Team

The many years of experience that I gained looking after some of the top athletes in a range of different sports has equipped me with the tools to help athletes particularly through difficult times following an injury or illness. I am a “professional for professionals”. Top athletes are always involved in a complex network between their club, association, coaches, sponsors, the press and the public. This requires perfectly coordinated medical care right through to the quickest possible reintegration into the sport at a competitive level.

Focus areas: Areas of expertise: Shoulder and knee surgery, sports medicine, sports traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, treatment strategies for the articular cartilage

Support: Clients: Switzerland’s national beach soccer team, football association for north west Switzerland (Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz), ringside doctor for K1/Muay Thai/MMA, motorsport, crossklinik Tennis Open

Tendon surgery, capsular ligament reconstruction and axis correction on the knee, ankle and foot are my areas of expertise. I specialise in particular on minimally invasive foot surgery and Achilles tendon surgery. I also have considerable experience in the special surgery technique for collarbone fractures. As a sports physician, I look after the professional volleyball club Sm’Aesch-Pfeffingen, various other clubs and sporting events.

The foot and the ankle joint form a complex system of bones, ligaments and tendons. For many years, the treatment of diseases and injuries of the foot and the ankle joint has been the main focus of my work. This includes primarily hallux valgus or claw toes and hindfoot deformities such as a flexible flatfoot, but also sports injuries such as ligament ruptures or tendon injuries. In many cases, we do not realise the significance of our feet until they are injured. Our main goal is to get you safely back on your feet.

Focus areas: Fore- and hindfoot deformities, fractures and effects of trauma, arthrosis and cartilage surgery, sports injuries, reconstruction of ligaments and tendons

Optimisation of traditional procedures – establishment of innovations – interdisciplinary treatment in an experienced team: For me, therapy is always centred around the patient and their highly individual knee complaints. My main areas of expertise include arthroscopic meniscus and ligament surgery on the knee, cartilage repair, treatment of patellar instability and corrective osteotomies. After studying in Erlangen, I began my training as an orthopaedic specialist in Switzerland in 2002 and have been part of the team at the crossklinik Basel since 2013.

Focus areas: Areas of expertise: arthroscopic meniscus and ligament surgery on the knee, reconstructive treatment on cartilage, treatment of patella instability, corrective osteotomies, fracture treatment

Since the beginning of my training as an orthopaedic surgeon, the shoulder joint has been my main interest. I gained a deeper understanding and knowledge of this complex joint during my fellowship programme in Dr. Eduard Buess’ practice for orthopaedic surgery in Bern and as a senior physician at the University Hospital Basel. The aim of every treatment is the full recovery of your achingly impaired shoulder for your daily life and your sportive demands. It is my personal incentive to find an individual solution for every patient’s shoulder.

Focus areas: Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder joint in rotator cuff disorders and shoulder instability. Osteosynthetic treatment of fractures of the shoulder girdle.

To me it is important using top medicine and the most recent technologies in your treatment, what makes it possible to offer you solutions even in the case of complex problems and complications. Especially in the field of joint-preserving therapy and the application of stem cells we have developed, in cooperation with the University of Basel, innovative internationally approved treatments, which you can profit from in the therapy of arthrosis and cartilage problems, but also in the case of healing disorder and bone substitutes.

Focus areas: Joint-preserving cartilage surgery, hip and knee joint prosthetics including complex replacement of protheses, treatment of painful hip and knee protheses and complications after prosthesis procedures, treatment of patients after an accident and recovery of impairments caused by an accident, pelvis surgery.

"Do I need surgery?" This is one of the most frequent questions patients ask me. However, in the course of many years, I have learned to treat patients instead of radiographs. Conservative treatment offers numerous possibilities. Individual therapy can reduce physical complaints, increase your mobility and improve the quality of your daily life. I have been a senior physician at the University Hospital Basel for many years and offer a broad range of orthopaedic treatments, including conservative and surgical treatments of bone fractures.

