F.C. Como Women and Iseni Clinic: a unique partnership for clinical and instrumental assistance for professional female football athletes

F.C. Como Women proudly announces an extraordinary collaboration with Clinica Iseni, a hospital facility that offers high technology in a "tailor-made" healthcare model, becoming the official partner of the club starting this season. This partnership represents an innovative and unique step for women's football by offering athletes a rapid and targeted diagnostic pathway in which emergency and urgency criteria reflect the needs of the sport and the athletes themselves. The rapid diagnostics and access to dedicated care pathways allow athletes to reduce time away from the field during the season, thus maintaining team stability without overloading the national health system, which necessarily relies on emergency and urgency criteria defined by collective needs. 

The heart of this collaboration aims to develop a focus on prevention that opens up with the extensive use of magnetic resonance imaging for the study of osteo-muscular pathologies and is accompanied by the development of pathways based on the Olympic model for cardiovascular screening, accommodating 3D echocardiography including routine stress echo up to cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI.  Thanks to the resources of Clinica Iseni, the professional athletes of the first team of Como Women will have access to comprehensive screenings and third-level diagnostics effectively and structurally, a service that today is not mandatory, but which constitutes a revolutionary advantage in the female sports landscape.

“This collaboration with Clinica Iseni represents a concrete step towards guaranteeing our athletes excellent health support” said Elena Mirandola, CEO of F.C. Como Women. “Prevention and timely diagnosis are fundamental elements for the well-being and performance of the players, and being able to rely on a high-level facility like Clinica Iseni represents an extraordinary value for our club”.

A concrete commitment to sport for the well-being of female footballers

The president of Iseni Clinic, who has always paid attention to health and prevention, and who looks attentively at the needs of athletes in the world of sports, emphasizes that screening, from musculoskeletal diseases to cardiovascular diseases, represents a fundamental step forward towards the well-being of athletes. “The reduction in time to carry out a diagnostic procedure and the increase in their specificity are the benefits offered by the partnership", stated Dr. Alessandro Geddo, head of the Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and Pain Therapy Unit of the Iseni Group's hospitals in Lonate Pozzolo and head of the San Siro Health Service during all sporting events. Prevention is a topic of great relevance in the sports world and in Italy, the history of Sports Cardiology and the assessment pathways in sports medicine are unique on the international landscape, thereby limiting the intrinsic and exercise-related risks (atypical risk factors) that professional athletes may encounter, as demonstrated by dramatic events in recent years. In football, for example, “The main critical issues occur when a match clash can lead to medium-high severity events (see concussion/head trauma). Cardiac arrest, the most severe and fortunately also the least frequent event, is optimally addressed with strict application of operational protocols and well-prepared and close-knit teams”, added Dr. Geddo. This collaboration aims not only to intercept any future problems but also to establish a new model of excellence in the care and attention to the health of our athletes.

Diagnostic Excellence and an Innovative Project

The collaboration with F.C. Como Women involves an investment by Clinica Iseni in medical services, offering not only cardiology screenings but also access to a range of diagnostic and physiotherapy services at its facility, known for its cutting-edge technologies and focus on quality. Como Women and Clinica Iseni share a common vision: bringing innovation to the heart of their work. Thanks to this collaboration, the two entities aim to raise public awareness about the importance of prevention, especially in women's football, a growing sector that deserves the utmost attention when it comes to care and health.

A Unique Alliance Looking to the Future

In addition to the ongoing work, Clinica Iseni is looking ahead and plans to open a branch or a mini-site at Como Women, aiming to make high-quality diagnostics even more immediate and accessible for the players, further strengthening the connection between the two entities. This collaboration is certainly innovative for a football team that does not operate under the shadow of the men's team. The systematic focus on the Athlete, from heart health to the overall well-being of the players, represents a true innovation that Como Women and Clinica Iseni are proud to promote.