This course provides the study of clinical theory and practice in sports physiotherapy. This includes elements of injury mechanisms, principles of injury prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation principles integrated with the clinical reasoning process.
Sports physiotherapists work in a multidisciplinary team to minimize risk, manage injury, and exercise prescription working with athletes from community to elite levels and for promoting physical activity.
Topics include:
• Ethics in sports physiotherapy
• Travelling with teams
• Strategies to decrease risk of injury
• Rehabilitative exercises
• Drugs in sport
• Role of nutrition for sports performance
• Assessment and management of acute and overuse injuries
Sports physiotherapists work in a multidisciplinary team to minimize risk, manage injury, and exercise prescription working with athletes from community to elite levels and for promoting physical activity.
Topics include:
• Ethics in sports physiotherapy
• Travelling with teams
• Strategies to decrease risk of injury
• Rehabilitative exercises
• Drugs in sport
• Role of nutrition for sports performance
• Assessment and management of acute and overuse injuries
- Teacher: Shofeen Begum