Jadran television – AT FIRST HAND PROGRAMME
Specialists of “Tranfić” Polyclinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation gave a lecture to the coaching staff and to the players of women basketball team about their innovative approach to the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and improvement of the spinal function. The lecture was organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation and the newly founded A-1 League club “Ribola Kaštela”.
M. Vinko Tranfić, a senior physical therapist, had a lively presentation in the new hall in Kaštel Sućurac. He has made an impressive demonstration of the following medical equipment: the table for the balance of the spine, the seats for exercise for the correction of the body and straps for the increase in shoulder and neck flexibility when being actively used. Basketball players, representative physiotherapists, doctors and coaches were watching the demonstration with great interest. Some inventions of “Tranfić” Polyclinic have been awarded multiple times at prestigious world fairs for innovations. This equipment has already been used at the Polyclinic for several years.
The professional team of “Tranfić” Polyclinic treated and kept the spine of Blanka Vlašić healthy from 2000 to 2010. For many years, they have also rehabilitated and prevented injuries of Ivano Balić, of some Croatian yachtsmen and of a number of world-known athletes.
Our basketball players, who participated at the Olympic Games in London, their current coach Stipe Bralić, who is also the coach of “Ribola Kaštela”, their health care team and other coaches had the opportunity to hear at first hand about the usage of new physiotherapy techniques on the table for the balance of the spine in order to treat the most severe injuries of the spine and to optimize the mobility and the amortization of loads for the purpose of getting best efficiency for athletes.
The innovative seats for exercise provide the opportunity for climbing strength and condition exercises in order to achieve the desired range of motion, aimed at better symmetry and the precision work of muscles.
M. Vinko Tranfić concluded his presentation about the mobility of the spine as the basis of health, efficiency and body shaping by presenting the Tranfix strap for neck and shoulder exercises, the EU patent from 2012. The rapturous applause at the end of the lecture demonstrated once again not only the progressiveness of “Tranfić” Polyclinic innovations, but also the role of physiotherapy profession in the treatment and the prevention of musculoskeletal system, as well as in reaching excellent sport results.