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Performance Pathways Injury Prevention Seminar - Hosted by Erin Smyth
Tue 02 Jul 2024 17:45 — 18:45

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Performance Pathways Injury Prevention Seminar 2024

Presented by Dr Erin Smyth (Hockey Australia Pathways Performance Health Lead), this seminar aims to cover topics and strategies on injury prevention for developing athletes on the high performance pathways program. 

All U18 teams, players, physio's and team support staff are encouraged to attend. 

This event is free of charge, and will be held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre on Tuesday 2nd July 2024 at 5:45pm. 

 

Topics covered in this seminar include.

Injury/Illness risk: 

  • The developing athlete
  • Previous injury
  • Training load
  • Sleep
  • Nutrition
  • Menstrual dysfunction
  • Early sport specialisation
  • Peak height velocity
  • Postural control
  • Equipment

 

Prevention Strategies:

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  • Education
  • Neuromuscular warmups
  • Strength training
  • Strength monitoring
  • Monitoring peak height velocity
  • Periodic health evaluation (aka screening)
  • Equipment
  • Thorough rehabilitation

 

To attend this event, please select YES when completing the event registration.