Orthopedic problems are very common in Sri Lanka. These can sometimes be congenial, development or even traumatic. Early detection of Orthopaedic problems is the best answer to achieve a 100% recovery rate. The Parkway Health Patient Assistant Centre, through the Parkway Group located in Singapore has always been a firm believer of patient education, and therefore its main focus is built around empowering individuals with the correct information with regards to illness prevention.
Dr. K.C. Ang |
Over the years the Parkway Centre has brought down specialists from Singapore to Sri Lanka for the purpose of patient education. This time the Parkway has been fortunate enough to get down the professional expertise of Dr. K.C. Ang a specialist in sports medicine with the intention of creating awareness among the public with regards to sports injuries, early detection and prompt treatments available as well as providing information about the recent advancements made with regards to the treatment of Orthopedic problems.
Dr. Ang graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in the year 1990. He obtained his surgical fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995 and after completing his Advanced Orthopaedic Training obtained a Diploma of Higher Surgical training in Orthopaedic surgery awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Ang has done clinical fellowships in Knee and Sports Medicine in the UK as well as Shoulder and Elbow Surgery in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Ang has been actively involved with sporting events of all types; he is the Team Physician to the Bedok Kings Rugby Team as well as the Bucks Rugby Club.
More recently Dr. Ang has also been featured on several reality television programmes. Dr. Ang's interests are in sports injuries especially of the knee and shoulder. A large part of his sports work consists of arthroscopic or 'keyhole' surgery and he has been actively involved in training surgeons from around the region in arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder. Dr. Ang's research interests include computer assisted joint replacement surgery, cartilage repair and regeneration and stem-cell applications in orthopaedic surgery.
"With women becoming more and more active in the area of sports, they are also more likely to be subject to sports related injuries when compared to men. The main reason for this may be the fact that women are not as strong as men physically in addition to this women also have certain structural differences when compared to men such as broader hips etc., which also contribute towards a higher percentage of suffering from sports injuries. Those individuals who are actively involved in games that require a great deal of running, stopping and changing of directions such as netball, basketball and soccer etc., are more likely to be subject to sports related injuries", says Dr. Ang.
When speaking on his main objective in visiting Sri Lanka, Dr. Ang said that his primary objective was to bring about sports medicine awareness in Sri Lanka. So far Dr. Ang has visited the Royal Colombo Gulf Club where he conducted a special programme of golfing injuries. In addition to this he has also visited certain locations in the Kandy area to spread the message of sports medicine. |
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