Simona Upīte

Consults both children (starting from 4 years of age) and adults.

Working languages are Latvian, Russian (at a conversational level) and English.

For the past 10 years, the sports doctor has spent her daily life consulting and supporting children and young people in various sports - diagnosing and treating acute, chronic and overuse sports injuries.

Sports medicine is a multidisciplinary field, where it is important to be guided by the wide range of diagnostic and treatment options in order to provide a person with the best possible type of therapy to protect their physical and emotional well-being, as well as develop their sporting goals.

The doctor provides remote consultations in cases of various diseases that affect a person's physical abilities (sports injuries, chronic diseases such as diabetes, depression, postural disorders, etc.) by adjusting physical activities to improve the effectiveness of basic therapy. If necessary, rehabilitation and training programs are planned and their implementation is supervised (for example, after anterior cruciate ligament rupture, meniscus damage, after muscle tears, ligament sprains, etc.)

The doctor participates in various studies and presents their results at various (including international) conferences, writes and publishes scientific publications. In depth, the doctor is interested in sports psychology and the accuracy of children's physical fitness in the chosen sport and changes in women's health at various age stages such as puberty, premenopause and menopause.