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Sedate game capable of taking its toll
Irish Times, Tuesday 26th July 2011
Following a recent interview with Dr Suzi Clarke of SSC, Philip Reid of The Irish Times published the following article on Tuesday 26th July 2011.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0726/1224301382774.html
Spinal Evaluation Service
Monday, March 16th, 2009 - SSC
SSC -
Spinal Evaluation
Service
SSC launches their new Spinal Evaluation Service, click here to download pdf.
The Official Opening of SSC by Lord Sebastian Coe
Friday, November 14th, 2008 - SSC
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Mr.Conor O'Shea National Director of the English Institute of Sport visits SSC
November, 2008 - SSC
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SSC in the News
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - SSC
SSC featured in
The Player
SSC has featured in Gaelic Players’ Association The Player Magazine. Éanna Falvey has an in-depth look at the injuries that affect GAA players.
SSC has featured in Gaelic Players’ Association The Player Magazine. Éanna Falvey has an in-depth look at the injuries that affect GAA players.
SSC in the News
Thursday, July 10, 2008 - SSC
SSC featured in The Player
The Sports Surgery Clinic is delighted to have recently had stories in various newspapers featuring Dr Ray Moran & Dr Eanna Falvey. Click a link below to open the PDF.
Complex scenario but full recovery is likely
The Irish Times – Thursday 19th June 2008
Sports injury management
Irish Medical News – Tuesday 3rd June 2008
The Clinic
The Player – Summer 2008
VHI will cover sports clinic
Friday, August 17, 2007 - Irish Medical Times
The Sports Surgery Clinic has announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility.
The Sports Surgery Clinic has announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility. VHI Healthcare members nationwide can now access the only comprehensive specialist musculo-skeletal sports service available in Ireland.
This includes diagnosis and management of the acute sports injury, through to the diagnosis, prehabilitation and treatment of chronic degenerative joint injury.
Located at Santry Demesne, Dublin, the Sports Surgery Clinic offers a single-centre care facility for screening, diagnosis, prehabilitation and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, in addition to dedicated consultant expertise in sports medicine.
The €60 million clinic caters for everybody with an interest in sporting activities from leading amateur and professional sports people, through to those who simply enjoy sporting activities as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Mr. Ray Moran, orthopaedic surgeon and Sports Surgery Clinic Medical Director said, “The Sports Surgery Clinic is one of Europe’s first dedicated facilities for the treatment of sports and exercise injuries and conditions. It offers a full range of health and fitness screening, rapid access for acute injury management and treatment, sport rehab, injury prevention in a purpose-built centre. I am delighted that VHI Healthcare members can now avail of services which are designed to get patients active and back in action in the quickest time possible,” he said.
Dr. Bernadette Carr, Medical Director, VHI Healthcare, stated, “We are delighted to be the first private health insurer in Ireland to reach agreement with the Sports Surgery Clinic and feel our members will benefit by having access to this unique facility. This is a modern, state of the art facility and we are pleased that members will be able to avail of the services there. VHI Healthcare is committed to providing the best and most up to date healthcare available to our members.”
The privately funded clinic has four state of the art fully digital clean air operating theatres. The diagnostic imaging department has a fully integrated RIS/PACS system and boasts, for the first time in Ireland, a clinically functional 3 Telsa MRI scanner, which ensures superior diagnostic imaging of musculo-skeletal disorders.
There are fifteen consulting suites, 37 in-patient beds, 21 day beds and 14 recovery beds. The clinic commenced operations on 18th July 2007 and expects that there will be up to 160 staff employed when fully operational.
Sports clinic gets VHI cover
Monday, August 27, 2007 - Irish Medical News
The Dublin based Sports Surgery Clinic has confirmed that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending what it says is "this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility".
The Dublin based Sports Surgery Clinic has confirmed that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending what it says is “this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility”.
Located at Santry Demesne, Dublin, the €60 million Sports Surgery Clinic offers a single-centre care facility for screening, diagnosis, prehabilitation, and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, in addition to dedicated consultant expertise in sports medicine.
VHI Healthcare members nationwide can now access the only comprehensive specialist musculo-skeletal sports service available in Ireland.
This includes expert assessment of the acute sports injury, through to the diagnosis, prehabilitation ad treatment of chronic degenerative joint injury.
Mr. Ray Moran, orthopaedic surgeon and Sports Surgery Clinic Medical Director, said that the Clinic is one of Europe’s first dedicated facilities for the treatment of sports and exercise injuries and conditions.
“It offers a full range of health fitness screening, rapid access for acute injury management and treatment, sports rehab, injury prevention and recovery programmes in a purpose-built centre.”
Dr. Bernadette Carr, Medical Director, VHI Healthcare, stated that the insurer was delighted to be the first private health insurer in Ireland to reach agreement with the Sports Surgery Clinic.
The privately funded clinic has four state-of-the-art fully digital clean air operating theatres. The diagnostic imaging department has a fully integrated RIS/PACS system and boasts for the first time in Ireland, a clinically functional 3 Telsa MRI scanner, which ensures superior diagnostic imaging of musculo-skeletal disorders.
There are 15 consulting suites, 37 in-patient beds, 21-day beds and 14 recovery beds in the clinic.
The clinic commenced operations on July 18 this year and it is expected that there will be up to 160 staff employed when it is fully operational.
VHI announces link-up with specialist clinic
Friday, August 10, 2007 - Irish Examiner
VHI Healthcare is to provide comprehensive cover for The Sports Surgery Clinic.
VHI Healthcare is to provide comprehensive cover for The Sports Surgery Clinic.
VHI Healthcare members can now access the only comprehensive specialist musculo-skeletal sports service available in Ireland.
