Medical examination (sports medicine) for an amateur athlete 18+

Medical examination (sports medicine) for an amateur athlete 18+

Competition in sports around the world requires an athlete to undergo basic examinations in order to gain athletic ability. The examinations must cover all athletes who want to start and continue training in qualified sport, understood as a form of human activity related to participation in sports competition, organized or conducted in a specific sports discipline by a Polish sports association or entities acting under its authority.

Examinations should be performed periodically before training commencement. Of course, the examinations should also be performed after an injury or a longer illness.

It should be noted that examinations are necessary to start and continue training and are not only a condition for admission to sports competitions.

Consent to start and continue sports activities may be issued by a primary health care physician - on the basis of medical documentation, results of balance tests - medical certificates about the health condition enabling safe participation in sports competitions organized by a Polish sports association and decisions about the ability to practice a given sport by children, adolescents and players, if the physician does not find that it is necessary to issue such a certificate by a specialist in the field of sports medicine or a physician with a certificate of completion of the introductory course in the field of sports medicine (e.g. when s/he receives information about the intention to practice competitive sports), (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 395, item 396 and item 397.v).

At Rehasport, we make sure that the certification on the ability to practice a given sport is issued by a physician with appropriate qualifications, i.e. specialists in sports medicine and doctors certified by the Polish Society of Sports Medicine entitling them to sports medical examinations.

For the needs of amateur sport, we have created packages that include examinations most often performed in various sports.

A detailed scope of medical examinations (sports medicine) for an amateur athlete:

• Consultation of a sports medicine physician with the issuance of a certificate.
• Structural analysis of body composition (weight, height, body fat and water content, etc.).
• Resting ECG.
• Laboratory tests: peripheral blood counts, glucose, urinalysis, ESR.