A couple of weekends ago, Mike and Mick completed the APA run Athlete Across the Lifespan Symposium. It was a particularly informative day that allowed Mike and Mick to build on their current knowledge of athletes from a variety of sports and from all age brackets.
The Sports and Exercise Symposium was designed specifically for experienced physiotherapists, bringing together an impressive group of renowned sports and exercise practitioners.
The program featured complex case presentations focusing on diagnostic clinical patterns, aetiology and research-informed management of challenging athletic presentations across the lifespan.
Brought to you by the Australian College of Physiotherapists and Physio Educations, the program included:
- The younger athlete: Physiological developmental considerations of muscle, tendon and bone in the younger athlete – APA Musculoskeletal and Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Dr Dave Spurrier
- Lumbar stress fractures in developmental cricketers – APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Dr Kevin Sims, FACP;
- An adolescent knee presentation – APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Dr Loretta O’Sullivan Pippia, FACP;
- Growth plate injuries in young gymnasts – APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Mr Phil Cossens, FACP;
- Hip and groin pain in young athlete – APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Dr Andrea Mosler, FACP;
- An elite athlete with boney stress injury: Critical clinical decision-making – APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Mr Dave Battersby, FACP;
- Physiological considerations for the older athlete – Professor Robin Daly;
- Shoulder dislocation presentations across the lifespan – APA Musculoskeletal and Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Dr Mary Magarey, FACP;
- The post-menopausal athlete – APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Ms Keren Faulkner, FACP;
- How similar injury aetiology presents and is managed differently in younger and older athletes – Expert panel hosted by APA Musculoskeletal and Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Jane Rooney, FACP.
