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Dr. Karl Zippelius is a sports medicine physician and the initiator of the “TCM in Sports” service at the Austrian Institute of Sports Medicine (ÖISM), which was offered to athletes from 2010 to 2023. Since 2018, Dr. Zippelius has been part of the medical team at the “Sportmedic” clinic in Vienna, where he integrates surgery and TCM, with a particular focus on cruciate ligament tears. Additionally, he has worked with professional football players of SK Rapid Vienna for many years and provides consultancy to various professional sports organisations and clubs on integrating TCM, aiming to offer more holistic care to athletes.

In his medical clinic in Florence and Vienna, Dr. Zippelius offers trauma and orthopedic treatments based on TCM concepts. After studying classical Western medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Free University of Berlin, he completed his training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at the “Ausbildungszentrum Ost des Arbeitskreises für TCM” in Berlin and the University of TCM in Chengdu, China.

Dr. Zippelius continued his training in traditional Chinese orthopedic and trauma care at the Orthopedic Military Hospital of Sichuan Province, the Sichuan Tianxiang TCM Orthopedic Hospital, the Dance Injury Research Institute in Chengdu, and the Chengdu Sports University. He regularly organizes study trips to China to provide colleagues with practical training opportunities at these institutions.

For over 20 years, Dr. Zippelius has been giving lectures and courses at the University of Florence, Westminster University in London, the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen EHSM, the Austrian Federal Sports Organization BSO, and various acupuncture societies and schools in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Israel, and England.