Continuation of the visit, in the company of Théo Curin, vice-world champion in para-swimming, from Insep (National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance). With this week a focus on the medical center of this center, where high-level athletes are trained, many of whom will participate in the Paris 2024 Games.
Theo meets there Sébastien Le Garrec, the director of this medical center: “80 people work here, with very varied professions: doctors, physiotherapists, dentists, chiropodists, gynecologists, nurses, etc. Our essential mission being to preserve the health of the athletes. Of course, when they are injured, we treat them, and then a special unit helps them recover.”
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Make it more efficient
Insep therefore has all the necessary equipment, from whole-body kryotherapy rooms at -110°C to receive a thermal shock for 3 minutes, to the most recent physiotherapy devices, including balneotherapy between 8 °C for the cold bath, and 36°C for the hot bath.
“We are able to take care of the injuriesexplains Sébastien Le Garrec, but also to carry out evaluation as a preventive measure. This avoids many lesions on the muscles used. The medical center therefore makes the athletes even more efficient, by working in consultation with the coaches.”
