Why do athletes when they get injured travel around the world to go to see a specific doctor, aren’t all doctors able to study specialists to learn the best techniques?

Question

Always hear of athletes based in UK or US for example travelling to Spain or other countries to get surgery.

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Answer 1

There are many procedures that are simply not legal in certain countries. There’s a reason all of the pro athletes in the US go south to get patched up after they get injured. They juice em up with the good stuff. There’s also the fact that countries with “free” healthcare often have shit healthcare systems and long wait times AND you don’t get to pick the best doctors, you get who you get – those are all easily avoided by being rich and going somewhere to see the best doctor without waiting 5 years.