30-31 October 2025
Lausanne

Joint Congress Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland and Sportfisio

Programme

Thursday, 30 October 2025

General Assembly SEMS

Keynote lecture

Structure & Function

Peter O'Sullivan

Current Update - Low Back Pain in Elite Athletes

Fiona Wilson

Low Back Pain in Female Elite Athletes

Jane Thornton

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

Peter O'Sullivan

Coffee break in the exhibition

Lunch break in the exhibition

Keynote lecture

5 life-lessions from 5 stars

Karim Khan

Coffee break in the exhibition

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

Brice Picot

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

François Fourchet

Discussion

General Assembly Sportfisio

Friday, 31 October 2025

Keynote lecture

Current update: Bone stress injuries

Rowena Johnson

Role of imaging in muscle healing

Carles Pedret

Arthrogenic muscle inhibition reloaded

Nicola A. Maffiuletti

Rehabilitation of muscle injury

Caroline Prince

Poster Prize Ceremony

Coffee break in the exhibition

Keynote lecture

Current update: Tendinopathy (Achilles-Patellar)

Karin Grävare Silbernagel

Tecar therapy: Application in acute and chronic sport injuries.

Gianpaolo Boschetti

EPM - Musculoskeletal Percutaneous Electrolysis

Daniele Angelella & Emanuele Sarcinella

What does the audience think? Interaction with the participants

Discussion

Final words on debate (summary and EBM)

Daniele Angelella; Emanuele Sarcinella; Gianpaolo Boschetti; Rod Whiteley 

Moderation: Rod Whiteley

Lunch break in the exhibition

Genetics vs. lifestyle/training for health & performance

Yannis Pitsiladis 

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

Justin Carrard

Coffee break in the exhibition

Conservative management of Achilles tendon rupture

Seth O'Neill

Current update: Achilles tendon repair

Lukas Weisskopf

From scalpel to sport: Rehabilitating the surgically repaired Achilles tendon

Karin Grävare Silbernagel

Shoulder robustness in tennis players to reduce injury risk

Milena Mirkovic

Shoulder or neck… and does it matter?

Andrew Cuff

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

Alexandre Lädermann

Keynote lecture

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

Caroline Bolling

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