The National Sports Council (NSC) has set up a Sports Clinic and Rehabilitation Unit at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra. The facility is in line with the Council’s quest to ensure optimum function, physical and medical fitness for the nation’s sportsmen and women towards the development and promotion of sports to a respectable height. Mr Worlanyo Agra, Chief Executive of the Council in a statement copied to GNA Sports said that the unit boasts of some ultra-modern facilities for sports related ailments. “The activities of the Unit is powered by ‘Health Insight’ a team of medics and para-medics who are dedicated to excellence in the management of sports injuries and other specialists like General practice, Radiology, ENT Surgeons, Optometrists, physical therapist among others. “Our goal-oriented programme is designed to identify and maximize quality of life within the spheres of early detection, promotion, prevention, intervention, habitation and rehabilitation in order to return injured sportsmen to the field/pitch/table as fit and as early as possible. “The multi-disciplinary and innovative research based approach, always yields exceptional results that exceed client’s expectation.” Mr Agra advised sportsmen and women to undertake comprehensive routine physical and medical fitness testing regularly before and after major seasons. The clinic renders services such as Functional Capacity Assessment, which is a scientifically developed objective process that measures one’s physical capabilities on site injury evaluation, managing sports injuries, physical therapy and rehabilitation and general consultation for other medical problems.Source: GNA