Local and regional health and sports professionals will be coming together at the Savannah Hotel on June 30-July, 1 2018 for the “Staying in the Game: From Prevention to Performance” Sports Medicine Conference.
Hosted by the Barbados Sports Medicine Association (BSMA) the goal of this event is to educate athletes, coaches and medical professionals on current best practices in sports medicine and assist in minimizing injury risks to improve athlete management and performance.
Speakers include top local and regional professionals in the sports medicine field including Dean of the new Faculty of Sport at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Dr Akshai Mansingh. He will be delivering the key note address on “Considerations for the Young Athlete” and other presentations. Also from Jamaica is guest speaker Dr. Olivia Rose, Sports Psychologist who has served on the West Indies Women’s Team. She, along with local Sports Psychologist Dr. June Caddle will look at various psychological aspects of sports and injury. Other topics explored include treatment of injuries, advances in rehabilitation, diagnostic ultrasounds, the Olympic Medical Code, doping, nutrition, strength, conditioning and more delivered by local physicians and allied health professionals including Sports Physicians Drs. Adrian Lorde and Rene Best; Physiotherapists: Dr, Jacqui King, Dr. Phyllis Burnett and Marita Marshall; Dr. Tamara Nancoo, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr. Shane Drakes, Physiatrist among other specialists. Athletes, coaches, PE teachers, doctors, nurses, students, other health and sports professionals are all invited to attend.
The BSMA is a non-profit organisation which seeks to make active contributions to the development of sport in Barbados. The current president is Dr. Carl Ward, Sports Physician and the association is served by a number of Medical and Paramedical Professionals all of whom volunteer their time and services for both recreational and professional athletes at local, regional and international events.
For more information contact 269-6183; hhccmeevents@gmail.com.
Programme
Day 1
| TIME | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
| Registration
8:00a.m |
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| 8:50 am | Welcome by BSMA President | Dr. Carl Ward |
| 9:00 – 9:30 *Keynote presentation | Considerations for the Young Athlete | Dr. Akshai Mansingh
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | The Olympic Medical Code | Dr. Carl Ward
GP |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | General Approaches to Injury Prevention | Dr. Jacqueline King
Physiotherapist |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Pre-Participation Examination | Dr. Colin Alert
GP |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Optimal Nutrition for sports performance and recovery | Ms. Kimberley Rudder
Registered Dietitian |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Doping/Drugs in Sport | Dr. Adrian Lorde
Sports Medicine Specialist |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Psychology of Performance and Injury – How to think like an Olympian/Champion | Dr. June Caddle
Sports Psychologist |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | A Decades worth of Triumphs & Challenges as a Sports Psychologist in the Caribbean | Ms. Olivia Rose
Sports Psychologist, Jamaica |
| 11:50 – 1:00 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 1:00 – 1:20 | Protective gear/equipment | Mr. Rondell Griffith
Certified Athletic Trainer |
| 1:20 – 1:40 | Recovery in Performance | Ms. Marita Marshall
Physiotherapist |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Footwear Assessment | Mrs. Rosamund Beckles-James
Podiatrist |
| 2:00 – 2:20 | A problem solving approach in general preparation | Mr. David Ross
Strength & Conditioning Coach |
| 2:20 – 2:40 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK |
| 2:40 – 3:00 | 1. Introduction to Functional Movement Assessment – Workshop/
2. Psychology for athletes workshop |
Mr. Kurt Clarke Certified Personal Trainer/
Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | 1. Basic First Aid workshop/
2. Kinesio Taping workshop: Applications for common upper & lower limb injuries |
Kyle Hinkson- EMT/
Marita Marshall Physiotherapist |
DAY 2
| TIME | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration | Registration |
| 8:50 a.m. | Welcome by BSMA Vice President | Ms. Marita Marshall |
| 9:00 – 9:30
*Keynote presentation |
Stress fractures and REDs | Dr. Akshai Mansingh
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Concussion | Dr. Shane Drakes
Sports Physician |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Shoulder injuries/The overhead athlete | Dr. Ayana Crichlow
Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Diagnostic US | Dr. Rene Best
Sports Medicine Specialist |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Exercise Induced Asthma | Dr. Adrian Lorde
Sports Medicine Specialist |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Common Knee injuries in sport | Mr. Randolph Carrington
Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Sport related hand injuries | Dr. Ayana Crichlow
Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Ankle injuries | Dr. Akshai Mansingh
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica |
| 12:50 – 1:10 | Advances in Rehabilitation: Shockwave therapy, Dry Needling | Dr. Phyllis Burnett
Physiotherapist |
| 1:10 – 1:30 | Optimising Performance: 1% ers in sports | Dr. Shane Drakes
Physiatrist |
| 1:30 – 1:50 | PRP Injections | Dr. Tamara Nancoo
Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 1:50 – 2:00 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | 1. Shockwave therapy workshop/
2. Psychology Workshop |
Dr. Phyllis Burnett
Physiotherapist /
Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | 1. Dry needling workshop/
2. Diagnostic Ultrasound workshop |
TBA- Physiotherapist /
Dr. Best & Dr Shane Drakes Sports Medicine Specialist |
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