Comprehensive sports injury assessment, acute management, and return-to-sport protocols. From muscle strains to concussion — evidence-based management for the modern sports physiotherapist.
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Afonso Vera
MSc Physiotherapy (MMU) · BSc Sport Rehab (Salford) · 5yr MSK · 8yr Rugby
8 Modules
Evidence-based sports injury care
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Systematically assess acute and chronic sports injuries using validated frameworks
Apply the PEACE & LOVE protocol for evidence-based acute injury management
Classify and manage muscle, ligament, tendon, and bone injuries in athletes
Apply current concussion assessment and return-to-play protocols
Implement evidence-based injury prevention programmes
Make informed return-to-sport decisions using objective criteria
8 modules · 33 lessons · 5 hours total
Objective: Establish a systematic framework for assessing acute and chronic sports injuries.
The TOTAPS protocol for pitchside assessment
Subjective history-taking in sports: mechanism, onset, behaviour
Objective assessment: observation, palpation, movement, special tests
Grading injuries: mild, moderate, severe — clinical implications
Key concepts: TOTAPS, SALTAPS, injury grading, subjective history, clinical reasoning in sport
Objective: Apply the updated evidence-based acute injury management framework.
Why RICE is outdated: the evidence for PEACE & LOVE
Protection, Elevation, Avoid anti-inflammatory, Compression, Education
Load, Optimism, Vascularisation, Exercise — the rehabilitation phase
Practical application: ankle sprain, muscle strain, contusion
Key concepts: PEACE and LOVE, acute inflammation, tissue healing, load management, early mobilisation
Objective: Classify, assess, and manage muscle injuries across all grades.
Muscle injury classification: British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification
Hamstring injuries: anatomy, mechanism, assessment, and rehabilitation
Calf complex injuries: gastrocnemius vs soleus vs Achilles
Quadriceps and hip flexor strains: grading and return to sport
Ultrasound imaging in muscle injury: what to look for
Key concepts: Muscle injury grading, hamstring rehabilitation, Nordic curl, eccentric loading, re-injury risk
Objective: Assess and manage ligament injuries across major joints.
Ligament injury grading: I, II, III and clinical implications
Ankle ligament injuries: ATFL, CFL, PTFL — assessment and management
Knee ligament injuries: ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL — clinical assessment
Shoulder ligament injuries: AC joint, glenohumeral instability
Key concepts: Ligament healing, stress testing, joint stability, bracing vs surgery, proprioception rehabilitation
Objective: Apply the tendinopathy continuum model to sports tendon injuries.
Tendinopathy vs tendinitis vs tendinosis: understanding the terminology
The tendinopathy continuum: reactive, disrepair, degenerative
Patellar tendinopathy: VISA-P, load management, progressive loading
Achilles tendinopathy: VISA-A, Alfredson protocol, return to running
Key concepts: Tendinopathy continuum, VISA scores, isometric exercise, load management, reactive tendinopathy
Objective: Identify and manage bone stress injuries and fractures in the athletic population.
Bone stress injury continuum: stress reaction to stress fracture
High-risk vs low-risk stress fractures: clinical and imaging criteria
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and bone health
Return to sport after stress fracture: evidence-based timelines
Key concepts: Bone stress injury, stress fracture, RED-S, bone remodelling, return to sport timelines
Objective: Apply current concussion protocols for assessment and return to play.
Concussion definition, pathophysiology, and recognition
SCAT6: Sport Concussion Assessment Tool — practical application
Graduated Return to Sport (GRTS) protocol: 6 stages
Persistent post-concussion symptoms: management and referral
Key concepts: SCAT6, graduated return to sport, post-concussion syndrome, second impact syndrome, concussion recognition
Objective: Apply evidence-based injury prevention strategies across sports.
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center model of injury prevention
FIFA 11+ and ACL injury prevention programmes: evidence and implementation
Load monitoring: acute:chronic workload ratio in injury prevention
Screening tools: FMS, LESS, and their clinical utility
Key concepts: Injury prevention, FIFA 11+, ACL prevention, workload monitoring, movement screening
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This course includes:
8 comprehensive video modules
Injury assessment protocol PDFs
Bilingual EN + PT content
Evidence-based reference lists
Certificate of completion
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