SUFT Congress 2022
Theme: Return to Sports – Better than ever
Languages: English and Finnish
SPEAKERS


As deputy editor and editorial board member of British journal of sports medicine (BJSM), he is enthusiastic about the dissemination of scientific evidence and research knowledge. A clinical researcher with a special interest in muscle injuries and injury prevention, he has great appreciation for integrated healthcare, shared decision making, and evidence based medicine.

Personal: My dad took me to local running events when I was little and ever since I have been an avid runner. I competed at a national level when I was a junior, finishing top 5 in cross country and top 10 in middle distance events. An injury prevented me from continuing at that level and made me decide to study Sports Science to understand better what happened to me. Now, many years later I still run, but I moved my interest to ultra-distance events; preferably multi-day trail runs.


Phil is recognised as a leader in the field of sports medicine and performance and is particularly interested in functional rehabilitation and understanding factors that influence performance. Phil’s doctoral studies investigated factors influencing exercise induced muscle damage and its management and he has published extensively on factors related to sports rehabilitation.
Phil is regularly invited to speak at international conferences on areas related to performance, rehabilitation and leadership. Phil was a member of the executive committee of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (Physios in Sport, UK) for 12 years serving as Chair for Education & Research and as Vice President. Phil is a visiting professor of the School of Sport at Ulster University and teaches on a number of postgraduate sports medicine programmes at various UK and European universities.
CONGRESS PROGRAM
FRIDAY
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
8.00-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Opening Ceremony
9.30-10.15 Opening Keynote. Theme: Setting the scene. (English)
10.15-10.45 Coffee Break
10.45-12.00 Session 1. Theme: Making an athlete centered plan. (English)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Session 2. Theme: Working in a multidisciplinary team to support RTS. (Finnish)
14.30-15.15 Poster walk + Coffee
15.15-16.45 Session 3. Theme: What does the physio do now? rehabilitation for preparing for RTP. (English)
18.00 Welcome drinks at Helsinki City Hall
SATURDAY
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
9.00-10.00 Session 4. Theme: RTP in endurance athletes, not just about injury: respiratory disease. (Finnish)
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.00 Session 5. Theme: (Re)framing tertiary injury prevention. (English)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Session 6. Theme: RTP for impact sports
14.30-15.00 Coffee Break
15.00-16.30 session 7. Theme: Safeguarding & what if RTS never happens?
16.30 Closing Statement
POSTER COMPETITION
EXHIBITION
VENUE & CONTACT
VENUE
Scandic Park
Mannerheimintie 46, 00260 Helsinki
CHAIR OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Ben Waller
congress(at)suft.fi
CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Simone Kallonen
simone.kallonen(at)suft.fi
SUFT (FSPA) CONGRESS
Once a year, SUFT (FSPA) organizes an International Sports Physiotherapy Congress, which typically takes place in early summer.
The first congress was held in 2015 in Helsinki, and every year we have received internationally recognized authorities in sports physiotherapy and sports medicine.