The European Tour and Medical Diagnostic and Imaging (MDI) Group Ltd have announced an exciting new collaboration designed to expand the medical services currently available to Tour Members.
Established in 2002, MDI Group currently operates three Centres in Southern England: Weybridge, Surrey; Sevenoaks, Kent and Brentwood, Essex, delivering unrivalled healthcare services in the fields of Diagnostic Imaging, Musculoskeletal Consultations and Health Screening.
The new partnership between the Tour and MDI Group will provide European Tour Members with the same ‘fast track’ access to MDI’s expertise and resources as Chelsea and Fulham Football Clubs and the British Olympic Team.
MDI’s facilities will not only provide European Tour staff from the Red Bull Physio Unit with a dedicated base away from tournament sites, but MDI will also be able to provide expert clinical support and advice to the Red Bull Physio Unit staff whilst on Tour.
All three MDI Centres contain the most sophisticated imaging equipment available including: MRI, CT, Digital X-Ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine and Mammography to facilitate accurate and rapid digital investigations.
MDI’s Weybridge Centre also hosts Sports Orthopaedics Spinal Ltd which brings together a team of 23 top clinical specialists from every field of musculoskeletal medicine including: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine Rheumatology, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Pain Management, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Sports and Exercise Physiology, Sports Massage, Personal Training, Pilates and Yoga.
Jonathan Shrewsbury, Clinical Director of Sports Orthopaedics Spinal, who himself spent ten years working on The European Tour Physio Unit said: “MDI Group is delighted to be able to offer The European Tour Members access to it’s unsurpassed facilities.
“The physical demands placed on a modern day golf professional necessitate the very highest levels of medical support. We feel that our services deliver such support and can only enhance the tremendous work already carried out on Tour by the Red Bull Physio Unit.”
Guy Delacave, Director of The European Tour Physiotherapist Unit, commented: “We are delighted to strike up this relationship with MDI Group, and renew our acquaintance with an old friend and colleague in Jonathan Shrewsbury. This move is sure to enhance the range of services already available to the Tour Members through the Red Bull Physio Unit and our own highly accomplished Staff.
“Competing at the highest level in any sport nowadays puts considerable physical stress of the human body and it is important that our Members can benefit from the best medical support and healthcare available.”
