FOOTBALL | SOCCER MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE

SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Starting January 16 2024

50

HOURS

ONLINE

LIVE CLASSES

TUESDAYs

FROM 7 PM TILL 9 PM (UTC)

24/7

ACCESS TO CLASS REPLAYS

14

MODULES

2

ASK AWAY SECTIONS

880€

EARLY BIRD

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 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 Clínica 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 Clínica 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

Diogo Rodrigues-Gomes MD | Flávia Ribeiro MSc Psychology | João Pedro Araújo MD | Jóni Nunes MD | José Pedro Marques MD | Maria João Sá MD | Nuno Loureiro MD | Pedro Prata MD | Rogério Pereira BHKin, PT | Tiago Lopes MD

Module 0 - Virtual Interface Training Session.

7.00pm | 8.30pm UTC

Training session to familiarize participants with the eLearning platform.

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

6.30 pm | 6.55 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 pre-participation 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 - Imaging literacy within the context of football | soccer players injuries – Precise imaging, tips and pearls revealed.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm UTC Sandra Mechó 

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

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Abdalla Skaf

Enhancing clinical decision-making with MRI-based knee joint laxity measurement in the setting of partial ACL tears.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Carles Pedret 

Advanced imaging techniques for diagnosing and predicting prognosis of hamstring, 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 Francisco Tavares

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

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm UTC Eirik Halvorsen

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

7.00 pm | 9.00 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.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Holly Silvers-Granelli 

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

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Dustin Grooms 

Neuroplasticity and ACL injury prevention: current evidence and insights for ecological implementation of new preventative strategies.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Jan Ekstrand

Muscle injuries in male and female elite footballers | soccer players – a statistical, economical 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 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 Pablo Gelber

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 fix?

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 Clare Ardern

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

Module 6 - Decoding the diagnosis workflow and treatment options for severe 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 Isabel Guillén

Foot and ankle cartilage Injuries: surgical innovations to keep players on the pitch. Are there any unheard-of novelties?

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Niek van DijK 

From milestones to breakthroughs: a journey of 20 years in advancing arthroscopic treatment for ankle and hindfoot injuries: paving the path for today’s standards.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Bruno Pereira

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

Module 7 - Lower limb muscle injuries treatment

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Jurdan Mendiguchia 

New advances and findings related to hamstring injury rehab and prevention

8.00 PM | 9.00 PM utc Lasse Lempainen 

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

7.00 PM | 8.00 PM utc Telmo Firmino

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

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 8 - Regenerative medicine in orthopedic sports medicine and/ or ultrasound-guided procedures to manage football | soccer -related injuries.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Mikel Sánchez 

Platelet-rich plasma. State of the art on basic science, 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 Ferran Abat

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 9 - 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 | 9.00 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 10 - 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 11 - 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 “RED-S” card.

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Francesco Della Villa

Return to play after severe knee injuries and secondary prevention in youth female players: development vs biomechanics?

Module 12 - Footballer | soccer player nutrition, recovery and microbiota-gut-brain axis

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc Juan Morillas 

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

8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Cláudia Marques

Microbiota-gut-brain axis – health and performance enhancement insights for footballers | soccer players.

7.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc Warren Gregson

Training recovery and off-season detraining effects: how to achieve the first and mitigate the second.

Module 13 - Team physicians round table with an ask away section!

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc
Moderator: Jón Karlsson
Speakers: Daniel Martínez, Eva Ferrer, Jason Koh, Matilde Fidalgo, Paul Catterson and Rita Tomás

Topics for discussion:

  • Communication between coaches and medical team: challenges to overcome.
    • Prognostic for athletes’ time away – preferences on the optimistic or pessimist 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 14 - Featuring 3 countries, 16 cities, and 48 teams, the FIFA World Cup 2026™ is set to be an extraordinary sporting event.

