The Hamstring - Italy 2025
Event Info
27-28 Jun 2025
Fri: 2pm - 7pm & Sat: 8.30am - 4.30pm
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- VERY LIMITED PLACES
- 10 CPD hours
- Certificate of completion
- Catering included (lunch and morning tea)
$378.85USD – $476.91USD
This event is like no other we have done before.
Designed for a small, select number of high level practitioners to ensure the highest quality of discussion and networking.
Held at the Australian Institute of Sports state-of-the-art European Training Centre in Gavirate, Italy, this is a very rare opportunity to stay on-site at this world-class facility.
Just 45 minutes from Milan International Airport and 60 minutes from world renowned Lake Como.
This event will bring together some of world’s best practitioners to speak exclusively on hamstring injury prevention & rehabilitation.
Encompassing the entire lifespan of a hamstring injury, from key prevention strategies, imaging & clinical assessment to the gym and field-based rehabilitation. This is one off opportunity to collaborate with the world's best.
Centred around intimate workshops and group discussions, this promises to offer attendees invaluable real-world take homes.
An exclusive networking weekend with the option of onsite accommodation and food to provide the complete experience for fortunate attendees.
Spaces for this event are very limited, as this event is designed for only a small select group of practitioners.
Onsite accommodation has limited spacing, so get in quick!
(twin share options available to save on price, email [email protected])
*Exact schedule may change slightly
*Bonus content available 2 weeks prior to the live event
Schedule
Friday 27 June
Time
Session
Presenter
2.00pm
Introduction
Nick Kane
2.15pm | Lecture
Hamstring structure & Function
Michael Giakoumis
3.00pm | Lecture
Importance of knowing your diagnosis - T-Junctions & Intra muscular aponeurosis
Fearghal Kerin
3.45pm
Coffee Break
4.00pm | Practical
Advanced assessment - What I look for in a recurrent injury review
Michael Giakoumis
5.00pm | Practical
Optimising preferential recruitment in early rehabilitation
Fearghal Kerin
6.00pm | Lecture
How imaging informs decision making & practice?
6.30pm
Round-table - Hamsting learnings from the field.
7.00pm
Close Day 1
8.00pm
Networking Drinks - Location TBC
Saturday 28 June
Time
Session
Presenter
8.30am | Lecture
Mid stage hamstring rehabilitation
Ben Macdonald
9.15am | Lecture
T-junction hamstring injury management & Rehabilitation specifics
Fearghal Kerin
10.00am
Q&A - Discussion
10.15am
Coffee Break
10.30am | Practical
Mid stage hamstring rehabilitation.
Ben Macdonald
11.15am | Practical
T-junction Specific assessment & loading
Fearghal Kerin
12.00pm
Lunch
12.40pm | Practical
Isometric training using the HRIG (optional)
1.00pm | Lecture
The influence of running mechanics for injury & rehabilitation
Chris Bramah
1.45pm | Lecture
Connecting the dots: Moving from the gym to optimising field based rehabilitation
Andrea Luppi
2.30pm | Lecture
TBC
3.00pm
Coffee Break
3.15pm | Practical
Correlating my clinical assessment & running analysis for optimal outcomes.
Chris Bramah
4.00pm | Practical
Late stage gym rehab / drills
Ben Macdonald
4.15pm
Q&A - Discussion
5.00pm
Close
Bonus Online Content
Time
Session
Presenter
Online
Bicep Femoris Aponeurosis Injuries: Implications for management
Scott Hulm
Online
The missing pieces of the hamstring puzzle
Craig Purdam
Online
Research Review - Hamstring Aponeurosis
Stephanie Lazarczuk
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*Bonus content available 2 weeks prior to the live event
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- 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 $50aud Administration fee) will be made if written confirmation is received four weeks prior to the course date. No refund provided with in 2 weeks of course date
- All course participants should hold current Personal and Professional Liability Insurance, as this course includes practical components.
