Sustainable health and physical activity are important for the prevention of injuries and illnesses in sports. Recognising and addressing the risk factors for sport-related injuries is an important, but often neglected part of sports physiotherapists’ competencies. Working with athletes requires additional knowledge about the design and of optimum prevention programmes that will often need to be tailored to a specific individual's needs. Sustainable rehabilitation offers high-quality services for the present but doesn’t concede the ability to meet any future health needs, and therefore represents a secondary prevention of sports injuries. Immediate and appropriate diagnosis, initial (on-site) care and early start of effective treatment can significantly shorten the rehabilitation and lower re-injury rates. Education on movement control and quality, as well as health literacy, has led to sustainable human movement. This is important not only for research, but also for future education and instruction on sustainable health and rehabilitation. Furthermore, biological, psychological, and social inputs may be integrated in order to benefit future health management. Therefore, the purpose of this clinical seminar is to challenge the current literature with our thoughts and to introduce potentially new key concepts of sustainable preventive measures and rehabilitation for injury prevention in sports.
Speakers and a chair were originally from Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey, and Japan; thus, they are from diverse Europe and Asia brought with various cultures, education, and customs.
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