Solving Soft Tissue Injuries 2025
Event Info
Buy Event Ticket
- 15 CPD points
- Certificate of completion
- Catering included
- Live event access DOES NOT include virtual access recording
Get Virtual Access
- Available 4 weeks after LIVE event
- 3 months access to content
**Take advantage of the Early-Bird special and save. Offer ends October 31**
Following the success of our 2024 ‘How I Rehab’ Conference The SportsMAP Network is excited to announce our next big event - The Solving Soft Tissue Injuries Symposium.
The symposium promises attendees a unique opportunity to see how 8 of the best sports practitioners approach the management and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries including quadricep, hamstring, calf and Achilles tendon related pathologies.
This event will feature 8 world-leading experts delivering a blend of insightful lectures and immersive, hands-on workshops to ensure you walk away with clinically relevant tools and information you can use to enhance your practice the very next day. Whether you're looking to increase your understanding of soft tissue injuries or simply stay up to date with current practices, this event is for you.
Beyond education, this event presents a unique networking opportunity. Connect with some of the region's top clinicians, exchange ideas and forge valuable professional relationships with like minded individuals in the industry.
Secure your spot at our fully catered event today and earn 15 CPD points
*Schedule still may vary slightly
Schedule
Saturday 8th Feb
Sunday 9th Feb
Terms & Conditions
- The Sports Map Network reserves the right to cancel a course with sufficient notice. In the case a course is cancelled you will be refunded the full amount of the ticket.
- No refund will be offered for a change in venue
- Should restrictions around COVID- 19 impact this course- the course will be postponed with the option for a full refund available (refund does not include online transaction fees).
- If you cancel your place on the course, a refund of the course fee (minus $50 Administration fee) will be made if written confirmation is received four weeks prior to the course date. No refund provided with in 1 week of course date
- All course participants should hold current Personal and Professional Liability Insurance, as this course includes practical components.
- Prices include GST and catering
- No refund will be offered for a change in presenters
Frequently Asked Questions
General
Live Event / Virtual Access
Masterclass Videos
My Account
Billing
CPD/CEUs
What is The Sports MAP Network?
What’s included in my FREE 7 day trial membership?
What do I get for my paid yearly subscription?
Is the virtual access live or can I watch on demand after the event?
How long can I view the Virtual Access for?
Can I get a refund if I can no longer attend the course?
Do I get a certificate?
Do I get any slides/ handouts?
How long do I get access to Masterclass videos for?
How can I watch the Masterclasses?
Can I download the videos?
How long is each Masterclass?
How many Masterclasses do I gain access to?
I cannot log in to my account. What do I do?
How can I change my password?
How can I cancel my subscription?
How am I billed?
Can I cancel at any time?
Will I be charged taxes?
Can I suspend my subscription?
Where can I find my recent purchases?
How can I update my payment details?
Do subscriptions auto renew?
How do I cancel my subscription?
Which countries is your continuing education approved?
Can I register CPD hours from Sports MAP in Australia?
Can I register CPD hours from Sports MAP in New Zealand?
Can I register CPD hours from Sports MAP in the UK?
Can I Register CPD from SportsMAP In Ireland?
Can I obtain CEU’s for online education in the USA?
Can I register CEU’s from Sports MAP for Athletic Trainers?
Presenters
David Opar
With over a decade's experience in the field of exercise, sport and human movement sciences, Professor Opar is a world-leading researcher who focuses on hamstring strain injuries, specifically how best to identify individuals at risk of injury and how rehabilitation practices can be improved. In addition to his research David and his team provide consultancy services to professional sporting teams both in Australia and internationally to deliver evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies for their athlete group.
Sam Pietsch
Sam has extensive sports physiotherapy experience having previously worked for 12 years in the AFL as Head Physiotherapist at the Melbourne Football Club. During this time he was also selected as Australian Team Physiotherapist for the AFL International Rules Series in 2013 and 2014. He is currently working in the A-league with Melbourne City FC and was Team Physiotherapist for the club's 2021-22 Premiership winning season.
Jaclyn Benz
Jaclyn is the Lead Physiotherapist of the Matildas, Australian Womens Football Team. Jaclyn has immense experience working at all levels of womens football. Her experience extends well beyond Women's Football after spending timeworking as a Locum at the Australian Institute of Sport and Hunter Sports Academy.
Kevin Lieberthal
Kevin is a Melbourne based physiotherapist, avid runner and athletics coach with over 20 years’ physiotherapy experience. Kevin completed a Research Masters in Exercise Science examining functional performance in achilles tendinopathy.
Kevin has previously been a lecturer and presenter for Sports Medicine Australia and the Australian Physiotherapy Association on the topic of running biomechanics and lower limb injury.
Seth O'Neill
Seth is a Physiotherapy Lecturer at the University of Leicester whilst also maintaining clinical work. He has a PhD on tendinopathy within this Seth has identified prevalence rates of tendinopathy in UK runners and developed a greater understanding of risk factors surrounding Achilles tendinopathy. His later work has completed a more in-depth analysis of how tendinopathy affects the Plantarflexors. This has focussed on how the strength and endurance is affected and which of the Plantarflexors is most involved. This work has highlighted the involvement of the Soleus muscle in human Achilles tendinopathy. This has led to the further work related to Calf injuries in sports. Whilst Seth’s focus is on the Lower limb he maintains a strong interest in all MSK conditions. Seth feels passionately about supporting Physiotherapists to undertake further research either as standalone projects or MRes’s or PhD’s. Seth is currently examining tendon structure and changes that occur during health and disease along with Biopsychosocial interventions for tendinopathy and LBP and developing an international database of calf injuries.
Scott Hulm
Senior AFL rehab physiotherapist with the Western Bulldogs | Master of High Performance Sport | Current PhD candidate investigating hamstring strain injuries and high speed running biomechanics.
Scott has a keen interest in injury prevention, rehabilitation and athletic performance and has a passion for merging research and applied practice to improve athlete outcomes and injury prevention.
Andrew Wallis
Nick Cross
Nick is a leading sports physiotherapist, exercise physiologist, and sports scientist specialising in tendon, lower limb and pelvic injuries. He works closely with track and field athletes across Australia, the USA, and Great Britain and is a touring physiotherapist with Athletics Australia. Since 2020, Nick has also led pioneering tendon research at La Trobe University, and published significant work through Melbourne University on ACL return-to-run protocols.
Rowena Johnson
Musculoskeletal Radiologist working with athletes including in Formula 1, Premier League, Championship football, Serie A, British Olympic team, British Athletics, British Triathlon, NBA, Lawn Tennis Association, international rugby and cricket, and the Royal Ballet.
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Fortius Clinic, London
Professor of Sports Medicine Imaging, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University
Chair and Clinical Lead, Royal College of Radiologists Education
Scientific Advisory Council, International Society for Clinical Densitometry
Vice- Chair UK/Ireland Panel, International Society for Clinical Densitometry
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Imaging Science Working Group
European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Basic Sciences Committee
Faculty, MSc Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford University
Advisory Editor in Musculoskeletal Radiology, Clinical Radiology Journal