Dr. Adam Castricum is a Sports and Exercise Physician who consults at Axis Alpine Sports Medicine Specialists, Queenstown & virtually at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne. Prior to his recent move to NZ Adam was the Chief Medical Officer for Athletics Australia (attending 2 Olympics, 3 World Champs, and 2 Commonwealth Games), worked with the Hawthorn AFL Team and most recently was Event Doctor for the Ironman World Champs in Kona, Hawaii. His areas of interest include athletics, all codes of football, triathlon, alpine skiing, lower limb injuries, exercise prescription, adolescent injuries, fatigue in athletes, ultrasound guided interventions and exercise-induced asthma.

In this SportsMAP Masterclass Dr Castricum takes viewers through a comprehensive approach to assessment and clinical decision making for bone stress injuries

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand the pathophysiology of bone stress injuries
• Identify key intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for the development of bone stress injuries
• Describe appropriate imaging modalities and timelines in low risk and high risk bone stress injuries
• Understand loading parameters for bone stress injuries and how individual risk factors may affect management strategies and timelines
• Identify key criteria to assess an athlete’s ability to return to run
• Describe return to run management strategies