Dr. Iván Ardines, traumatologist and orthopedic surgeon specialized in sports traumatology, defends a comprehensive approach to the patient versus the excessively focal approach that predominates in many medical specialties.
His central message is clear: we are electrical beings governed by the nervous system, and treating an injury without considering the patient’s global context is a mistake. He criticizes that in the anamnesis one asks about weekly kilometers or training load but not about sleep quality, work stress or family situation, factors he considers decisive in the appearance and chronification of injuries, especially in tendinopathies.
He sees in NESA a tool of enormous potential in sports traumatology, both in preoperative preparation — improving rest before surgery so that the patient faces it in better conditions — and in post-surgical recovery. He is the principal researcher of a study on chronic tendinous pathology with NESA, convinced that acting on the autonomic nervous system allows treating not only the tendon but all associated musculoarticular chains, with impact on pain, inflammation and hypervascularization.
He highlights the scientific rigor and community spirit of the NESA team, which he defines more as family than as team.
