“Acıbadem Sports”, the first and only holder of a FIFA Medical Center of Excellence certificate in Türkiye since 2012, is a sports health center built on 4.500 square meters adjacent to Acıbadem Fulya, a full-fledged hospital in Istanbul, the intersection of Asia and Europe.
Led by sports medicine professionals and sports scientists, the center provides services in the fields of preventive medicine, diagnosis, treatment, athletic performance and sports physiotherapy at international standards. The fundamental philosophy of our team is to prevent injuries, develop and implement injury prevention programs and educate athletes using state-of-the-art technology and technical expertise under the guidance of current academic research. Post-injury, athletes are evaluated by a team of sports medicine physicians, physiotherapists, manual therapists, sports psychologists, nutritionists and athletic performance coaches with a multidisciplinary approach, from the time of first response to return to play.
During treatment and rehabilitation, we make effective use of a broad range of high-tech equipment and devices, including indoor aquatic therapy pool, anti-gravity treadmills, high-altitude activity in hypoxic environment, and whole body cryotherapy at -110 °C.
Thanks to its location right adjacent to, and full integration with, the full-fledged Acıbadem Fulya Hospital, ASA offers all kinds of in-house radiological imaging and surgical services with internationally renowned medical professionals specialized in sports traumatology, arthroscopy, hand surgery, spinal surgery, foot & ankle surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, endocrinology, internal medicine, and many more. The director of our center, Prof. Dr. med. Ömer Faruk Taşer, is at the same time Head of Orthopedics at Acıbadem Fulya and Health Board Chairman of the Turkish Football Federation.
Our center offers diagnosis and treatment at international standards with a team of expert physiotherapists, cutting-edge technology devices and strong infrastructure. We enable you to resume your normal life quickly thanks to advanced post-surgical rehabilitation techniques, and we make a difference for you with a multidisciplinary approach.
Acıbadem Mobile Sports Lab which is equipped with high-tech wearable sensors to offer services independent of time and space. Focused entirely on sports medicine and science, the staff at Acıbadem Sports comprises well-known orthopedists, sports physicians, sports scientists, physiotherapists, s&c coaches, data analysts, exercise physiologists and nutritionists, each working in and providing consultancy to leading teams of every branch in Türkiye.
Acıbadem Sports uses sports science, technology and field experience to develop injury prevention programs, enable maximum athletic performance, and provide education services in sports medicine and sports sciences and serves as a health sponsor for many highly reputed national and international teams and federations.
Acıbadem Sports makes a difference by bringing sports health under the same roof with public fitness & wellness to offer a healthy lifestyle for all people who have a desire of doing sports in a conscious manner, always acting on the motto “healthy sports for sports lovers of all ages".
1. International Standards
Acıbadem Sports offers preventive medicine, diagnosis, treatment and athletic performance management services at international standards under the leadership of experts in the fields of sports medicine and sports sciences.
2. High-Tech Infrastructure
We have all the technological infrastructure from a Mobile Sports Lab to Athlete Monitoring, Injury Prevention and Risk Analysis to combine sports and athlete health with technology and science. This state-of-the-art technology allows us to monitor athletes more quickly, precisely and objectively with special sensor devices and equipment, without any waste of time.
3. Personalized Exercise Program
Acıbadem Sports not only develops injury prevention programs according to individual body characteristics but also post-treatment exercise and care practices. The center’s in-house analysis devices and expert staff enable completely personalized service provision to help individuals get the highest efficiency from the program.
4. Multidisciplinary Approach
Thanks to its integration with Acıbadem Fulya, Acıbadem Sports can provide services in many branches, and individuals can be evaluated and followed up by expert team members coordinately.
5. Preventive Health Approach
Acıbadem Sports conducts status assessments during sport and physical activity with the help of high-tech devices, adopting the protection and healing of individuals from possible injuries as a core philosophy.
6. Post-Surgical Care
We provide post-surgical health and care services coordinately with physicians and specialists from various branches such as Orthopedics and Traumatology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Algology, Sports Cardiology, Podiatry, Nutritionist, Applied Biomechanics, Psychology, and Physiotherapy.
7. Performance Area
Acıbadem Sports performance area enables us to measure body functions during activity according to type of sport and to make evaluations based on the results obtained therefrom.
8. Education Opportunities
Acıbadem Sports Academy (ASA) gives training to physicians, physiotherapists, sports scientists and trainers that work with sports clubs and federations, and thus, takes Turkish Sports one step further with its expert staff. ASA commenced its certified trainings accredited by the Turkish Football Federation. The first certificates awarded by ASA were on GPS Usage and Analysis in Sports, Sports Technologies, and Data Analysis.
9. Event Experience
To date, ASA has sponsored many national and international teams and has hosted numerous events of high significance. ASA also provides services to clubs and federations such as the Turkish Football Federation, Turkish Basketball Federation, Turkish Volleyball Federation, Turkish Handball Federation, Turkish Tennis Federation, and Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club.
10. FIFA Accreditation
Acıbadem Sports, the first and only exemplary organization of Türkiye accredited by FIFA, has been deemed worthy of the “FIFA Medical Center of Excellence” certificate awarded only to 42 centers across the globe, and has been registered as a “center of excellence” by FIFA.