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Presenters
Nick Kane
Managing Director of the Sports MAP Network & Head Physiotherapist at Essendon FC
Nick is the founder & Managing Director of the Sports MAP Network as well as Head Physiotherapist at Essendon Football Club.
He is a Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist having completed a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy from La Trobe University. He completed is undergraduate Physiotherapy degree at Notre Dame University in Fremantle. Nick excels in working with sporting injuries and rehabilitation with a particular interest in troublesome hip & groin pain, recurrent hamstring injuries, tendon pain & post surgical rehab.
Michael Giakoumis
Head of Athlete Injury Management & Hamstring Consultant
Michael is renowned for his work with the British Athletes over many years including key involvement in some game changing research on soft tissue injury rehabilitation.Â
He specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of hip, groin and lower limb muscle injuries with field experience in mens and womens football, AFL, NBA and international track and field.
Michael has presented on courses internationally on lower limb muscle injuries including a two-day interactive course with Craig Purdam and the Aspetar muscle injury conference to name a few.
Fearghal Kerin
Hamtring Injury Consultant – Kerin Performance
Fearghal has completing his PhD research through the University College Dublin on hamstring injury mechanisms and recovery.
His specialty is musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and he has ten years of experience working with professional athletes in both rugby union and soccer in Ireland and the UK.
Fearghal recently held positions as team physiotherapist at Leinster Rugby and for the first team at Chelsea FC.
Fearghal has presented globally including the Aspetar muscle injury conference in the Australia for the AFL Physiotherapy Association..
Any questions on this content? Email Fearghal at [email protected]
Ben Macdonald
First Team Rehabilitation Physiotherapist Chelsea FC
Ben has extensive clinical experience in all aspects of Sports Physiotherapy and Sports medicine having worked as Head Physiotherapist in Premiership football, Premiership Rugby and British Cycling, and as a Consultant Physiotherapist at British Athletics.
Specific interest in hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation with published research in this area
Prior to Ben’s current role at Chelsea FC, he was the Head Physiotherapist for the First Team at the Wolverhamton Wanderers FC
Chris Bramah
Consultant Physiotherapist | PhD Biomechanics | Biomechanical Assessment for Performance & Injury
Chris is an experienced physiotherapist with a PhD in Biomechanics. His work & research focuses on applying biomechanical principles and technology to clinical problems including hamstring injury prevention, rehabilitation strategies, performance enhancement and return-to-play decision making.
Chris currently provides rehabilitation and consultancy services to a range of clients including professional sports teams and organisations and private healthcare providers, offering innovative solutions that integrate sports science and medicine into clinical practice
Andrea Luppi
First Team head of Rehabilitation at AC Milan
Andrea has extensive experience as a Sport Performace Physiotherapist in Italy. Over the last 6+ years he has served as the 1st team Physiotherapist at AC Milan.
Scott Hulm
AFL Physiotherapist at Western Bulldogs Football Club
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.
Craig Purdam
Ex Head Physical Therapy - AIS
Craig Purdam was the Deputy Director of Athlete Services for 3 years and the Head of Physical Therapies at the Australian Institute of Sport for 35 years. He has worked as a clinician for elite sport for over 40 years and has been a physiotherapist to five Olympic Games (1984-2000) and a longstanding physiotherapist to the Australian National Men's Basketball team over that period. He has worked with the Australia national track and field, rowing and swimming teams along with AFL football. Craig was awarded the Australian Sports medal in 2000. In 2009 he was appointed as adjunct Professor to the University of Canberra and La Trobe University in 2018. Qualifications:
- Undergraduate (1975)
- Postgraduate diploma in Sports (1992)
- Master in Sports (2000)
- Specialist Sports Physiotherapy following his Fellowship of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (2009)
- Honorary Doctor of Science from La Trobe University (2018)
Stephanie Lazarczuk
Stephanie is a Sport Rehabilitator and Senior Lecturer at Solent University. She is currently completing her PhD at Griffith investigating hamstring tendon adaptation in response to exercise/loading. Her research focuses on the relationship between tendon and aponeurosis role in hamstring injuries and adaptation to exercise.