Athletes may experience injuries such as multiple ACL injuries that threaten their dreams or career, and you may have to have difficult conversations with your patients about their athletic future.
Athletes may also look to you for guidance on surgical vs non-surgical treatment, or areas outside your expertise. Should you answer these questions yourself, involve the medical team, or seek a second opinion? If you seek a second opinion, when and who should you involve?
When you’re working with a sports team, you’ll have the challenges of prioritising treatment, and fitting in treatment around training, games and rest time. Which athletes should be prioritised? What important factors do you need to keep in mind when structuring your treatment schedule?
Athletes may also believe they need a quick fix or “magic bullet” like a quick massage, neurostimulation or magnetic discs. How can you help them value the exercises and other high-value care that will give them better long-term outcomes?
With this new video “Communication with athletes - Part 2” with Paula Peralta (Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, FACP), you’ll:
- Know how to guide and support athletes through sensitive discussions about surgical vs non-surgical treatment, or severe, potentially career-ending injuries.
- Effectively involve the athlete’s medical or high-performance team in important discussions.
- Know what to say when you don’t know the answer to a question.
- Understand when and where to seek a second opinion.
- Address biopsychosocial factors, including mental health, sleep and employment that impact your athletes recovery.
- Understand the specific challenges female athletes face.
- Effectively prioritise your treatment schedule to help all the members of a sports team.
- Help athletes who believe they need short term rather than long term treatment.
This presentation includes real-life case studies, practical tips and strategies to help you successfully work with athletes and sports teams.
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