Course just released – Wednesday 10 July

Sports House, 375 Albert Road, Albert Park – 9.00am – 5.00 pm

For course information: Download Brochure and Registration Form

Pre-requisites

Registered Nurse Registration Number plus

Practicing Nurses: Current CPR Certificate

Non Practicing Nurses: Current First Aid and Current CPR Certificate

Course Duration

This course involves 13 hours of theoretical and practical sessions presented over a weekend  aimed at increasing knowledge of general principles of Sports Medicine.

Core Units:

• Management of Specific Sporting Injuries
• Warm up, Stretching and Cool Down
• Common Medical Conditions
• Common Sporting Illnesses and Injuries
• Sports Taping

Course Costs

$275 per person (including GST)

This cost includes the Sports Medicine for Sports Trainers Manual nd Sports Medicine Australia’s injury resources.

On successful completion of the course, the Level 1 Sports Trainer will receive a three year SMA National Accreditation and Identification Card.

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Tasmanian State Conference – August 10, 2013

Grand Chancellor Hotel, 29 Cameron St, Launceston.

SMA-TAS Branch has collaborated with ESSA-TAS to develop a great program with broad appeal to a range of health and fitness professionals.

This is a not to be missed opportunity to hear about the latest research.

ESSA members will receive 6 CPD pts for the event.

Register now to ensure your place: 2013 TAS State Conference Flyer

NOTE: Early bird registration closes 30th June. Book now to get the best price.

Please note the conference commences late in the afternoon of Tuesday 22 October with the official opening ceremony and the opening keynote presentation followed by the Welcome reception. The conference will conclude following the Conference Dinner on Friday 25 October.

Please note the conference commences late in the afternoon of Tuesday 22 October with the official opening ceremony and the opening keynote presentation followed by the Welcome reception. The conference will conclude following the Conference Dinner on Friday 25 October.

Professor Karim Khan’s Australian visit is just a few weeks away and as a bit of an entrée we thought we’d let you in on a few of the great man’s humble beliefs.

You diligently avoid every gram of dietary fat 24/7; you choose low fat cereal, skinny milk, no fat yoghurt. You eat wholemeal sandwiches, pasta with light sauces and of course stick religiously to the five fruit/vegetables a day rule.

The only problem is after doing all that you’re still hungry, particularly between meals so to keep the cravings at bay you indulge in a healthy juice.

You’re watching your food intake and think you’re doing all the rights things, all the while your jeans just keep getting tighter.

Australian sports medicine physician, Professor Karim Khan, studied sports medicine when carbohydrates seemed like the miracle food. The term ‘carbo loading’ moved from athlete’s vernacular to the everyday lexicon and there was a growing perception that the ‘Mediterranean diet’ – particularly the pasta and bread components – were the ideal foods.

Early in 2012, Dr Khan received a surprising email while at his London job – Editor of the prestigious British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The email was from internationally respected doctor and exercise physiologist, Professor Timothy Noakes. He was writing to recant his previous opinions relating to the low fat high carbohydrate diet.

On the complete contrary, Professor Noakes had become convinced that the key to satisfying hunger – ‘satiation’ – was in fact…fat.

He believed a diet high in fat would lead to a feeling of ‘fullness’, which in turn would stop a person eating.

His theory was that because carbohydrates do not cause a feeling of ‘fullness’, eating carbohydrates leads to a greater intake of calories.

Who stops eating chips after a few mouthfuls and says, ‘I’m full’?

Professor Noakes ate eggs, cheese and sausages instead of his former wide array of breakfast cereals.

Essentially he cut out bread, pasta, rice, juice, and most fruit from his diet.

Professor Khan’s involvement was by way of very deep skepticism.

“I thought Tim had really lost it but I knew that the only way to convince him would be to do an experiment. So I gave up my largely carbohydrate diet, took up the ‘low carb high fat’ (LCHF) program fully expecting my weight to go up,” he said.

In fact cutting out cereal, bread, pasta, and rice led to Khan losing 10 kg in two months.

“What really surprised me was the feeling of fullness after high fat meals that meant I didn’t want to eat for many, many hours. On my previous carbohydrate diet I was always very hungry by mealtimes. And now I don’t get the ‘dozy’ feeling after meals.

“Fast food is often thought of as ‘fatty’ but carbohydrates like muffins, croissants, pies and various pastries dominate the menus at many street vendors, city cafes and airport restaurants.

