30-31 October 2025
Beaulieu Lausanne

Joint Congress Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland and Sportfisio

Program

Thursday, 30 October 2025
08:00

Room: Hall 1

Opening of registration

09:00—09:50

Room: Theater

General Assembly SEMS

09:55—10:00

Room: Theater

Congress opening

Mario Bizzini, Boris Gojanovic

10:00—10:30

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

Structure & Function

Peter O'Sullivan

Chairs: Anita Müllhaupt-Zwahlen, Boris Gojanovic

10:30—10:50

Room: Theater

Current Update - Low Back Pain in Elite Athletes

Fiona Wilson

Chairs: Anita Müllhaupt-Zwahlen, Boris Gojanovic

10:50—11:10

Room: Theater

Non Specific Chronic Low Back Pain: Management 2025 in Elite Athletes

Peter O'Sullivan

Chairs: Anita Müllhaupt-Zwahlen, Boris Gojanovic

11:10—11:30

Room: Theater

Discussion

Fiona Wilson; Peter O'Sullivan

Moderation: Boris Gojanovic

11:30—12:00

Room: Hall 1

Coffee break in the exhibition

12:00—12:15

Room: Theater

Imaging is key for proper diagnosis!

Carles Pedret

12:15—12:30

Room: Theater

Do we really need imaging?

Rod Whiteley

12:30—13:00

Room: Theater

Discussion

Carles Pedret; Rod Whiteley

Moderation: Suzanne Gard

13:00—14:00

Room: Hall 1

Lunch break in the exhibition

14:00—14:20

Room: Theater

ACL injury: Non-operative treatment first

Ewa Maria Roos

14:20—14:40

Room: Theater

ACL Cross Bracing Protocol: Lessons Learned

Tom Cross

14:40—15:00

Room: Theater

ACL reconstruction: Eminence or evidence based decision-making in 2025?

Jacques Ménétrey

15:00—15:30

Room: Theater

Discussion

Tom Cross; Ewa Maria Roos; Jacques Ménétrey

Moderation: Philippe Tscholl

15:30—16:00

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

5 life-lessons from 5 stars

Karim Khan

Chair: Boris Gojanovic

16:00—16:30

Room: Hall 1

Coffee break in the exhibition

16:30—16:50

Room: Theater

Calf muscles: Gastrocnemius!

Carles Pedret

16:50—17:10

Room: Theater

Calf muscles: Soleus!

Seth O'Neill

17:10—17:30

Room: Theater

Discussion

16:30—16:50

Room: Barcelona

Ready to play after lateral ankle sprain? Introducing the ankle-GO score

Brice Picot

16:50—17:10

Room: Barcelona

Building a strong foot/ankle complex to enhance performance and prevent injuries.

François Fourchet

17:10—17:30

Room: Barcelona

Discussion

16:30—16:50

Room: St. Moritz

Current update - Cartilage imaging

Rowena Johnson

16:50—17:10

Room: St. Moritz

Current update - Cartilage repair

Jacques Ménétrey

17:10—17:30

Room: St. Moritz

Discussion

17:30—18:15

Room: Theater

General Assembly Sportfisio

17:30—18:15

Room: Hall 1

SEMS Posterwalk

Guided by: Samy Bouaicha, David Niederseer, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

19:00—01:00

Room: Hall 6/7

Congress Party

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Friday, 31 October 2025
08:00

Room: Hall 1

Opening of registration

08:45—09:15

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

Current update: Bone stress injuries

Rowena Johnson

Chairs: Mario Bizzini

09:15—09:30

Room: Theater

Role of imaging in muscle healing

Carles Pedret

Chairs: Nathalie Wenger, Mario Bizzini

09:30—09:45

Room: Theater

Arthrogenic muscle inhibition reloaded

Nicola A. Maffiuletti

Chairs: Nathalie Wenger, Mario Bizzini

09:45—10:00

Room: Theater

Rehabilitation of muscle injury

Caroline Prince

Chairs: Nathalie Wenger, Mario Bizzini

SEMS Poster Award & Research Grant

Presentation: Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

Sportfisio Award

Presentation: Lara Allet

10:45—11:15

Room: Hall 1

Coffee break in the exhibition

11:15—11:45

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

Current update: Tendinopathy (Achilles-Patellar)

Karin Grävare Silbernagel

Chair: Mario Bizzini

11:45—12:00

Room: Theater

Tecar therapy: Application in acute and chronic sport injuries.

Gianpaolo Boschetti

12:00—12:15

Room: Theater

EPM - Musculoskeletal Percutaneous Electrolysis

Daniele Angelella & Emanuele Sarcinella

12:15—12:30

Room: Theater

What does the audience think? Interaction with the participants

12:30—13:00

Room: Theater

Discussion

Final words on debate (summary and EBM)

Daniele Angelella; Emanuele Sarcinella; Gianpaolo Boschetti; Rod Whiteley 

Moderation: Rod Whiteley

13:00—14:00

Room: Hall 1

Lunch break in the exhibition

14:00—14:20

Room: Theater

Genetics vs. lifestyle/training for health & performance

Yannis Pitsiladis 

Chairs: Boris Gojanovic, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

14:20—14:40

Room: Theater

From fatigue to overtraining: Beyond the dichotomy of structure and function

Justin Carrard

Chairs: Boris Gojanovic, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

14:40—15:00

Room: Theater

15:00—15:30

Room: Hall 1

Coffee break in the exhibition

Intro in choosing wisely, smarter medicine in Switzerland

Boris Gojanovic

SEM physician's point of view

Justin Carrard

Sports physio's point of view

François Fourchet

Questions to the participants

Boris Gojanovic

International perspective and experience

Karim Khan

15:30—15:50

Room: St. Moritz

Conservative management of Achilles tendon rupture

Seth O'Neill

15:50—16:10

Room: St. Moritz

Current update: Achilles tendon repair

Lukas Weisskopf

16:10—16:30

Room: St. Moritz

From scalpel to sport: Rehabilitating the surgically repaired Achilles tendon

Karin Grävare Silbernagel

15:30—15:50

Room: Theater

Shoulder injuries in Contact sports

Ian Horsley

15:50—16:10

Room: Theater

Shoulder or neck… and does it matter?

Andrew Cuff

16:10—16:30

Room: Theater

Muscle edema of the shoulder in sports injuries: A marker of severity or a red herring?

Alexandre Lädermann

16:30—17:00

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

Are we missing something? Athlete's voices and their lessons

Caroline Bolling

Chair: Suzanne Gard

17:00—17:15

Room: Theater

Closing remarks

Mario Bizzini, Boris Gojanovic

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