2ND EDITION

FOOTBALL | SOCCER MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE

SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Starting November 19th 2024

54

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FROM 7 PM TILL 9 PM (UTC)

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2

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FOOTBALL | SOCCER MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE

SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Football | soccer medicine is a context-dependent exercise of knowledge, skills, communication and network. Beyond denominators such as graduation degrees and personal skills, continuous training and immersion in advanced teaching experiences are decisive to follow and aim to improve specialists' practice within the realm of football | soccer medicine.

Notably, led by an exceptional faculty team that can add the extra mile - or in our football | soccer language - a hat-trick supported in science, skills and factual experience.

The invited world-renowned faculty team was carefully selected to ensure participants with a comprehensive and updated learning experience of the main and hot topics, that all who are accountable should be able to master and manage with ease. These, among other topics, will cover injury and illness prevention, pre-participation cardiovascular and musculoskeletal screening, differential diagnosis, critical workflow, treatment and return to play.

Academia Clínicas Espregueira in partnership with Clínica Espregueira- FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence are calling and offering you a unique program and a world class faculty to provide you with advanced football | soccer medicine education. This will empower and certify you as an asset for players' health and sports teams.

Join us to celebrate our common taste in knowledge and our collective quest for excellence in football | soccer medicine care!

Welcome to Academia Clínicas Espregueira.

Strengths and Purposes of the Course

The Football | Soccer Medicine Advanced Course aims to place participants at the core of a meticulously designed program dedicated to enhancing the professional development of clinicians. Through a distinguished faculty, comprehensive scientific content, and an immersive learning model, the course seeks to elevate clinical practice and decision-making in the field of football | soccer medicine. Recognizing the existing disparity between scientific knowledge and its practical application, our primary goal is to empower clinicians with the necessary guidance for implementing scientific and clinical interventions. We are confident that the meticulously developed scientific and pedagogical structure will greatly assist clinicians in enhancing their practice, bridging gaps, and enabling the delivery of evidence-based clinical care to promote the physical and mental well-being of footballers | soccer players throughout their lives.

Choose your own timetable. Join clinicians from all around the world and reach the level that allows you to excel within football | soccer medicine.

Target audience

Medical doctors, physiotherapists, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches and other football | soccer medicine stakeholders.

Course President

João Espregueira-Mendes

Organizing Committee

Amy Arundale | Diogo Rodrigues-Gomes | Flávia Ribeiro | João Pedro Araújo | Jóni Nunes | José Pedro Marques | Maria João Sá | Pedro Prata | Rogério Pereira | Tiago Lopes

Module 0 - Virtual Interface Training Session.

7.00pm | 8.00pm UTC

Training session to familiarize participants with the eLearning platform.

Module 1 - Official opening, pre-participation neuromusculoskeletal and cardiovascular evaluation.

6.45 pm | 7.00 pm utc João Espregueira Mendes

Official opening and course outline presentation.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Jonathan Drezner 

1st class - Potentially a life-saving one.

Preparticipation cardiovascular evaluation for sudden cardiac death prevention in football | soccer:
- International criteria for ECG interpretation in athletes.
- Strategies for first-responder treatment on the field.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm UTC João Pedro Araújo 

 Team physician dilemma over the neuromusculoskeletal preparticipation evaluation: what, why and how to assess and measure.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Sérgio Rodrigues-Gomes

Are there any red flags in imaging that could lead to a decision not to sign a player? How much clinical information can we share while maintaining ethical boundaries?

Module 2 - Anatomy and imaging literacy within the context of football | soccer players injuries - Precise imaging, tips and pearls revealed.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm UTC XAVIER VALLE

Anatomy and physiology of the myo-tendinous complex.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC sandra mechó

Rectus femoris injuries: anatomy, injury characterization and imaging tips and pearls to excel in MRI.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC CARLES PEDRET

Advanced imaging techniques for diagnosing and predicting prognosis of hamstring injuries: MRI and ultrasound.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Tomás Pascual

Advanced imaging techniques for diagnosing and predicting prognosis of gastrocnemius and soleus muscle injuries: MRI and ultrasound.

Module 3 - Youth football | soccer - Development opportunities and health challenges.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm UTC  Eirik Halvorsen

Male elite youth footballers | soccer players: growth and maturation as potential risk factors and injury profile changes through age.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Francisco Tavares

Youth football | soccer - is there a masterplan for performance enhancement?

