“Some sports doctors and physiotherapists have seen up to 50 per cent more new patients with running injuries since last year, as people take to pounding the pavement during the Covid-19 pandemic.””
“Dr Tan Chin Yik, specialist orthopaedic surgeon at Singapore Sports and Orthopaedic Clinic, used to see between 10 and 12 patients with running injuries a week before the pandemic. He now sees 15 to 18 such patients a week, since the circuit breaker period last year.””
Read more of our doctor’s interview with the Straits Times here.
