Soccer Sport Medicine Symposium
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Coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia on January 30, 2027.
Times, location, hotel details and more to come!
Join us for a day of practical learning and discussion with experts who work with soccer players at every level, from grassroots clubs to the national stage. Topics will include injury prevention, return to play, player development, performance, lessons learned from working with elite athletes and the evolving approaches to supporting soccer athletes throughout their careers. Whether you work on the sidelines, in the clinic or behind the scenes, you’ll take away practical ideas to apply to your own practice.
Through real-world case studies, clinical pearls and lessons from working with elite athletes, participants will explore the demands of the game, common injuries, return-to-play strategies, pelvic health, footwear interventions and the evolving approaches to supporting soccer athletes throughout their careers.
Target Audience: This conference is targeted to physicians in sport medicine, yet includes information pertinent to other specialties – we also welcome attendance from our allied health partners as we look at a multi-disciplinary approach to the care of the athlete.
Speakers
Led by Chris Johnston, MD, CCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Med., MSc and Nicholas Edwards, MSc, CSCS, with the following speakers:
- Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Informed Loading: Using Volume and Intensity to Progressively Build In-Season Athlete Workloads
Brett Armstrong, BScKin, CSCS, MSc - Forensic Potpourri
Matthew J. Bowes, MD, FRCPC, Chief Medical Examiner, Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service, Department of Justice - Tips From 13 Years Travelling with the Canadian Women’s National Team
Cathy J. Campbell, BPE, MSc, MD, CCFP (SEM) , FCFP, Dip Sport Med - From Elite Academies to Local Clubs: Making Player Development Practical
Nicholas Edwards, MSc, CSCS - The Wanderers Return to Play Process: MDT Collaboration in a High Performance Environment
Nicholas Edwards, MSc, CSCS
Raphael Panais, MD, CCFP(EM), Dip Sport Med
Nathan Urquhart, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), Dip Sport Med, NSMB
Gary Vardy, PT, FCAMT, CGIMS - Hindsight 20/26 : Looking Back at a World Cup Journey
Scott Howitt, CSCS, MSc, RKin, DC, FRCCSS(C), FCCPOR(C), Sports Specialist, Rehabilitation Specialist, Chiropractor, Kinesiologist - From High Performance to Whole Performance
Dennis Adams, RSW, Performance coach
Tim Merry, Performance coach - Common Mechanisms of Injury in the Soccer Athlete – Footwear Interventions for the Soccer Player: A Biomechanist’s Perspective
Christopher L. MacLean, Ph.D., Health & Human Performance, Dalhousie University - Growth in Soccer – The Young Athlete
John Philpott, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Dip Sport Med - From Cleats to Kegels & Everything Between the Goal Posts – Pelvic Health Considerations in the Soccer Athlete
Maria Radelich, PT, Pelvic Health, BKine(H) - Leveraging Data at a Grassroots Level: A Data Scientist’s Perspective
Matt Warburton - Keep Your Eye on the Ball – Recognizing Symptoms of Serious Eye Injury in Real time
Ryan Smith, OD