COT CAT Sport

COT CAT Sport is an organisation of professionals from the area of healthcare and other disciplines that aims to meet people’s sports-related needs and provide them with advice tailored to their personal levels of engagement in sports: from leisure sports to high-performance sports.

Prevention

COT CAT SPORT offers a portfolio of services defined by prevention, care and functional adaptation. Medical check-ups with the relevant physiological function tests together with proper monitoring and medical advice are essential tools in prevention and safety.

Diagnosis and treatment

With any injury resulting from either sports practice or an accident, both diagnosis and treatment with appropriate expertise and technology are the key ingredients to enable people to successfully recover and return to their activities.

Services offered at COT CAT Sport

Sports traumatology

Medical appointments
Emergencies
Musculoskeletal ultrasound scans
Infiltrations of hyaluronic acid
Infiltrations of platelet-rich plasma
Outpatient surgery
Minimally invasive surgery
Major surgery

Sports medicine

Medical visits
Medical check-ups for athletes
Physiological studies of health and sporting performance
Sports fitness tests:
- Certificates of readiness and/or fitness to engage in various sports activities: underwater activities, athletics, physical strength tests, federation licences, etc.
Strategies for injury prevention
Genetic tests:
- Nutrigenomics
- Prevention of muscle injury or sudden-death screening
Clinical tests

Diet and nutrition

Weight control:
- Overweight and obesity
- Personalised diets
- Nutritional education to achieve a balanced diet
- Monitoring of the introduction of physical exercise
Nutritional support for athletes:
- Control, support and personalised monitoring throughout the sports season
- Specific controls for sports events or competitions
- Training and education in nutrition applied to sport, health and performance
- Support for recovery and prevention of injuries and diseases (resulting from poor nutrition)
- Advice and support for using dietary supplements
- Detection of errors and poor nutritional habits
- Personalised nutritional, hydration and rehydration plans
Nutrition adapted to sports practice: for diabetics, coeliacs, hypertensive people
Pregnancy and sports
Nutrition and sports for children and teenagers

Sports cardiology

Basic cardiologic monitoring
Functional tests
Echocardiology
Sports and heart diseases: congenital heart disease, heart attack and angina, ventricular hypertrophy, pacemakers…

Sports biomechanics

Gait analysis
Postural assessment
Podiatry – insoles
Bike fit

Sports Coaching and rehabilitation

Introduction to competitive sports
Monitoring, personalisation and planning of training programmes
Rehabilitation after injuries
Team leadership

Sports psichology

Motivation
Facing and achieving our goals
Stress control
Advice on coping with panic and avoidance behaviours