The positive impact that physical activity has on people's wellbeing is widely known. The health benefits of sport and the values it implies -effort, dedication, discipline and the search for excellence- were the protagonists of the conference "From Performance to Wellness", organized by Hospiten and Club Baloncesto Canarias. The event was attended by Dr. Ricardo Cubedo, head of Sarcomas and Hereditary Cancer at the Medical Oncology Service of MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid - Hospiten and Txus Vidorreta, coach of the La Laguna Tenerife basketball team. The event was attended by professionals linked to institutions, sports, health and communication, such as the mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez; Marta Arocha Correa, senator for Tenerife; Jorge Garbajosa, president of FIBA Europe; José Manuel Calleja, general director of the ACB; Cristóbal Rodríguez, doctor and president of the Real Madrid Ex-players Association; Nico Richotti, former player and technical secretary of the CB Canarias, among others.
Both organizations demonstrate their commitment to society on a daily basis by promoting the practice of sports. Hospiten is the official medical service of the Club Baloncesto Canarias; the best medical care, including the Traumatology and Sports Cardiology Units, is available to the players so that they can perform at the highest level. The team La Laguna Tenerife, current name of CB Canarias, is a club with a great history.
Achieving physical, mental and emotional balance through sport.
Promoting a holistic healthy lifestyle for people is one of the driving forces of the hospital network. According to the European Institute of Health and Welfare, people with an insufficient level of physical activity have a 20-30% higher mortality risk than those who engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity several days a week. As a consequence, an active and healthy society will be a better performing society that will be able to achieve physical, mental and emotional balance.
"Muscle movement is able to secrete a series of chemical substances that directly influence our hippocampus. And this improves neuronal connection, specifically memory, learning and control of emotions", explained Dr. Ricardo Cubedo, head of Sarcomas and Hereditary Cancer at the Medical Oncology Service at MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid-Hospiten, during his intervention. "Sport and physical exercise are fundamental pillars of health, there is no doubt about that. Aspects of health in which there is scientific evidence that sport improves health are: myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, breast cancer, colon cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammation, osteoporosis, depression, stress and two epidemics that receive little attention: loneliness and falls in the elderly", he adds.
For his part, Txus Vidorreta, coach of the La Laguna Tenerife basketball team, said that "in terms of habits, things have changed a lot. The change we have made in our health care, both individually and collectively, has been very important. The changes that have taken place have always been for the better: we have been working with Hospiten for more than ten years and we have a much better structure in the Club.''
Hospiten and Club Baloncesto Canarias, a long-term sports health union.
For eleven seasons, the two Tenerife organizations have renewed their collaboration agreement. In addition, this summer, Hospiten signed for the second consecutive year with Santa Cruz ADEIN Tenerife and the CB Canarias Foundation to continue providing service for medical tests.
Our alliance with Club Baloncesto Canarias, as the official medical service of a club with so much history and relevance, is not only a great responsibility, but also a source of pride. We work every day so that players have access to the best medical care, ensuring that they can perform at the highest level and, above all, that they do so with safety and confidence. But our relationship with sports goes beyond this specific collaboration. At Hospiten, we understand health as an integral concept. We promote active lifestyles among our patients, workers and society in general,'' explained the vice-president and CEO of Hospiten, Pedro Luis Cobiella Beauvais, in his speech.
Félix Hernández, president of CB Canarias, added: "We are very grateful to all the companies that support us, especially Hospiten, which believed in us many years ago, and since then we have been growing.
Promoting the practice of sports is an investment in people's present and future wellbeing.
About Hospiten
Hospiten is an international healthcare network with more than 55 years of experience committed to providing the highest quality service, with 20 private medical-hospital centers in Spain, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica and Panama, as well as 175 outpatient medical centers, under the Clinic Assist brand. Founded by Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella, it attends more than two million patients a year from all over the world and has a staff of more than 5,000 people, a number that will be reinforced in the Madrid region thanks to the construction of a general university hospital in Boadilla del Monte, which is expected to be completed in 2026.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid - Hospiten is a subsidiary of the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (Texas, USA). With more than 20 years of history in Spain, MD Anderson Madrid - Hospiten currently has a Phase I Clinical Trials Unit, more than 150 medical specialists trained in oncology, a total of 87 hospital beds and state-of-the-art technological equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of different types of cancer.
About CB Canarias
CB Canarias has accumulated 86 years of history and more than 1,200 games in national categories. The Aurinegro team, whose first team currently competes under the name of La Laguna Tenerife, represents Tenerife in the Endesa League, the second best basketball league in the world, as well as in European competitions. Three times champion of the Intercontinental Cup and twice champion of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the highest club competition of FIBA Europe, the Canarian club is one of the all-time references of Canarian sport.
Founded in 1939, the club is currently experiencing the best moment in its history, consolidated as one of the most emblematic sports projects of the Archipelago. With a record number of subscribers this season, the club plays an important role in training, with a wide network of Little Schools and an extensive chain of affiliates; at the same time it carries out a social project that includes a firm and decisive commitment to inclusive and adapted basketball. The healthiest values of sport are an inseparable part of the philosophy of a club that has become an icon of Tenerife and Canary Islands society.
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