PARTICIPANT PROFILE AND PRE-REQUISITES

This seminar is open to men and women physiotherapists working with the federation on either a paid or volunteer basis. Personnel selected to attend this seminar should already have practical experience of working with their national team.

CONTENT

The topics to be covered in the seminar include:

· Seminar Introduction

- Formal opening

- Personal introductions

- The IAAF – philosophy and structure

· National Sports Medicine Structures and Medical Officer

· Physiological Adaptations to Exercise

- Muscle Energetic and Metabolism

- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems

- Principles of Training

- Training Theory and Overtraining

· Principles of Nutrition

· Physiological Monitoring of the Elite Athlete

- Laboratory and Field Tests

· Pre-Participation Examination

· Principles of Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete

· Principles of Injury Prevention and Emergency Care

· Soft Tissue Damage

- Healing and Principles of Acute Care

· Therapeutic Modalities

- Manual Therapy

- Workshop

· Functional Therapy

· Injuries I

- Foot and Ankle

- Taping Workshop

· Injuries II

- Lower Extremity and Knee

- Taping Workshop

· Injuries III

- Trunk/Upper Extremity

- Taping Workshop

· Injuries IV

- Head and Spine

· Environmental Factors Affecting Human Performance

- Planning International Travel and “Jet Lag”

· Drug Abuse in Sports

· Seminar Wrap-up

- Discussion

- Evaluation

- Formal closing