30-31 October 2025
Beaulieu Lausanne

Joint Congress Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland and Sportfisio

Programme

Thursday, 30 October 2025
08:00

Room: Hall 1

Opening of registration

09:00—09:55

Room: Theater

General Assembly SEMS

10:00—10:30

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

Structure & Function

Peter O'Sullivan

10:30—10:50

Room: Theater

Current Update - Low Back Pain in Elite Athletes

Fiona Wilson

10:50—11:10

Room: Theater

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

Peter O'Sullivan

11:10—11:30

Room: Theater

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

Jacques Ménétrey

14:40—15:00

Room: Theater

ACL Cross Bracing Protocol: Lessons Learned

Tom Cross

15:30—16:00

Room: Theater

Keynote lecture

5 life-lessons from 5 stars

Karim Khan

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

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

09:15—09:30

Room: Theater

Role of imaging in muscle healing

Carles Pedret

09:30—09:45

Room: Theater

Arthrogenic muscle inhibition reloaded

Nicola A. Maffiuletti

09:45—10:00

Room: Theater

Rehabilitation of muscle injury

Caroline Prince

10:30—10:45

Room: Theater

Prize Ceremony (SSPA Young Researcher Award, SEMS Research Grant & SEMS Posterprize)

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

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 

14:20—14:40

Room: Theater

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

Justin Carrard

14:40—15:00

Room: Theater

15:00—15:30

Room: Hall 1

Coffee break in the exhibition

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

17:00—17:15

Room: Theater

Closing remarks

Boris Gojanovic; Nicolas Mathieu

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