Starts from Beijing 2008 the partnership between ASAlaser and the Italian Fencing Federation (FIS). From the Chinese World Championship, FIS physiotherapists can count on a new team companion to support them in the athletes preparation and in their recovery in case of accidents on the fencing piste: Hilterapia®. ASAlaser & Fencing has been in recent years a lucky and successful combination, as confirmed by winnings and Dr. Antonio Fiore (Italian Fencing Federation Federal Doctor) words.
From Beijing to London until Budapest and other important sports events: Hilterapia® will follow you since 2008 and also this year will be part of FIS staff. What makes it an ideal workmate for fencing? The possibility of relying on a therapy able of dealing with great efficiency a wide range of issues, together with the availability, communication skills and ability to interpret our needs demonstrated by ASAlaser since the beginning of the cooperation.
The case studies in which Hilterapia® has made its contribution is large: in what circumstances its support has been particularly decisive? Certainly its contribution has been important in the treatment of Aldo Montano problems from Beijing 2008 to London 2012: I think to muscle and tendon injuries that have marked the seasons of this extraordinary athlete. HILT® has been also an invaluable support in the Achilles tendon problem that has plagued Valentina Vezzali during the last edition of the Games: a very serious injury manifested on the eve of the London competition.
Treatment of diseases that affect the tendons in the foreground... Surely therapy has proven effective in the insertional tendinopathy that represent the disease more common in high level athletes. However FIS medical staff uses HILT® in the treatment of traumatic muscular problems and in some forms of spine disorders, thanks to its analgesic action on painful points..
Let’s play in advance speaking about prevention: Hilterapia® can also be used in the preparation program? Preventive action carried out by Hilterapia® is to avoid a clinical worsening of chronic or microtrauma diseases (insertional tendinitis, periostitis, myoenthesitis) that normally don’t stop the sport activity. Insiders know, however, that athletes are often forced to live, for most of the agonistic season, with interference and inconvenience and that, in parallel, they need to train and compete. For doctors and physiotherapists is therefore a priority to control and better manage these conditions, to achieve a satisfactory compromise between clinical needs and competitive conditions and to avoid the tissue deterioration up to force the athlete to rest. This is the real "nightmare" for athletes, coaches and doctors.
It follows that also the continuity in treating an athlete becomes indispensable... In sports, where everything is devoured with great rapidity and that is based on a four-year schedule, be able to have continuity is always an added asset, because it means reliability and effectiveness. But we must emphasize that the continuity is the result of the value that is acknowledged to a therapy: if the athletes had not perceived the real effectiveness of Hilterapia®, this marriage would not have had any luck.
About athletes: being the main beneficiaries of the therapy, they are also the first to be able to evaluate it... Athletes are special characters: if they don’t express doubts, misgivings or even waste it means that they support the therapeutic choice, while not prodigal of awards, congratulations and thanks. The absence of protests and complaints corresponds to satisfaction. Hilterapia® has been well accepted since the beginning, and today is one of the treatment options that is stimulated by guys and technicians during the training and competitions lasting more than a week, as World Cup and Olympics. The real success for us is to know that when athletes enter in the physiotherapy room they can count on the presence of the red device for Hilterapia®. Its presence in the team, regardless of the need to receive treatment, is a reassurance. A gold medal deserves also in this way!