Focus areas: Conservative and surgical treatment of arthrosis in the knee and hip joints, sports injuries, conservative treatment of spinal diseases, pain treatment of degenerative (consumptive) spinal diseases with image-guided joint infiltrations, conservative and surgical treatment of the effects of traumas

As head physician of traumatology at the Copenhagen University Hospital and senior physician of traumatology at the University Hospital Basel, I have gained broad experience in the care of all injuries and consequences of injuries. No injury or complication is foreign to me. In particular, the pelvis and the hip joint are the focus of my extensive practice and research - but also the problems that occur when fractures are not healing properly.

Focus areas: Joint replacement of the hip joint, implantations of hip prostheses. Treatment of complex injuries and pain conditions after injuries. Unhealed fractures, fractures with malposition or infection, and fractures with inserted endoprosthesis or plate/nail.

The hands are a complex part of the body. We use them to grasp and hold objects as well as to touch and feel things. But we also use our hands to express our feelings and they have an aesthetic function. We use our hands all the time, be it at work, in our leisure time or in everyday life. It is only when we suffer from an injury or disorder that we realise how important and valuable well-functioning fingers and hands are.

Focus areas: Inflammation of the tendon sheaths, nerve compression syndromes (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome), painful snapping of the fingers, wear and tear on the joints (e.g. rhizarthrosis), ganglion cysts, hand injuries and nerve surgery and decompression surgery on the lower limbs in patients suffering from pain following an operation, accident or with nerve entrapment, supported by the extremely experienced Prof. Dr. med. N. Lüscher (consultant).

Hands are the tools that make our intelligence and our inner thoughts visible. They help us form our everyday life. We depend on our hands at work and in our free time. Through injuries, pain, loss of strength and reduced dexterity, everyday tasks and activities can become difficult or even impossible. I help my patients find their way back to normal life through individual solutions that focus on improved hand function.

Focus areas: Surgical and non-surgical treatment, Acute injuries (bone fractures, injuries of tendons/ articulations/ ligaments), reconstruction of secondary damages after injuries, degenerative disease (osteoarthritis), soft tissue disease ( snapping finger, tendinitis, ganglion, tumors, M.Dupuytren), peripheral nerve surgery (nerve injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, sulcus ulnaris syndrome), diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist

The human hand has always fascinated me, functionally it is a marvel of nature. A hand consists of 27 bones, different joints, and multiple tendons and ligaments. We often only realize how important the hand is when it is diseased or injured. For me, the focus is on restoring good hand function that is as pain-free as possible so that my patients can quickly reintegrate into their everyday and professional life.

Focus areas: acute injuries (fractured bones, injuries of the capsules, ligaments, or tendons), consequences of injuries (reconstructions), peripheral nerve surgery (carpal tunnel syndrome, sulcus ulnaris syndrome, nerve injuries), degenerative diseases (osteoarthritis), soft tissue diseases (tendinitis, snapping finger, ganglion, tumors, M. Dupuytren)

Our hands are marvels. It is only through an illness or injury that we realize how important each finger is. Each hand is shaped by work, activities, age and sometimes by illness and/or accident, which makes them unique despite having the same structure. It is therefore all the more important for me to be able to support each client individually and accompany them back into everyday life.

Focus areas: Manual therapy, splint construction, lymphatic drainage, taping, mirror therapy, scar treatment, fitting of aids

Type of sport: Jogging, race biking, snowboard, football, fitness

Through sport and medicine, I have succeeded in combining my hobby with my profession. I love not just watching the Olympic Games, the World Cup and world championships held in some of the biggest arenas in the world on television, but actually being involved in them. Experiencing first-hand how athletes achieve peak performance or even break records, and in some cases also feeling a little proud because some of these athletes were with me in treatment just a few weeks previously.

