state-of-the-art facility, staffed by some of the world’s leading sports medicine practitioners and researchers. Through the delivery of excellence in sports medicine, physiotherapy, sports science, orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, Aspetar services the needs of football and Sports Clubs and Federations throughout the state of Qatar, and regularly services international athletes and professional sportspeople. Aspetar provides a full service offering from injury prevention to injury management and performance improvement. The philosophy of Aspetar is to provide sportspeople with the clinical support, knowledge and facilities to maximise their training and competitive potential. This is achieved through tailored education programmes and support in areas of health including fitness assessment, nutrition, psychology, physiology and physical training. The hospital strives to meet the highest international standards obtainable in its treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries and combines best-practices with the latest technology to guide athletes from diagnosis through rehabilitation and recovery. Our teams of dedicated researchers and physicians couple leading methodologies with state-of-the-art technology to provide athletes with total health, physical management and performance strategies. Aspetar is situated within Aspire Zone, a modern multi-purpose leisure and recreation complex that played host to the Doha 2006 Asian Games.

Surgical Indications for Bone Stress Injuries.-------Bone stress injuries (BSIs) exist on a continuum from stress reacti...
30/03/2026

Surgical Indications for Bone Stress Injuries.
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Bone stress injuries (BSIs) exist on a continuum from stress reaction to stress fracture.

👉 Surgery is NOT common, it’s mainly reserved for high-risk fractures or failed conservative treatment.

Most BSIs are preventable and treatable without surgery

🚨 Surgery is mainly for high-risk fractures to:
➡️Prevent complications
➡️Ensure proper healing
➡️Enable return to sport

🔧Surgery is considered when:
- The fracture is high-risk by location
- There is displacement or visible fracture line
- There is failure of conservative treatment
- The athlete requires faster and safer return to sport
- There is risk of complications (e.g., non-union)

🔗Read the Full Article ➡️ https://journal.aspetar.com/en/journals/volume-15-targeted-topic-bone-stress-injury/surgical-indications-for-bone-stress-injuries

COMING SOON...
26/03/2026

COMING SOON...

عيدكم مبارك ... تقبل الله صيامكم وقيامكم وكل عام وانتم بخير وصحه وسلامه.
19/03/2026

عيدكم مبارك ... تقبل الله صيامكم وقيامكم
وكل عام وانتم بخير وصحه وسلامه.

17/03/2026

Applying the principles of risk management in male professional football...
Introducing the Aspetar Sports Injury and Illness Risk Management Tool.

➡️➡️ If you work in sports medicine, sports performance, or athlete health and safety, explore the paper and download the tool

🔗 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/1/11

BONE STRESS INJURY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS✍️ – Written by Paul Blazey, Bruce B. Forster, Clare L. Ardern, Michael Frederi...
15/03/2026

BONE STRESS INJURY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

✍️ – Written by Paul Blazey, Bruce B. Forster, Clare L. Ardern, Michael Fredericson, Adam S. Tenforde, and Karim M. Khan

➡️ This article outlines a perspective on best practice decision-making using what we currently know about BSI classification systems with athletes. Although much of what we recommend may also apply to the general public, there are often additional barriers outside of professional sport, such as diagnostic delays (related to imaging accessibility).

We suggest two main takeaway points for clinicians in professional sport (or anyone with the resources to follow these suggestions):

That a unified classification system based upon those proposed by Fredericson/Arendt/Nattiv be used for all BSIs (low- and high-risk), to establish a severity score (between 0-4). This classification system can be used to provide a guideline on the time needed to return to sport, although factors such as the bone injured and individual athlete factors (e.g., low total bone mineral density) may impact the accuracy of time predictions.
In addition to the first recommendation, BSIs that occur at high-risk sites (except the femoral neck) may benefit from a CT scan if imaging is non-diagnostic or for navicular BSI. The CT scan being used specifically to measure the extent of any fracture line.

🔗 Read More 👉 https://journal.aspetar.com/en/journals/volume-15-targeted-topic-bone-stress-injury/bone-stress-injury-classification-systems

Bone Health in AthletesBone health is a critical, yet often overlooked determinant of athletic performance and resilienc...
08/03/2026

Bone Health in Athletes

Bone health is a critical, yet often overlooked determinant of athletic performance and resilience.

While bones operate quietly in the background to support movement and withstand repetitive loading, their capacity to resist injury is influenced by a complex interplay of biological, nutritional, hormonal, mechanical, and lifestyle factors. Because bone strength cannot be measured directly, clinicians and researchers must rely on surrogate assessments such as DXA-derived BMD, alongside indicators of energy availability, hormonal function, nutritional intake, and lifestyle habits.

