The Hellersen Health Center is the largest orthopedic centre in Northern Westphalia that specializes in sport traumatology and operative treatment of degenerative diseases of the connective and supportive tissue. About 250 000 patients receive treatment annually at the clinic.

Highly skilled experts, modern equipment, and perfectly educated staff are the basic preconditions for the first class treatment. For patients there are recent medical techniques based on the latest scientific achievements.

The clinic specialization is:

• Sport traumatology

• Acute and restoration surgery for ligaments

• Arthroscopically controlled joint surgery

• Rheumatic orthopedics

• Accident orthopedics

• Sports medicine with diagnostics, including D-squad examinations, sonography of the locomotor apparatus

The operation range includes:

• Total sport traumatology with

• Arthroscopy of the shoulder joint, elbow-joint and ankle joint.

• Operative treatment of degenerative diseases of the ligaments and supporting tissue, for example, prosthetics of knee and hip joint, foot surgery, displacement osteotomy.

The clinic departments are:

• Department of conservative orthopedics

• Department of physical therapy

• Department of sports medicine

• Analgetic therapy

There are also great possibilities for nice free time. The tea-room, a sports casino “Hellersen”, the cafes “Sports haven” and “Meniscus-bar” are favorite places of the meetings of patients and their visitors. At the clinic territory there is a bowling alley, minigolf, swimming pool with a sauna, a booth, and park.

Patients can choose a one-, two- and four-bedded wards with a toilet, phone and a TV. It is always possible to use fax. In all departments there are separate smoking and non-smoking recreation rooms.