Focus areas: Chronic compartment syndrome, sports injuries (lower extremities), damage due to overuse, performance diagnostics, cycling medicine, biomechanics

Support: Multi-time Olympic doctor for Switzerland (Sydney, Athens, Turin, Beijing, Vancouver, London), team doctor for the Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team, Swiss Racing Academy, Swiss Athletics, Swiss Cycling

Type of sport: Cycling, alpine skiing

The orthopedic problems experienced by athletes are regularly an expression of very complex disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Often, individual symptoms can only be understood and successfully treated in the context of body statics and movement. I, therefore, focus on getting to the root of my patients' complaints. Developing individual holistic therapy and prevention concepts are my teams' basis for success.

Focus areas: Sports trauma and overuse injuries of the entire musculoskeletal system, functional spine problems, pediatric and adolescent sports orthopedics, performing arts medicine.

Support: national and international athletics and cycling events, individual athletes of various disciplines, team doctor Tudor Pro Cycling Team, Zurich and Basel ballet companies, Olympic doctor OCOG Rio2016.

Type of sport: cycling, swimming, padel tennis, cross-country skiing

Our diet can do more than provide us with energy and influence our weight. Eating should be fun and enjoyable, not restrictive and obsessive. Giving our body the energy it needs to function properly is more rewarding than obsessing over restrictive diets. That's why pleasure, health, performance and fun are at the center of my advice. This is how we make a successful change of diet possible. Because only with full batteries we can also fully take off!

Focus areas: Sports Nutrition, Weight Management, Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders

Type of sport: Athletics, Fitness, Snowboard, Jogging

Setting goals together, optimising the treatment plan and techniques to suit the patient’s needs, willingness to be proactive, providing information about the course of treatment and the structures involved. For me, all of these form the basic criteria for a successful partnership between therapist and patient.

Focus areas: Sports physiotherapy, manual therapy using the Kaltenborn and McKenzie approaches, dry needling

Support: Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen volleyball (women, National League A), jb BRUNEX Felt Team

Type of sport: Western riding, swimming

Our work focuses on the rehabilitation of athletes. As a physiotherapist, I am the link between the injured person, the doctors and the sports scientists, and facilitate personalised and holistic treatment.

Focus areas: Sports physiotherapy, manual therapy, manual lymph drainage, dry needling, medical flossing, taping, SpartaNova expert, Compex, extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Support: Bob Team Vogt, External Assistant of BFH Manual Therapy (CAS, MSc)

Type of sport: Tennis, snowboarding, fitness, wakeboarding

The broadness of this profession made it interesting to me. Whether back to sports or to everyday life, I support my patients from the beginning to the end of therapy. This does not only include the treatment of the symptoms, but together with the patient, I try to find the cause and to eliminate it.

Focus areas: Sports physiotherapy, manual therapy, osteopath in training, medical flossing

Type of sport: Volleyball, beach volleyball, snowboarding

My therapy is based on a holistic conception of self-regulation and the interdependence of structure and function. A person forms a unity consisting of body, spirit, and soul, with the capacity to regulate and heal itself and sustain its health. As an osteopath and physiotherapist, I see my role in supporting people on their way.

Focus areas: Osteopathy, manual therapy, manual lymphatic drainage, taping

Type of sport: Ballet, Irish Dance

In order to rehabilitate a patient, a common goal should first be established to which both the patient and the therapist adhere. This common ground, coupled with motivation and active as well as passive therapy, leads patients back into everyday life or sports after an injury. Everyday life as a physiotherapist brings new challenges and opportunities for me every day - this makes the profession exciting and diverse for me.

Through my own sport and the desire to help my fellow humans, I came to physiotherapy. As a therapist, the focus for me is not the disease, but the health of my patients. A detailed diagnosis, good communication and an individual goal setting form the basis of a successful therapy.

Focus areas: Manual therapy, kinesio-taping, lymphatic drainage

Support: USC Freiburg Herren I, USC Freiburg Eisvögel II

Type of sport: Basketball, racing bike, fitness

I have always been fascinated by how the human body works. Through my experience as a coach and as an athlete in functional strength training, I try to accompany my patients to achieve a return to sports and everyday life as quickly as possible. For me, common goal setting, trust between patient and therapist as well as an individual therapy plan are the most important criteria for a successful treatment.