Recognizing and addressing these factors is essential not only for reducing the risk of BSI during an athlete’s career, but also for safeguarding long-term skeletal health and reducing the future burden of osteoporosis and fracture risk.

✍️ Written by: Robyn Written by Robyn K. Fuchs, Claire M. Mehling, Elli J. Ertl, Diana R. Heyden, Stuart J. Warden.

🔗 Read the full article 👉 https://journal.aspetar.com/en/journals/volume-15-targeted-topic-bone-stress-injury/bone-health-in-athletes

Sport and Performance Nutrition for the Competitive Adolescent Athlete.➡️ The energy intake of each adolescent athlete ...
07/03/2026

Sport and Performance Nutrition for the Competitive Adolescent Athlete.

➡️ The energy intake of each adolescent athlete should be adequate to optimise not only growth and maturation but also stimulate training adaptations, promote recovery and enhance sporting performance.

➡️ Before specific macronutrient recommendations can be provided it is first essential to understand the total daily energy expenditures of adolescent athletes competing in different sports.

➡️ There is currently a lack of evidence to suggest that adolescent athletes have additional micronutrient requirements compared to their non-athletic peers. Certain micronutrients including calcium, vitamin D and iron are of paramount importance for the growing and developing athlete.

➡️ Whilst dietary supplements are advocated to and consumed by many adolescent athletes, a ‘food first’ approach is strongly advised.

➡️ Coaches, parents/guardians and practitioners should be made aware of potential health risks associated with consuming dietary supplements that are not part of a third-party testing program.

🔗 Read the full article 👉 https://journal.aspetar.com/en/journals/volume-14-special-collection-ramadan-and-sports-medicine/sport-and-performance-nutrition-for-the-competitive-adolescent-athlete2

في ظل إلغاء وتأجيل البطولات الرياضية استراتيجيات علمية من سبيتار لدعم الرياضيين خلال توقف المنافسات.Aspetar’s Scientific...
04/03/2026

في ظل إلغاء وتأجيل البطولات الرياضية استراتيجيات علمية من سبيتار لدعم الرياضيين خلال توقف المنافسات.

Aspetar’s Scientific Roadmap to Keep Athletes at Peak Performance as Competitions Are Postponed or Cancelled.

Sleep to Shine – New Trends and Old ‘Secrets’: A Focus on Olympic Track and Field Athletes.Coaches and medical staff sho...
03/03/2026

Sleep to Shine – New Trends and Old ‘Secrets’: A Focus on Olympic Track and Field Athletes.

Coaches and medical staff should be aware that sleep quality and quantity characteristics are typically suboptimal in elite athletes.

Sleep shows huge inter- and intra-individual variability in humans and many factors need to be evaluated, or controlled, to better picture the sleep behaviour in athletes, such as: athletes’ chronotype, the training schedules, and the different sport disciplines.

Nowadays, there are several cost-effective methods to collect sleep data and so athletes’ staff should monitor sleep characteristics during the different periods of the competitive season (in-, off-, and pre-season) to highlight potential areas of improvement.

The correct “administration” of daytime napping and the implementation of sleep hygiene strategies represent two non-invasive and non-pharmacological solutions to sleep issues that should be included in the daily routine of elite athletes.

🔗 Read the full article 👉 https://journal.aspetar.com/en/journals/volume-14-special-collection-ramadan-and-sports-medicine/sleep-to-shine-new-trends-and-old-secrets-a-focus-on-olympic-track-and-field-athletes2

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01/03/2026

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Aspetar is the first specialised Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in the Gulf region. It provides the highest possible medical treatment for sports-related injuries in a state-of-the-art facility, staffed by some of the world’s leading sports medicine practitioners and researchers. Through the delivery of excellence in sports medicine, physiotherapy, sports science, orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, Aspetar services the needs of football and Sports Clubs and Federations throughout the state of Qatar, and regularly services international athletes and professional sportspeople. Aspetar provides a full service offering from injury prevention to injury management and performance improvement. The philosophy of Aspetar is to provide sportspeople with the clinical support, knowledge and facilities to maximise their training and competitive potential. This is achieved through tailored education programmes and support in areas of health including fitness assessment, nutrition, psychology, physiology and physical training. The hospital strives to meet the highest international standards obtainable in its treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries and combines best-practices with the latest technology to guide athletes from diagnosis through rehabilitation and recovery. Our teams of dedicated researchers and physicians couple leading methodologies with state-of-the-art technology to provide athletes with total health, physical management and performance strategies. Aspetar is situated within Aspire Zone, a modern multi-purpose leisure and recreation complex that played host to the Doha 2006 Asian Games.