Open Day with free medical examinations at the Sports Medicine Institute of Sport and Health SpA

With the participation, among others, of Paolo Bonolis, Vincent Candela, Lorella Cuccarini, Dolcenera, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jimmy Ghione, Max Giusti, Edoardo Leo, Lillo, Diego Nargiso, Mons.Vincenzo Paglia, Paola Perego, Nicola Pietrangeli, Gianni Rivera .

Tennis & Friends - Health and Sport, one of the most important social events in the field of prevention in Italy, is back with a special edition, next May 15th, to inaugurate the 2021 Tour which will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the project with the involvement in the forefront of the world of health and sport.

The 11th edition of Tennis & Friends starts from Rome on Saturday 15 May with a Special Edition as part of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and then arrives on 18 and 19 September in Turin, as part of the accompanying path to the NITTO ATP Finals in November, and continue from 8 to 10 October again in Rome to finally celebrate with the public, compatibly with the evolution of the pandemic, the ten years of activity of Tennis & Friends. A long relay to once again raise awareness among the population on the importance of prevention, because an early diagnosis, together with a correct lifestyle, is now more fundamental than ever.

Ten years of activity and experience aimed at guaranteeing the general public a completely free specialist visits, screening and check-up service throughout the national territory, carried out thanks to the support of the numerous health facilities that are partners of the event and in line with the # 5S that constitute the ingredients of Tennis & Friends: Health, Sport, Solidarity, Sustainability and Entertainment.

“In the last year, the fear of contagion or the real impossibility of going to health facilities, with consequent delays in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of life-saving treatments, have played a decisive role in the increase in mortality. Just look at the available data to realize this: in the period March-December 2020, compared to the same time interval of the previous 5 years, an excess mortality of 21% was recorded, equal to over 100.000 more deaths. Of these, 69% is attributable to COVID while 31% is attributable to non-COVID diseases. In the year of the pandemic emergency it becomes even more fundamental to pay attention to the importance of an early diagnosis and how sport can contribute to a healthy lifestyle - said prof. Giorgio Meneschincheri, creator of the event and president of Tennis & Friends, specialist in preventive medicine - "According to the WHO 2020 data, physical activity is able to prevent the risk of cancer by 20 -40%, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and diseases related to metabolic syndrome, so much so that it is estimated that 3 million people a year could save their lives just by doing sports. Tennis & Friends wants to be a reminder for everyone for a correct lifestyle, based on the importance of prevention, sporting activity and self-care ".

The event on Saturday 15 May 2021 to be held from 10.00 to 16.00, realized with the patronage of the Lazio Region, of Rome Capital, of CONI and carried out in collaboration with the Italian Tennis Federation, Sport and Health SpA and the Institute of Sports Medicine of Sport e Salute SpA, will see doctors, experts from the world of science, sports stars, talents from the world of culture and information to commit themselves to tomorrow on the red clay of the Pietrangeli Stadium. Because Tennis & Friends is first of all an idea. The idea that with prevention the future can be changed, that it can be imagined different and that it can be made better. Health and Sport, therefore, are the first and most important response that Tennis & Friends intends to promote to improve the quality of life of society as a whole.

HEALTH, SPORT AND CORRECT LIFESTYLES

On Saturday 15, therefore, the Institute of Medicine of Sports of Sport and Health SpA at the Acqua Acetosa in Rome will open its doors by providing the population with the professionalism of its health personnel: the prevention path includes a sports doctor visit with ECG, physical examination, blood pressure measurement, nutritional specialist visit, dental screening with three-dimensional ortho-panoramic examination. The specialists of the Institute of Sports Medicine will carry out free visits, subject to availability, from 9.00 to 18.00 upon reservation: by phone at 0632729300, via Whatsapp at 3371675573 or by email at istitutomedicina.prevention@sportesalute.eu . The doors of the Institute will also remain open in the following weeks, from 17 to 21 May and from 24 to 28 May. Further information is available at https://www.tennisandfriends.it/event/specialedition2021/. 

Particular attention will also be paid to the issue of road safety thanks to the collaboration with the GAIA von Freymann Saracino association, founded in January 2021 with the aim of carrying out awareness-raising initiatives on road safety and projects with social and civil purposes. and cultural.

Also this year the event will be behind closed doors but, in the wake of last year's success, the public will be able to follow it on RDS, the official radio of the event, on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/tennisandfriends and on the Instagram profile @tennisandfriends. Many more users will thus be able to follow live a program that includes, in addition to the famous tennis matches between the Ambassadors of the event in support of the prevention campaign, interventions, debates and interviews on the great issues of our time with the major exponents of the world of medicine. , sport, culture and entertainment. 

The numbers of these nine years, moreover, have been really important: 356.000 admissions, 97.560 free check-ups carried out, of which over 6.520 patients who were recalled for further investigations and pharmacological treatments within the National Health Service. Over 95 million people reached.

“I have always participated with enthusiasm in the various editions of Tennis & Friends and today, as Undersecretary for Sport, I can only continue to congratulate those who promote an initiative that embodies the spirit that the Italian sports movement needs, especially in this period. In fact, Tennis & Friends combines sports practice with the culture of well-being, starting with taking care of one's body "- declared Valentina Vezzali, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council with responsibility for Sport -" This global health emergency has made us discover more more the importance of physical activity and to what extent the absence of sport has also negatively affected aspects of sociality. This is why resuming sporting activity can really represent the sign of regaining an everyday life and a new normalcy. A great sign of optimism comes from Tennis & Friends and for this I renew my gratitude ”.

“It is right, and it is healthy for me to say, that Sport e Salute SpA collaborates in the special Tennis & Friends initiative for prevention, an activity that you have been carrying out successfully for many years. We are happy that you have chosen our Institute of Sports Medicine and the occasion of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, an event that we organize together with the FIT, for this extraordinary campaign. Campaign that falls when the country starts again after months of very hard and great suffering "- affirmed Vito Cozzoli, President of Sport e Salute SpA -" Sports activity, both from an economic point of view and from the point of view of involvement of practitioners, has lived and is still experiencing a complicated phase. One of the main missions of Sport e Salute SpA is to promote correct lifestyles through the promotion of sport itself. Thanks to the free screening and your sensitivity, we will be able to get the message across that sport is health. For everyone".

“In a year that sees Turin as the stage of international tennis with the Nitto ATP Finals, welcoming Tennis & Friends 2021 is undoubtedly a further reason for pride. And it is, even more so, in knowing that our city will host spaces where sport, health and prevention will coexist "- underlined Chiara Appendino, Mayor of the City of Turin -" The long months that have just passed have brought before the eyes of the whole world as taking care of the health of the individual and the community is fundamental. Tennis & Friends, in Turin, will be an excellent opportunity to reiterate this ".

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