500 doctors and specialists in sports medicine and rehabilitation from 30 different nationalities are participating in the work of the first edition of the Emirates Sports Medicine Conference, which is organized by the Emirates Association for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine and hosted by the “Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences” in the Medical City in Dubai, which will be held today and tomorrow. Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council.
Speakers in the conference sessions and workshops are: Prof. Kirsty Elliot Seal and Stacey Sims, Sarah Sigmund Sodottir (Former World CrossFit Champion), Dr. Craig Tanner from Australia, Dr. John McLean and Mr. Chris Bowman from the UK and Prof. Moshe Doday from Israel, and in Women’s Sports Professor Kirsty Elliot Seal and Dr Rahila Patty from the UK, Dr Stacey Sims from New Zealand, Dr Nasra Al Hajri from the UAE and Lama Basri from Saudi Arabia.
The President of the Emirates Society for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine and Chairman of the Conference, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rahoumi, said that the conference program includes 40 lectures and two workshops presented by 43 speakers in 13 different sections of the fields of sports medicine. Seven sessions and two workshops will be held on the first day, as the first session will be devoted to ball medicine. the foot, and the second for the performance of elite athletes, while the third session will be devoted to shoulder injuries and developing its muscles, and the fourth session is concerned with elbow movement and injuries.
The sessions continue on the first day, as well as the six sessions on the second day, to shed light on the movement, muscles and injuries of the rest of the body parts that are used in various sports, and the most successful methods for diagnosing and treating injuries.
Al-Rahoumi added, in press statements, that “the role of sports medicine is not limited to treating athletes and developing the performance of players only, but rather it is an important economic source because sports medicine is a rapidly growing field all over the world, and it includes a group of medical branches, including orthopedics, motor rehabilitation.” , heart disease, nutrition, nerves, genetics, and others ».
He continued: «The value of the global pharmaceutical and therapeutic industries market in sports medicine amounted to 10.93 billion US dollars in 2022, and it is expected that its value will reach about 21.86 billion US dollars by 2032, making it one of the huge therapeutic industries in the world, which the association aims to develop in the country. with its various partners.
Numbers from the conference:
40 lectures at the Emirates Sports Medicine Conference.
Two workshops will be organized during the conference.
43 speakers in lectures and workshops.
13 different areas of sports medicine.
2023-05-12 22:08:41
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