Return-to-play assessments, ACL functional testing batteries, and overuse-injury workups — built for the 35–55 crowd who still plays.
Sports medicine in the Philippines is often framed around elite athletes — the national team, the professional basketball leagues, the varsity programs. The reality is that the bulk of musculoskeletal sports demand in this country comes from a different population: lawyers who play Sunday basketball at the Polo Club, executives running Wattle Run on BGC weekends, triathletes training before their 7 AM Zoom, badminton leagues in Greenhills, and the growing 40+ golfing community. Our sports medicine service is built for them.
The physician leading this service is board-certified in sports medicine, with a fellowship from Seoul St. Mary's Hospital and accreditation with the Philippine Academy of Sports Medicine. We work under the same DOH AO 2021-0013 framework as the rest of the clinic, and the sports medicine consult integrates directly with our orthopedic surgeons when surgical decisions arise. Every assessment borrows from published frameworks — the STARTS (Strategic Assessment of Risk and Risk Tolerance) model for return-to-play, the MOON Consortium hop-test battery for ACL clearance, and established relative energy deficiency and overuse injury screening tools.
Masters athletes are not just younger athletes with slower recovery. They come with a distinct injury profile — early patellofemoral OA, rotator cuff tendinopathy, Achilles insertional degeneration, meniscal tears on a pre-arthritic knee — and a distinct set of priorities. They do not want to stop; they want to train smarter and avoid surgery for as long as the tissue allows. The assessment, the programme, and the return-to-play criteria all account for that. A 48-year-old post-ACL-reconstruction basketball player returning to competitive play is a different conversation from a 19-year-old varsity athlete on the same surgery.
Masters athletes don't need to be saved from their sport. They need to be kept in it — with smarter load, better tissue work, and honest milestones. — Sports Medicine Team, Myntrava
Many sports-medicine cases start with an orthopedic consultation and end up in physical rehabilitation, with or without an image-guided injection in between. For post-surgical athletes, the post-surgery rehab programme extends into sport-specific return-to-play testing. Background reading: this article on meniscal tears in masters athletes and this recovery guide on graduated return-to-sport are both useful before your visit.
Sport, weekly volume, competitive level, training history, previous injuries, surgery details. We map the actual load, not a rough estimate.
Standard exam — ROM, special tests, neurovascular — plus sport-specific tests: pivot shift, Lachman, apprehension, impingement, overhead screen.
Single-leg squat, Y-balance, drop jump, hop-test battery (for ACL), overhead mobility screen (for shoulder sports). Side-to-side symmetry scored.
We review your existing MRI/X-ray and, when indicated, co-read with our imaging coordinator. Ultrasound available in-clinic for tendinopathies.
Either: graded return-to-sport with week-by-week load targets; or referral pathway if surgery is the honest answer. Written, measurable, dated.
For return-to-play cases: a re-test visit 4–8 weeks later. Clearance is granted when criteria are hit — never on a calendar basis.
Not at all. Most of our active caseload is 35–55. The question isn't whether you should keep playing, it's whether your current training, recovery, and tissue tolerance can sustain it. We audit the whole picture and give you the honest answer.
Yes, when you want us to. A one-page summary of findings and load prescription can be shared with your strength coach or trainer — especially helpful for triathletes and serious recreational runners.
The standard orthopedic consultation diagnoses and plans for most joint problems. The sports medicine consult adds 20 minutes of sport-specific functional testing, load analysis, and return-to-play criteria-setting. If your question is genuinely "should I play on Sunday?" rather than "why does my knee hurt?", this is the right visit.
Yes. For chronic patellar tendinopathy, tennis elbow, and gluteal tendinopathy, PRP has strong evidence and we offer it under ultrasound. See our injections page for pricing and protocols.
We can assess your musculoskeletal readiness — mobility, strength, past injury, load history — but we don't do cardiac clearance. If your GP or cardiologist has cleared you from a cardiac standpoint, we can assess the structural side and flag risks.
Then we refer internally to our orthopedic surgeons or, if you prefer, to a surgeon of your choice at Makati Med, St. Luke's, or The Medical City. Post-op, you come back for our post-surgery rehab programme — typically the same surgeon-coordinated pathway.
60 minutes, full functional assessment, and a written plan you can hand your coach. Weekday evenings and Saturday mornings available.
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