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm UTC Nicky Keay

Are hormones, health, and performance a hat trick that has not yet been scored in youth football | soccer?

Module 4 - Primary and secondary ACL and muscle injuries mitigation in football | soccer. Fostering a culture of longevity, while minimizing the risk of career-derailing injuries.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc 

Primary ACL injury mitigation in football |soccer: facts and figures.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc  Dustin Grooms

Neuroplasticity in ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation: current evidence and insights for clinical implementation.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Jan Ekstrand

Muscle injuries in male and female elite footballers | soccer players - a statistical, economic and team performance analysis.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Nicol van Dyk

Primary and secondary hamstrings injury mitigation: state of the art.

Module 5 - Severe hip injuries: diagnosis workflow and treatment options explained throughout clinical cases.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc OLUFEMI ayEni

Enhancing clinical decision-making with MRI, CT, and X-Ray imaging of the hip in footballers | soccer players: Addressing common and rare injuries and conditions

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Diogo Rodrigues-Gomes

How to manage groin pain in the football | soccer player. Tips & pearls for rehabilitation and return to play.

Module 6 - Severe Knee injuries: diagnosis workflow and treatment options explained throughout clinical cases.

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Moisés Cohen

Medial collateral ligament injury: the decision of surgical intervention - are clear criteria available to address this important question?

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc João Espregueira-Mendes

ACL tear: a precise anatomic and biomechanical characterization of the injury as key for an effective surgical solution.

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc 

Complex knee injuries, made simple.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Joan Monllau 

Operative approaches for meniscus injuries: meniscectomy vs. repair - striving for optimal healthcare or settling for a temporary fi

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Sachin Tapasvi

Knee cartilage injuries: Is it game over? What are the surgical treatment options available to address articular defects?

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc John P. Fulkerson

Patellofemoral disorders: anatomic vs unknown reasons for anterior knee pain! Solutions?

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Amy Arundale

Beyond the injury: unleashing the power of criteria-based rehabilitation and personal insights after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc 

Embracing the mind-sport connection: the impact of psychological readiness to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Module 7 - Decoding the Diagnosis Workflow and Treatment Options for Severe Foot and Ankle Injuries.

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc  Pieter D'Hooghe

Cracking the code of syndesmosis injury: exploring diagnosis, treatment options, and the captain's perspective.

8.00 PM | 9.00 PM utc 

Stress Fractures: My Clinical Principles and Experience in Surgical Management

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Bruno PEREIRA

Managing achilles tendon ruptures in football | soccer players: unveiling the science of successful treatment and sharing my surgical journey.

8.00 PM | 9.00 PM utc Niek van DijK 

The Latest is Always the Greatest - "a la carte"

Module 8 - Lower limb muscle injuries treatment.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc ELLIE SOMMERS

Hamstring injuries conservative treatment: designing a flexible and adjustable exercise-based action plan for football | soccer players with insights from physiotherapy and strength & conditioning experts

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Lasse Lempainen

Hamstring injuries surgical treatment. When is it indicated and how I do it?

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Telmo Firmino 

Triceps surae muscles: unveiling the key differences in rehabilitating soleus vs gastrocnemius Injuries?

Module 9 - Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedic Sports Medicine and/ or ultrasound-guided procedures to manage football | soccer-related injuries.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc 

Platelet-rich plasma. State of the art, indications and technical pearls for therapeutic procedures.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Elizaveta Kon 

Beyond repair: the promising future of regenerative medicine in menisci sports injuries.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc 

Enhancing tendon and muscle healing process: Is it time to embrace ultrasound-guided galvanic electrolysis?

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Nuno Loureiro

My experience as a Team Physician using ultrasound guided injections in the main joints for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes!

Module 10 - Is the upper limb something that feels disconnected from your clinical practice? It may have less impact on sports performance, specifically in football | soccer, but it hurts the same for the athlete.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Luke S Oh 

Bridging the divide with upper limb injuries. Diagnostic and treatment workflow for shoulder dislocation and other severe upper limb injuries.

Module 11 - Emergency Medical First Aid on-field.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Margot Putukian

Sport related-concussion: when to remove the player from the pitch and how to proceed from the event to return to play.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Mark Fulcher

Expert Tips for Handling Severe Joint Injuries and Fractures on the Pitch.