7.00 pm | 8.00 pm utc
Moderator: Michel D’ Hooghe
Speakers:
Bert Mandelbaum, Diana Silva, Juan Cota, Margot Putukian and OLUFEMI R. AYENI

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

With such a massive scale, how can the health and well-being of the players be effectively managed during this major tournament?

  • Travel fatigue and jet lag.
  • Sleep quality.
  • Health protection and screening protocols.
8.00 pm | 9.00 pm utc

Ask away section.

9.00 pm | 9.10 pm utc

Closing remarks and official closure of the first global edition of the Football | Soccer Medicine Advanced Course.

Faculty

Abdalla Skaf
Abdalla Skaf
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Amy Arundale
Bert R. Mandelbaum
Bert R. Mandelbaum
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
Carles Pedret Cópia
Carles Pedret
Clare Ardern
Clare Ardern
Claudia Marques
Cláudia Marques
Daniel Martinez
Daniel Martínez
Diana Silva (Portugal)
Diana Silva
Diogo Rodrigues Gomes
Diogo Rodrigues Gomes
Dustin Grooms
Dustin Grooms
Eirik Halvorsen Wik
EIRIK HALVORSEN WIK
Elizaveta Kon
Elizaveta Kon
Eva Ferrer Atual
Eva Ferrer
Ferran Abat Cópia
Ferran Abat
FMAC + JSA Francesco Della Villa
FRANCESCO DELLA VILLA
Francisco Tavares1 Cópia
FRANCISCO TAVARES
Holly Silvers
Holly Silvers
Isabel Guillén
Isabel Guillén
FMAC Jan Ekstrand
Jan Ekstrand
Jason Koh Atual
Jason Koh
FMAC + JSA Joan C. Monllau
JOAN C. MONLLAU
Prof. JEM 1 400x400
João Espregueira-Mendes
João Pedro Araújo Atual
JOÃO PEDRO ARAÚJO
John Fulkerson
John Fulkerson
Jón Karlsson 1
Jón Karlsson
Jonathan Drezner
JONATHAN DREZNER
Juan Cota
Juan Cota
Juan Morillas Cópia
Juan Morillas
Jurdan Mendiguchia
Jurdan Mendiguchia
Lasse Lempainen
Lasse Lempainen
Luke S. Oh
Luke S. Oh
Margo Mountjoy
Margo Mountjoy
Margot Putukian
Margot Putukian
Mark Fulcher
Mark Fulcher
Matilde Fidalgo
Matilde Fidalgo
Michel Baron D Hooghe
MICHEL BARON D'HOOGHE
Mikel Sanchez Cópia
Mikel Sánchez
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
Paul Catterson
Paul Catterson
Pieter D’Hooghe
Pieter D‘Hooghe
Rita Tomás Atual
Rita Tomás
Sachin Tapasvi Atual
Sachin Tapasvi
Sandra Mechó
Sandra Mechó
Sergio Rodrigues Gomes
Sérgio Rodrigues Gomes
Telmo Firmino Atual
TELMO FIRMINO
Warren Gregson
Warren Gregson

FAQ's

PROGRAM BEGINS

January 16th 2024

REGISTRATION FEE

Total cost of attendance:

  1. 880€ - until November 5th 2023
  2. 980€ - until December 17th 2023
  3. 1080€ - after December 17th 2023
TARGET AUDIENCE

Medical doctors, Physiotherapists, Strength and conditioning coaches and other Football medicine stakeholders.

ACCEPTING PAYMENT IN INSTALLMENTS

Yes, 2x interest-free:

70% – At the registration
30% – After 30 days

1080,00 

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Total cost of attendance:

880€ - until November 5th 2023
980€ - until December 17th 2023
1080€ - after December 17th 2023

Phased payment:

70% - Upon registration
30% - after 30 days

FOOTBALL | SOCCER MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE

SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

1080,00 
Total cost of attendance:

880€ - until November 5th 2023
980€ - until December 17th 2023
1080€ - after December 17th 2023

Phased payment:

70% - Upon registration
30% - after 30 days

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