Anja Haramina
Anja Haramina, BSc Physiotherapy, focuses on sports physiotherapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, and functional recovery after injury. She practices at Preventis Polyclinic, where physical therapy and rehabilitation support patients recovering from sports injuries, trauma-related conditions, fractures, postoperative states, and pain or movement problems affecting the spine, upper limbs, and lower limbs.
Her physiotherapy approach is based on individual assessment, patient education, and active participation in rehabilitation. She places strong emphasis on helping each patient understand the goal of therapy, the correct way to perform exercises, and the long-term steps needed for a safer return to daily, work-related, or sports activities.
Clinical focus
Sports physiotherapy
Sports physiotherapy is a key area of Anja Haramina’s professional interest. As an active athlete with long-term experience in handball and participation in European and world championships, she understands the demands of recovery, injury prevention, regeneration, and gradual return to physical load. She has worked as a team physiotherapist with a men’s handball team during preparation for competition in the highest level of Croatian handball, and she continues to participate as medical staff at beach handball competitions.
Orthopedic and trauma rehabilitation
Her work with patients includes experience in the rehabilitation of rheumatologic and trauma-related conditions, including upper and lower limb injuries, spine injuries, fractures, and postoperative recovery. This clinical background is closely connected with services such as physical rehabilitation, physical therapy, and orthopedic and postoperative rehabilitation.
Education and professional background
Anja Haramina completed her physiotherapy education at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb. She began her professional path during her studies through work under professional mentorship and cooperation with a judo club. She completed her internship at the Dr. Drago Čop Polyclinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and at the Traumatology Clinic of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital Center.
She gained additional professional experience in Germany as an intern at Medical Park Chiemsee, a clinic focused on orthopedics, traumatology, and sports medicine. Working within an interdisciplinary team gave her valuable insight into rehabilitation in an international and highly specialized healthcare setting.
She continues to develop her expertise through professional courses and seminars in rehabilitation and sports physiotherapy, including dry needling, sports taping, Achilles tendon pathology, prenatal and postnatal training, and management of lower back pain.
To send an inquiry about physical therapy, sports rehabilitation, or recovery after injury, contact ZagrebMed.
Qualifications
Anja Haramina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiotherapy. She completed her physiotherapy education at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb. Her education and professional development are focused on physiotherapy, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and sports physiotherapy.
Experience
She began her professional path during her studies through work under professional mentorship and cooperation with a judo club. She completed her internship at the Dr. Drago Čop Polyclinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and at the Traumatology Clinic of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital Center. There, she gained experience working with rheumatologic and trauma patients, including postoperative conditions, fractures, upper and lower limb injuries, and spine injuries. She gained additional professional experience in Germany, where she worked as an intern at Medical Park Chiemsee, a clinic for orthopedics, traumatology, and sports medicine. In a sports setting, she worked as a team physiotherapist with a men’s handball team during preparation for competition in the highest level of Croatian handball and continues to participate as medical staff at beach handball competitions.
Certificates
She has completed several professional courses and seminars in rehabilitation and sports physiotherapy. Her additional training includes dry needling, sports taping, Achilles tendon pathology, prenatal and postnatal training, and management of lower back pain.