Module 12 - Specificities of Female Athletes in Women's Football | Soccer.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Margo mountjoy 

Maximizing athlete health and performance: avoiding the "REDs" card.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Margie Davenport

Playing for two: risks and safety of football | soccer during pregnancy.

Module 13 -Footballer | Soccer player safe and legal nutrition, recovery and microbiota-gut-brain axis.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc

Boosting performance on the table - legal, safe and effective supplements.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Maria João Cascais

Upholding integrity: major principles of anti-doping policies, rules, and regulations for football | soccer athletes

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc ALAn mccall

Optimizing training recovery: common practices vs. scientific evidence.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Cláudia Marques

Microbiota-gut-brain axis - health and performance enhancement insights.

Module 14 - Critical points in a football | soccer player's journey.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc

Return to play after severe injuries: from control to chaos - enhancing safety and athletic readiness

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc

Life after the final whistle: caring for former football | soccer professionals.

Module 15 - Team physicians roundtable with ask away.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc
Moderator: 
Speakers: EVA FERRER, JASON KOH

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Topics for discussion:
- Communication between coaches and medical team: challenges to overcome
Prognostic for athletes' time away - preferences on the optimistic or pessimistic approach?
Risk of reinjury - is everyone aware of the odds?
- Soft tissue injuries and pain masking - are athletes competent to make voluntary decisions?
- Football | Soccer Medical Governance: inclusion and athlete safeguarding as key to boost your team performance.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc

Ask away section

Module 16 - Featuring 3 countries, 16 cities, and 48 teams, the FIFA World Cup 2026™ is set to be an extraordinary sporting event. However, with such a massive scale, how can the health and well-being of the players be effectively managed during this major tournament?

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc
Moderator: Andrew Massey
Speakers:
Christa Janse van Rensburg, Rita Tomás

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Topics for discussion:
- Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag
- Sleep Quality
- Health protection and screening protocols.

8.00 pm | 8.10 pm utc

Closing remarks and Official Closure of the second global edition of the Football | Soccer Medicine Advanced Course.

Faculty

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Claudia Marques
Cláudia Marques
Diogo Rodrigues Gomes
Diogo Rodrigues Gomes
Dustin Grooms
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EIRIK HALVORSEN WIK
Elizaveta Kon
Elizaveta Kon
Eva Ferrer Current
Eva Ferrer
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FRANCISCO TAVARES
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Jan Ekstrand
Jason Koh Current
Jason Koh
FMAC + JSA Joan C. Monllau
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João Espregueira-Mendes
João Pedro Araújo Current
JOÃO PEDRO ARAÚJO
John Fulkerson
John Fulkerson
Jonathan Drezner
JONATHAN DREZNER
Lasse Lempainen
Lasse Lempainen
Luke S. Oh
Luke S. Oh
Margie Davenport
Margie Davenport
Margo Mountjoy
Margo Mountjoy
Margot Putukian
Margot Putukian
Maria João Cascais (1)
Maria João Cascais
Mark Fulcher
Mark Fulcher
Moises Cohen
Moisés Cohen
Nicola Keay
Nicky Keay
Nicol Van Dyk
NICOL VAN DYK
Niek Van Djik
Niek van Dijk
Nuno Loureiro
NUNO LOUREIRO
Olufemi R. Ayeni
Olufemi R. Ayeni
Pieter D'Hooghe
Pieter D'Hooghe
Rita Tomás Current
Rita Tomás
Current Sachin Tapasvi
Sachin Tapasvi
Sandra Mechó
Sandra Mechó
Sergio Rodrigues Gomes
Sérgio Rodrigues Gomes
Telmo Firmino Current
TELMO FIRMINO
Tomas Pascual
Tomás Pascual
Xavier Valle
Xavier Valle

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  3. 1080€ - after October 19th 2024

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  3. 980€ - until October 19th 2024
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Medical doctors, physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches and other football medicine stakeholders.

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FOOTBALL | SOCCER MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE

SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

2ND EDITION
980,00 
Total cost of attendance:

704€ - Pre-order until May 30th 2024
880€ - until September 19th 2024
980€ - until October 19th 2024
1080€ - after October 19th 2024

Phased payment:

70% due upon registration.
30% due 30 days after registration.

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