The inaugural Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy (SPEX) Symposium

The athlete across the lifespan

14 November 2020 (Online)

The Sports and Exercise Symposium is designed specifically for experienced physiotherapists, bringing together an impressive group of renowned sports and exercise practitioners. 

The program will feature 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 includes:

  • 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.

View the full program and list of presenters.

 

Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to easily access and network with the great minds of some of Australia’s leading sports and exercise physiotherapists.