Focus areas: Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, sports physiotherapy, taping

Type of sport: CrossFit, Olympic weightlifting

As a young adult, I took up athletic sports and martial arts. This developed my interest in physiotherapy. When treating my patients, I try to pass on my own experience of changing the body in a positive way through muscle training. I would be happy to help you define your therapy goals and work on achieving these together.

Focus areas: Manual therapy, taping, manual lymph drainage

Type of sport: Fitness, snowboarding

As a dancer, movement teacher and Pilates coach, body consciousness and body perception have always been of great importance to me. A good body perception is the precondition for physiological and economic movement and therefore acts as prevention of dysfunctions. I am fascinated and challenged over and over again by the combination of movement experience, movement analysis and movement learning.

Focus areas: Manual therapy, Dry Needling, taping, lymph drainage, Pilates

Type of sport: Classical and contemporary dance

Life is movement, so my physiotherapeutic work is based on this basic understanding. I rely on my professional qualifications through my master's degree in sports physiotherapy and rehabilitation, as well as my practical experience in the world of sports.

Focus areas: Master in Sports Physiotherapy, Tendinopathies, Taping

Type of sport: Soccer, Martial Arts, Tennis, Fitness

In my previous craft education, I myself experienced discomfort from physical overload. At the same time, though, the great help of physiotherapy. As a competitive athlete, I regularly test the limits of physical performance. I would like to accompany and support my patients on the way to appreciating their own bodies, but also to exceed their limits. This, moreover, without overstraining oneself. Because only then success is long term and sustainable!

Focus areas: Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, Kinesio-Taping

Type of sport: Athletics (long distance), road cycling, kite surfing, skiing

I have been interested in sports and movement since my training in dance. Later I studied physiotherapy in London and deepened it with a master's degree in New York. Scientifically based work and the exchange with international colleagues are very important to me. My experience allows me to pay attention to the smallest details and movement patterns as well as to view the patient holistically. Self-determination of my patients is my priority and I see my role in facilitating their quick return to sports and everyday life.

Focus areas: Master in Motor Learning and Control, Manual Therapy, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Mulligan Technique, Taping, Craniomandibular Therapy, Polestar Pilates Training

Type of sport: Ballet, Jogging, Climbing, Cycling

Active exercises as well as the support of independent exercise practice are an essential part of my therapy. That helps to strengthen the sensitivity of the own body consciousness, to compensate dysbalances as well as deficits in the muscular area and to regenerate injuries. I am happy to pass on my knowledge and experience of the musculoskeletal system to you, with the aim of providing my patients with the best possible support. Together we work on restoring the health and well-being of the body in the long term.

Focus areas: Kinesio-Taping, Postnatal Training

Support: Soccer (2. Liga interregional FC Liestal)

Type of sport: Fitness, Workouts, Gymnastics, Pilates

There are various reasons why I like my profession as a physiotherapist so much. I am fascinated by the human body and how techniques of therapy are continuously improved. In therapy I give my best to support my patients to recover from their injuries as fast as possible. To reach this goal I use a combination of active rehabilitation and manual techniques. It is important to me to meet my patients' personal needs and goals and to find the optimal way of treatment together.

Focus areas: Sports physiotherapy, Dry Needling, taping, manual therapy, trigger point therapy, Compex, extracorporeal shock wave therapy.

Type of sport: Basketball, athletics, volleyball, tennis

Mir wurde schon früh bewusst, dass ich Physiotherapeut werden möchte, da für mich Bewegung und Gesundheit in Kombination schon immer spannend war. Der Mensch ist für die Bewegung gemacht und ich möchte meinen Patienten helfen, gemeinsam mit ihnen ihr persönliches Ziel zu erreichen. Sie als Patient sind der Experte ihres eigenen Körpers und ich helfe ihnen, ihr Ziel schnellstmöglich zu erreichen.

Focus areas: Kinesio-Taping, Nordic Walking

Type of sport: Tennis, Fitness, Fussball, Skifahren