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2018 SASMA Conference

August 8, 2018  1302  1302   

The 2018 SASMA Conference was held on Sunday 17^th June at the Adelaide Oval. The theme of this year’s conference was “Exercise and Medicine”. We had over 100 delegates in attendance at the conference along with regional, interstate and overseas members logging in via the live webcast.

The day started with the Hamstring Updates Presented by Dr Geoff Verall and Dr David Opar, where we looked at strategies for hamstring injury prevention and current controversies, this was a great start to the day.

The rest of the morning involved another session based on the topic ‘is sports always good for you?’ Where discussion took place about the Psychology of youth Competitive Sport and ACL progression and reconstruction.

The afternoon saw delegates split off to take part in workshops before the day concluded with a time to network at the end of the day.

SASMA would like to say a big thank you to all our speakers for the day for the time and effort they put into their presentations and overall contribution to the success of the day. The presenters included:

·        Professor Tim Noakes    

·        Dr David Opar                   

·        Professor Jack Anderson

·        Professor Gary Wittert   

·        Professor Amanda Page 

·        Dr Geoff Verrall

·        Dr Alyson Crozier                           

·        Dr Matt Hutchinson                       

·        Dr Jonathan Heysen

·        Mr Michael Nitschke                      

 

SASMA would like to thank those businesses who have supported the organisation, in particular those who sponsored the 2018 SASMA Conference, thanks to Dr Jones and Partners for being the Gold Sponsor this year. Many of the services we provide to members would not be possible without the assistance of these organisations. Delegates had the opportunity to interact with our sponsors and other trade exhibitors during the breaks. The trade exhibitors in 2017 included:

-        SA Heart

-        DJO Global

-        StatPacks

-        Medi Pro

-        Dr Jones and Partners

 

If you are an organisation / business that would be interested in being involved in future events with SASMA please contact the office and speak with our Executive Officer regarding opportunities that might exist.