ADVANCED ATHLETIC CONDITIONING COURSE
Designed for sports medical doctors, physical therapists, athletic trainers and coaches.
SCHEDULE

Designed for Physical Therapists, Sports Medical Physicians, coaches and trainers and anyone working with athletes and the active population.

Designed to increase functional strength conditioning knowledge so that injured athletes (both recreational and elite athletes) may benefit from proper rehabilitation, including progression back to their sport and/or back to competition levels – and be stronger than before the injury.

Objectives:
The objective of this workshop is to advance technical and programming knowledge in athletic conditioning, using the latest research information to return athletes to greater mobility, strength, balance and efficiency than before their injury.

Also discussed will be theoretical and practical skills required to design rehabilitation and prehabilitation functional strength conditioning programs for the specific needs of recreational and/or elite athletes.

The course will cover how to decrease the risk of recurring injuries for specific sports including: swimming, running, cycling, skiers and more.

The workshop will focus on the latest techniques in strength training methodologies, including functional core training, myofascial sling training, eccentric training which has been proven to enhance prehabilitation and sports performance in a clinical set-up.

The course include:   Latest techniques in strength training methodologies including program design and progression (repetitions, sets, and exercises). Program planning and goals to gain muscular endurance/ hypertrophy/ strength/ power. Detecting pathomechanics at an early stage and prescribing proper functional exercises. Decreasing the risk of recurring sports injuries, especially for runners, cyclist and skiers. Sports specific prehabilitation, including myofascial sling training, low-intensity proprioception exercises, core performance training. Eccentric training; patellar and achilles tendinosis, latest research, evidence of treatment & progressive exercises.

For more information about hosting the Advanced Athletic Conditioning Course at your facility please contact chloe@xtrainingschool.