3rd AFC Team Physiotherapist Course Opens in Doha

Doha, February 03 (QNA) - The 3rd AFC Team Physiotherapist Course 2020 opened today at Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, as physiotherapists in Asia gathered for the three-day course focusing on the health and recuperation of footballers from injuries. More than 50 team physiotherapists from 31 Member Associations are attending the course held at the world-renowned medical center, Aspetar, with the goal of enhancing their knowledge and learning new and advanced medical treatments. Aspetar together with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), are organizing the 3rd AFC Sports Physiotherapy Course 2020, taking place from 03 - 05 February. The three-day course brings together professionals and practitioners from around the world to Qatar for a unique and informative event. This course comes to build on the success of the past two rounds of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC's) Sports Physiotherapy Courses in Aspetar In his message to the participants, Aspetar Director General Mohammed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, said: "This course will always be an indication of the valuable and successful partnership between Aspetar and the AFC". The partnership between Aspetar and AFC is an important factor in realizing Aspetar's vision to be a global leader in sports medicine by 2020. In addition to hosting the course, the collaboration is evident in several projects including AFC injury surveillance study and AFC medical conferences." AFC Medical Committee Deputy Chairperson Dato' Dr Gurcharan Singh said in his opening speech: "No other Confederation in the world runs a course for football physiotherapist. We are the only Confederation to embark on this journey and create programs specially for physiotherapist. At the end of this course, I hope you will benefit from the highly experienced and knowledgeable speakers and medical experts." General Secretary of Qatar Football Association Mansoor Mohamed Al-Ansari was delighted to welcome and host the course. "Im proud of the fact that AFC has chosen Qatar to host the 3rd AFC Team Physiotherapist Course 2020 and it is testament of how advanced Qatar and Aspetar are in sports medicine. Please take this opportunity to learn as much as you can." The three-day evidence based programs will focus on various topics including nutrition in football, on field management and medical emergencies, injuries in football and the rehabilitation process. Participants will also enhance their capabilities through theoretical and practical sessions as well as interactive case studies. In addition to the educational lectures, the first day of the course marks by tour of Aspetar organized for the attendees to learn about its state of art facilities and services provided to the footballers, in addition to friendly football game between Aspetar team and the participating delegation from the AFC as part of the series of entertainment and cultural programs accompanying the course. (QNA)