Place: Urhea -halli, (Mäkelänkatu 47, 00550 Helsinki)

Language: English

Program:

Friday:

8.00-9.00 registration

9.00-9.15 Opening ceremony

09.15 -10.30 SESSION 1: Evidence based clinical practice in the wild:

                       9.15-10.00 Evidence based approach research versus practitioner experience 

                       Speaker: Evert Verhagen

                      10.00-10:30 Can we really do evidence based interventions? 

                      Speaker: Caroline Bolling

10.30-11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.30 SESSION 2: Planning return to performance: maximize chance of success without waste

                    10.30-11.10 ‘Translate the rehabilitation vision into achievable goals’ 

                    Speaker: Dave Fevre

                   11.10-11.40 ‘Approaches for  programme planning with youth’

                   Speaker: Mandy Johnson

                  11.40-12.00 Discussion

12.30-13:30 lunch

13.30-15.00 SESSION 3: Early loading for optimal outcome

                 13.30-13:55 “Optimal loading in stress fractures: Is rest always best?”

                 Speaker: Mira Kaikkonen 

                 13:55-14.20 “Evidence and implementation of early mobilization of ankle ligament injuries” 

                 Speaker: Evert Verhagen

                 14:20-14.45 From Rupture to Recovery: Progressive Achilles Tendon Loading

                 Speaker: Raad Khair

                14.45-15.00 Discussion

15.00-15.30 Coffee and Poster walk

15.30-17.00 SESSION 4: Manual therapy is an essential tool in your tool box

                15.30-16.15 “Starting a new narrative for Manual therapy”

                Speaker: Jo Abbott

                16.15-16.45 Manual Therapy needs in Athletes’ training: Enhancing performance and training

                Speaker: Peter Halen

                16.45-17.00 discussion

19.00 GALA DINNER (Purchase tickets to Gala Dinner) .Location Holiday Inn Helsinki – Ravintola Platta

Saturday:

9.00-9.05 Opening words

9.05-10.30 SESSION 5: Transition form therapeutic exercise to performance

                  09.05-09.45 Fully functional rehabilitation

                  Speaker: Mandy Johnson

                  09:45-10.15 Attuning from rehab back to the game – A hero’s journey?

                  Speaker: Aki-Matti Alanen

                  10.15-10.30 Discussion

10.30-11.30 Coffee

11.00-12.30 SESSION 6: Keeping the athlete in the game

                  11.00-11.45 Managing the pressures and measuring outcomes in the rehabilitation pathway 

                  Speaker: David Fevre

                  11.45-12.15 Florence Nightingale keeping the athletes in the competition” 

                  Speaker: Jo ABBOTT

                  12.15-12.30 Discussion 

12:30-13:30 lunch

13.30-15.00 SESSION 7: Youth Bone stress injuries: an example of Nordic collaboration

                 13.30-13.50 Title: Diagnosis, pathology, risk factors and mechanism

                 Speaker: Juha Parikka

                 13.50-14.15 Title: Rehabilitation protocol for lumbar bone stress injuries in adolescent football players –                       through mentoring and networks.

                 Speaker: Nicolay Morland

                 14.15-14.30 Title: Importance of load management and shared decision making with coaches: A Danish                       example 

                 Speaker: Karen Kotila and Lars Damsbo

                14.30-14.45 Discussion

14.45-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-17.00 SESSION 8: The Sports Physiotherapist is the pillar of support for the athlete

                 15.15-15.40 ‘Walking together with the athlete’

                 Speaker: Caroline Bolling

                 15.40 – 16:05 The physio Hub 

                 Speaker: Mandy Johnson

                 16.05 -16.20 Looking forward to a better future: closing remarks

                 Speaker: Evert Verhagen

                 16.20 -16.30 Discussion

16.30 – 16.45 Closing remarks

Tickets:

Tickets 1.5.2025 onwards: 315€ Members, 350€ Non-members, 160€ Students

Tickets include congress program, lunches and coffee break snacks.

Discount for SUFT members with code SUFTC25M

Discount for Students with code SUFTC25STDNT

Ticket cancellation policy: Cancellations are required to be made in writing at toimisto(at)suft.fi. For written cancellations received before 1st April 2025, full refund of registration fees will be paid. For written cancellations made between 1st April and 16th May 2025, the cancellation fee is EUR 100. For cancellations made on 17th May 2025 or later, no refund can be made.