Tuesday, 19 May 2026, O₂ Universum, Prague
Expert Training inInjury Prevention, Management & Athlete Care
This is a pre-course taking place one day before the ESSKA Congres
The 2026 edition will focus on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, addressing the specific challenges team physicians face when supporting elite athletes at major international events.
Programme Highlights
- What Is Different at the Olympic Games? Organisation, epidemiology, team physician equipment, environmental challenges, medical code, anti-doping, and working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Traumatology in Olympic Sports Injury profiles and expectations across different Olympic disciplines.
- Working as a Team Physician Leadership roles, mentoring, and strategies for managing challenges during the Games.
- Practical Training On-field management of concussion and cardiac arrest.
- Medical Issues in Elite Sport Acute respiratory infections, travel-related challenges, and clinical decision-making for return to play.
- Mental Health and Interpersonal Violence Screening tools, consensus statements, and case-based discussions.
- Muscle and Overuse Injuries Diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention strategies, and surgical considerations.
- Paralympic Athletes Classifications, medical challenges, and travel considerations.
- Return to Sport after Injury or Illness Decision-making models, functional testing, and ethical dilemmas.
- Injury Prevention Evidence-based programmes for ACL, hamstring, and paediatric athletes, and prevention in elite sport.