Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, and Physiotherapy

Preventive Sports Medicine

Preventive strategies are fundamental to athlete longevity and performance sustainability. This session focuses on proactive interventions to minimize sports-related injuries, enhance biomechanics, and maintain musculoskeletal health. Topics include pre-participation screening, injury risk profiling, corrective exercise prescription, and sport-specific conditioning. Speakers will explore evidence-based approaches to address overuse injuries, movement asymmetries, and load management. The role of wearable technology in monitoring workload, fatigue, and injury predictors will be examined. Nutrition, sleep, and psychological readiness will also be considered as integral components of prevention. The session advocates a team-based model involving coaches, physiotherapists, and sports physicians to implement individualized and data-driven injury prevention programs.