Topic: Specialties

National sporting hero Dato’ Lee Chong Wei has recently made headlines and broken hearts by failing a drug test. What was the drug they found though, and does it really constitute cheating? Dr. Harjeet Singh, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, offers his perspective.

Sachin Tendulkar, Roger Federer, Andrea Pirlo – these are men playing at the highest level and against conventional wisdom, well beyond their years. What makes some athletes able to outlast and outplay the rest? How can older athletes compete with the younger ones? Dr. Harjeet Singh offers a perspective from the aisles of sports medicine.

The news that Rafael Nadal will not be defending his US Open Grand Slam title due to a wrist injury marks the most recent injury-blighted chapter of Nadal’s stellar career. Dr. Harjeet Singh examines why some athletes are more prone to injury and how this can be avoided.

Two disciplines that work closely to get us back on track and moving right: orthopaedics and physiotherapy. We explore how they intertwine, where they philosophically diverge and converge – with Dr. Harjeet Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Alisha Bajerai, Principal Physiotherapist.

Whether through willful ignorance or wishful thinking, sometimes injuries get ignored.