“Now that I see the world through ‘carbohydrate glasses’ I am amazed how these choices dominate the stores. And much of my research has confirmed the snack food companies do research to try to make their products ‘moreish’ – those products are scientifically designed to smell a specific way, have a certain feel on your palate and to taste just right so you don’t want to stop. And that makes good business sense.”

And what about exercise to lose weight?

“Even as a sports medicine doctor I never bought into that. I know that you have to run for an hour to burn off one Starbucks Hot Chocolate with Whipping Cream. So weight control has to come from the brain and the elbow, not from the legs. But now Professor Noakes has reminded us that what you eat makes a massive difference to how hungry you feel. Everybody’s different but if you are struggling with weight, and you have been avoiding fats and protein in favour of ‘skinny choices’ it may be worth doing your own experiment. Professor Noakes has gained almost 20,000 Twitter followers (@ProfTimNoakes) in under two years – and many are sharing tremendous stories of weight loss since adopting the low carb, high fat diet.”

SMA members can look forward to Karim covering a range of topics in his presentation. He will join a multidisciplinary panel during an SMA sponsored speaking tour starting on June 11 in Ballart, before stops in Hobart, Townsville, Newcastle, Adelaide and finally Darwin on June 20.

“I’ll be bringing highlights from around the world to SMA members – such as advances in hamstring diagnosis, treatment and prevention of recurrences; new sports injury prevention programs, an update on prevention of sudden cardiac death and a new approach to management of ACL injuries – reconstruction may not be needed in all cases,” he said.

Dates and locations

 Costs:

SMA Members: $20.00
Non SMA member: $50.00

Register online now

or download a registration form to return with cheque payment.

PROGRAM

Commences at 6:30PM, except Townsville which commences at 3:00pm.

During winter those who are active need to prepare for the cold conditions or risk injuries, warns Sports Medicine Australia.

Hospital data shows an increase of more than 30 per cent for sporting injuries during winter months. Exercising or playing sport in cold conditions can lead to injuries such as sprains, strains and blisters and in extreme cold conditions snow blindness, frostbite and hypothermia can occur.

Sports Medicine Australia spokesperson, Dr David Bolzonello says wintry conditions should not be a barrier to exercising. All that is needed is good preparation.

“Exercising in cold weather no doubt places extra demands on the body, which can lead to reduced sporting performance and injuries. However this doesn’t mean you have to stop exercising in winter. Most cold-related injuries can be prevented with good preparation and the correct equipment,” said Dr David Bolzonello.

To help prepare for winter sports, Sports Medicine Australia, offers these timely tips:

* Acclimatise yourself to exercising in colder weather. For example, train outdoors instead of inside.

* Cold muscles, tendons and ligaments are at greater risk of injury. Warm up, stretch and cool down for longer than usual.

* Be aware that sunburn can occur even on cold and cloudy days (especially when skiing or snowboarding as UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions). Apply broad-spectrum 30+ sunscreen to exposed skin. Also wear eyewear with UV protection.

* Drink water before, during and after activity.

* Don’t drink alcohol. While an alcoholic drink seems to warm you up, it actually dilates your blood vessels, increasing blood flow to the skin thereby increasing heat loss by exchange to cold air.

* Dress in layers to trap heat and prevent heat loss. Add or remove layers of clothing as necessary according to exercise level/conditions.

* Make sure footwear fits you properly. Footwear that is too tight or too loose will affect skin circulation and cause blisters.

* Those with a pre-existing medical condition affecting the feet, such as diabetes, should see a doctor before taking part in winter sports.

“By following these preparation tips your risk of injury will be decreased – to keep you enjoying being active throughout the whole of winter,” said Dr Bolzonello.

For further advice on how to prepare for cold conditions, visit www.sma.org.au.

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The Life of a Sports Injury: From the cradle…. to the grave!

Workshop overview
Uniquely focussed for those practitioners with an interest in sports medicine and biomechanics, we take a look at sports injury, from the moment of its birth, to the time of its successful treatment.

This unique learning experience will take you on a 3 hour journey, and investigate the forces necessary to create injury, the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that might contribute, how tissue will adapt to the injury load and eventually create the signal that tells us we are injured…pain. From there we will follow two common sports medicine problems, plantar heel pain and stress fractures, and study the processes that will eventually allow healing to occur and what the practitioner can do to speed up the process.

Workshop details
When: Tuesday, June 18th, 6pm to 9 pm (3 hour duration)
Where: The University of Western Australia

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