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Consultations over distance can be scheduled with any of the doctors at our clinic by calling the reception desk of the ORTO Clinic at 67144013

• With the help of our reception desk personnel, the time will be scheduled when your doctor will provide a consultation to you over phone, Whatsapp, Zoom or Skype, whichever of these methods may be convenient to you.

In accordance with the directive by the Latvian Ministry of Health about the deferral of planned medical care, we have limited our services and switched to providing consultations without meeting in person. Nevertheless, we are open for business and will take care of our patients, although in different ways than before.

Consultations by doctors

In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Latvian armed forces, a major sporting event - Patria Tough Run obstacle course competition will be held on June 15. The participants will include Latvian and allied military personnel, as well as the Ministry of Defence staff. As our contribution, we visited the military personnel one month prior to this event, presenting a course “Injury prevention in competitive sports”.

The Sjogren’s syndrome (a rarely mentioned medical condition that is often mistaken for other diseases based on its symptoms) can be accurately diagnosed at the Rheumatology department of the ORTO Clinic. This diagnostic procedure relies on biopsy of the patient’s salivary glands. The biopsy sample can be taken at the rheumatologist’s office at the ORTO Clinic, thus streamlining the medical care for the patient.

Assuming it's not too severe, we often try to ignore the pain that we may feel during or after a physical activity as we assume it's just part of the process. In reality, the pain that we feel is often caused by sub-optimal movement strategies that we may not be aware of ourselves. For a professional athlete, poor movement quality may lead to difficulties in sport-specific skill learning and even an injury, despite the serious efforts and hard work we put into training.

Like elsewhere, Monday, September 3 marks the beginning of a new academic year at the ORTO Clinic. Five of our doctors will read lectures and facilitate practical training sessions for the students and residents of both Latvian institutions of medical higher education.

Although medication that would prevent the aging of the human brain is still sought for, and according to research a discovery is very close, for now it is of great importance what we, ourselves, do to keep a sharp and clear mind.

Expertise shared by dr. med. Zanda Priede, neurologist at the ORTO Clinic, associate professor at the Riga Stradins University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Has it occurred to you that you have been driving for an hour or longer, pressing your foot on the accelerator pedal while keeping a perfectly correct balance, which results in pain of your right knee, and the consequences are felt even a few days later? Driving a car is one of those classical activities that may lead to the syndrome of anterior knee pain.

Neurologist Dr. Med. Zanda Priede is a crucially important team member in ORTO Clinic’s patient care. Teamed with a rehabilitation specialist and a medical doctor, as well as physical therapists, she frequently undertakes care of patients – mostly with a spinal condition – for whom surgery can be postponed, as well a post-procedural cases.

At the beginning of November, an event significant for the prestige of Latvia and Latvian professionals – the AOSPine European symposium for spinal surgeons – took place in Riga, in the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel. It was dedicated to disorders and traumas of the cervical spine. Compared to the lumbar spine, the number of practicing surgeons who specialize in treatment of the cervical spine is significantly smaller, due to the complexity and high precision of the solutions.