This includes expert assessment, diagnosis and management of acute sports injury, though to the diagnosis, “prehabilitation” and treatment of chronic degenerative joint injury.
Located at Santry Demesne, Dublin, the Sports Surgery Clinic offers a unique, single-centre care-facility for screening, diagnosis, prehabilitation, and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, in addition to dedicated consultant expertise in sports medicine.
VHI to pay bills at €60 million sports clinic
Friday, August 10, 2007 - Irish Examiner
VHI members who attend Dublin’s new €60 million private sports clinic will have their bills picked up by the health insurer, it was announced yesterday.
VHI members who attend Dublin’s new €60 million private sports clinic will have their bills picked up by the health insurer, it was announced yesterday.
The recently opened state-of-the-art Sports Surgery Clinic at Santry Demesne is one of Europe’s first dedicated facilities for the treatment of sports and exercise injuries and conditions.
VHI Healthcare will provide “comprehensive cover” for its members attending the sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility, according to a statement by the clinic.
The clinic said its specialist treatment was available to everybody with an interest in sporting activities, from leading amateur and professional sports people to people who enjoy sporting action as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Clinical medical director Ray Moran said: “The clinic offers a full range of health and fitness screening, rapid access for acute injury management and treatment, sports rehab, injury prevention and recovery in a purpose-built centre.”
At present VHI covers all in-patient surgical surgical procedures at the clinic.
Cover for treatments is available to VHI members with Plans B to E, B-E Options and LifeStage Choices plans.
It is understood negotiations are continuing with regard to providing cover for outpatient treatments.
The VHI is the first private health insurer in Ireland to reach agreement with the Sports Surgery Clinic.
The new clinic is anxious to stress its promotion of the “wellness” concept – as opposed to the standard medical practice of executive health screening, which primarily looks for disease.
Sports and exercise experts are eager to point to the economic payback for a country by having people remain healthy and well.
Cleveland Medical Clinic, which is ranked among America’s top hospitals, has said if the fitness level of a population was increased by one metabolic unit people would live 18% longer.
They would also delay hospital treatment and cut insurance spending by 18%.
A professional rugby player would have a metabolic fitness level of 19, the average housewife eight, while a cardiac patient might be five or six.
Research shows that people who take regular exercise live longer and are….
VHI Cover Sports Clinic
Thursday, August 9, 2007 - Evening Herald – City Final
The Sports Surgery Clinic announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending the facility.
The Sports Surgery Clinic announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending the facility.
The €60 million clinic caters for everybody with an interest in sporting activities from leading amateur and professional sportspeople.
Northside Sports Clinic Open for Business
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - City Wide News North West
The Sports Surgery Clinic today announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility.
The Sports Surgery Clinic today announced that VHI Healthcare will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility.
VHI Healthcare members can now access the only comprehensive specialist musculo-skeletal sports service available in Ireland. This includes expert assessment diagnosis and management of the acute sports injury, through to the diagnosis, rehabilitation and treatment of chronic degenerative joint injury.
Located at Santry Demesne, Dublin, the Sports Surgery Clinic offers a unique, single-centre care facility for screening, diagnosis, and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, in addition to dedicated consultant expertise.
The €60 million caters for everybody with an interest in sporting activities, from leading amateur and professional sportspeople, through to those who simply enjoy sporting activities as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Mr. Ray Moran, orthopaedic surgeon and Sports Surgery Clinic medical director said: "The Sports Surgery Clinic is one of Europe's first dedicated facilities for the treatment of sports and exercise injuries and conditions. It offers a full range of health ad fitness screening, rapid access for acute injury management and treatment, sport rehab, injury prevention and recovery programmes in a purpose-built centre. I am delighted that Vhi Healthcare members can now avail of services which are designed to get patients active and back in action in the quickest time possible," commented Mr. Moran.
Dr. Bernadette Carr, Medical Director, VHI Healthcare, stated that, "We are delighted to be the first private health insurer in Ireland to reach agreement with the Sports Surgery Clinic and feel our members will benefit by having access to this unique facility. This is a modern, state of the art facility and we are pleased that members will be able to avail of the services there. VHI Healthcare is committed to providing the best and most up to date healthcare available to our members."
The privately funded clinic has four state of the art fully digital clean air operating theatres. The diagnostic imaging department has a fully integrated RIS/PACS system and boasts for the first time in Ireland, a clinically functional 3 Telsa MRI scanner, which ensures superior diagnostic imaging of musculo-skeletal disorders.
There are fifteen consulting suites, 37 inpatient beds, 21 day beds and 14 recovery beds. The clinic commenced operations on July 18th 2007 and expects that there will be up to 160 staff employed when fully operational.
Vhi covers members for sports surgery
Sunday, August 19, 2007 - Blanch Gazette
The Sports Surgery Clinic has announced that VHI will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility.
The Sports Surgery Clinic has announced that VHI will provide comprehensive cover for its members attending this unique sports surgery, orthopaedic and sports medicine facility.
VHI Healthcare members nationwide can now access the only comprehensive specialist musculo-skeletal sports service available in Ireland. This includes expert assessment diagnosis and management of the acute sports injury, through to the diagnosis, rehabilitation and treatment of chronic degenerative joint injury.
Located at Santry Demesne, Dublin, the Sports Surgery Clinic offers a unique, single-centre care facility for screening, diagnosis, and surgical treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, in addition to dedicated consultant expertise.
The €60 million caters for everybody with an interest in sporting activities, from leading amateur and professional sportspeople, through to those who simply enjoy sporting activities as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Mr. Ray Moran, orthopaedic surgeon and Sports Surgery Clinic medical director said: "The Sports Surgery Clinic is one of Europe's first dedicated facilities for the treatment of sports and exercise injuries and conditions".