Located in the Municipal Sports Cotillas Towers, the Sports Medicine Cabinet from the local Sports Council offers free support to athletes of the municipality, in which medical examinations are done to assess the health of themselves and their skills for sports.
"The majority of service users are young athletes belonging to local teams who practice in municipal facilities sports like football, handball, basketball, tennis, badminton and rhythmic gymnastics, among others," said Jose Serna, responsible specialist service and Medicine Physical Education and Sport
At present, the age of the athletes is reviewed between 6 and 18 years, although in other seasons adults also revised practicing aerobics, maintenance, cycling and gerontogimnasia.
For reviews, no established protocol that applies to athletes and which are valued different aspects such as, for example, anthropometric, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, arterial ... "The Municipal Office of Sports Medicine also has carried out training to instructors, parents and athletes through various training sessions, "said Councilman Torreño Sports, Ginés Pérez Iniesta, which emphasizes" the free service for users ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas