Sancheti Institute has been active in Sports Medicine since last 25 years. Dr. K. H. Sancheti established the first Sports Medicine Association of Pune in 1980. Dr. Parag Sancheti too has taken a keen initiative to facilitate sports medicine services to athletes not only locally in Pune, but also national elite athletes.

Dr. Parag Sancheti was the Convenor of the Medical Committee, Commonwealth Youth Games Pune 2008. He played a key role in organising the Medical Services for this international mega event. Sancheti Hospital was the official referral hospital for Commonwealth Youth Games Pune 2008. The medical services were provided majorly by the team of doctors, physiotherapists, sports medicine specialists and paramedics from Sancheti Hospital. The efforts of the medical committee under his dynamic convenership were appreciated by Commonwealth Games Federation officials.

The Sancheti Sports Medicine Division was officially launched by Dr, Parag Sancheti in August 2009. It is managing the sports science centre at Shiv Chatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi. It provides services to elite athletes in national camps who will represent the country in Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi. At present, various national camps of sports such as hockey, gymnastics, table tennis, shooting, swimming, diving, tennis, and taekwando are based in Shiv Chatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi. The services provided at the Sports Science Centre at Balewadi include the following :

Emergency Medical Services :
	24 hrs onsite Ambulance.   In case of Emergency athlete is shifted to Sancheti Hospital   Sancheti Institute has recently purchased an Ambulance exclusively for Balewadi Sports Science Centre.
On – Site Physician
On – site Orthopaedic Resident
Physiotherapy Services
	On-site 3 specialist sports physiotherapist Physiotherapy care as follows:   Musculo-skeletal screening   Assessment & Treatment   Exercise Therapy   Manual Therapy   Soft Tissue Mobilization   Electrotherapy   Taping   Sports Injury Education   Sports Injury Prevention   Athlete and Coach Education and Counselling
Sports Science Services and Performance Enhancement
Services Include:
	Anthropometry: Measurement of height, weight and body fat percentage.   Exercise Physiology & Bio-Mechanics testing.
	Iso-kinetic testing Low oxygen testing 3-D Motion Analysis Speed Analysis/ Telemetry Oxygen Consumption ( VO2) Lactate Analysis
Sports Recovery Services
	Ice Bath   Steam / Sauna   Sports Massage
Sports Psychology Dedicated and Qualified Sports Psychologist Services Include :
	Counselling   Objective assessment using state of the art equipment Reaction Timing Anticipation Timing Reflexes Bio- feed back
Sports Nutrition - Qualified Nutritionist for sport specific nutrition counselling and advice
Panel of Specialist Doctors on call Includes
	Sports Surgeons E.N.T. Ophthalmologist Vascular Surgeon Dentist Dermatologist General Surgeon Nephrologist Endocrinologist
Sports Medicine services during Sports Event and Competitions Additional Medical Coverage is also being provided during local/ national / international competitions held at Balewadi. Prominent competitions were:
	Asian Basketball Championship   School National Badminton Championship   National Tennis Tournament
The National elite athletes are utilizing the above mentioned services since August 2009. A total of 1400 athletes have received treatment at Sancheti Hospital till April 2010, excluding athletes (approximately 40 daily) who avail the services at the Sports Science Centre. The services have been appreciated by all and we are striving hard to provide quality international level services to our elite athletes. Dr. Parag Sancheti would like to take a step further and develop the Balewadi Sports Centre as one of the leading and best centre in India to provide sports medicine and sports science services. He would like develop the centre as a single point sports medicine and sports science resource.