Sportklinik NRW

Every year, more than 70,000 people in Germany suffer a sudden cardiac arrest outside a hospital. Despite the high number of people affected, the survival rate is currently only 10 percent. This is an alarming figure that highlights the importance of fast and effective first aid. Irreversible brain…

Pain therapy as the last hope for chronic pain

Millions of people in Germany suffer from chronic pain, which can be triggered by various causes such as rheumatic diseases, orthopaedic conditions or tumor pain. According to the German Pain Society, half of all pain patients receive inadequate…

Successful recertification of the Sportklinik Hellersen 

The Hellersen Sports Clinic is once again setting high standards in terms of quality and patient safety. After the specialist clinic had already been awarded the renowned ISO 9001 certificate in 2021, the recertification now confirms the…

1st place in the KU Health Management Award in theonline marketingcategory
An ideal fusion of online and offline media with a holistic and cross-channel understanding of the brand, close to life and the needs of users or patients - with these criteria, the Sportklinik Hellersen won the KU Award…

Adifferent kind of family business: The Hagenah family is the sports clinic family
When Dr. Joachim Hagenah thinks of the Hellersen Sports Clinic, he thinks of family. Of the sports clinic family, to which he has belonged for over 18 years, but also of his own, his wife and his three sons.

First dual student successfully completes training at special clinic
Katharina Krömer associates a very special journey with the Sportklinik Hellersen. After she had to give up her original profession as a qualified physiotherapist due to an accident at work, she made a new start at the…

Senior physician Dr. Tobias Schmenn cares for the national team as team physician /
Dr. Ulrich Schneider, head physician Sportmedizin Hellersen, also present
From July 20 to August 20, the German women's national team will play for the World Cup title in Australia and New Zealand.

Exercisecaution on hot days
Summer attracts many people to do sports outside. Whether it's for fun, to keep fit, or specific preparation for a sporting event - there are a few things to keep in mind when playing sports, and especially on hot summer days. Andreas Kramer, sports scientist in the…

Better patient care through fast and efficient appointment management
In order to optimize the service for patients in the long term and relieve the medical staff permanently, the Sportklinik Hellersen and the Medical Care Center of the Sportklinik Hellersen, cooperate with the e-health service…

Special clinic supports ISG Lüdenscheid in preparation for the AOK company run
Several thousand participants take to the start line every year at the AOK company run in Lüdenscheid. Among them is a group from the inclusive sports community - ISG for short - which is preparing for this event together…

Enjoyinglife again thanks to surgery at the Sportklinik Hellersen
For Wolfram Fischer, sport is his elixir of life. Every day he feels an enormous urge to move and covers up to 50 kilometers a day - either on his bike or in his running shoes, the main thing being through the local forests in the…

Special hospital introduces RECUP reusable system
Sustainability and environmental protection are becoming increasingly important. However, in healthcare and especially in hospitals, it is often difficult to act and take measures sustainably due to the high hygienic requirements. "Sustainability is…

Stern magazine honors specialty clinic in spine surgery
When it comes to health, it's also about trust. The large list of the Stern magazine "Germany's excellent hospitals" shows how many people trust in the expertise of the Sportklinik Hellersen, in which the Lüdenscheid special clinic is also…

The website relaunch of the Sportklinik Hellersen has been online for a few weeks now. With this, the specialist clinic for orthopedics, trauma surgery and sports medicine is consistently continuing its newly developed brand and corporate communication and digitally transforming the redesign of the…

Dr. Ulrich Schneider and Dr. Oliver Meier included in top list
Dr. Oliver Meier, head physician of the department of special spine surgery, and Dr. Ulrich Schneider, head physician of sports medicine at the Sportklinik Hellersen , are once again among the top physicians honored by Focus Gesundheit…

Interdisciplinary collaboration enriches Sportklinik Hellersen
Dr. Wolfgang Welke has a lot of experience in the field of pain treatment. Now the head physician of the Center for Special Pain Medicine at the Sportklinik Hellersen trained the first pain therapist.

The Sportklinik Hellersen supports children and young people in sports with 2,170 euros. Yesterday, Monday, October 18, Clinic Director Dirk Burghaus presented a donation of 1,085 euros each to the Stadtsportverband Lüdenscheid e. V. (SSV) and to the Kreissportbund Märkischer Kreis e. V. (KSB).

24 trainees of the district fire department for performance testing at the Sportklinik Hellersen
24 trainees of the district fire department underwent performance diagnostics at the Sports Medicine Department of the Sportklinik Hellersen last week. The performance diagnostics are part of a study in…

More and more people have the opportunity to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. This is good and important. Regardless of the possible long-term consequences of the coronavirus, infectious diseases in general can lead to long training absences or even jeopardize athletic careers.

New specialist area from October 1 at the Sports Clinic
Dr. Oliver Meier's specialty is the spine. Whether deformations, curvatures or age-related changes due to wear and tear - the head physician for special spine surgery comes into play when higher-grade instabilities are present and there is no…