Course Description

Join our Sports Health experts and MMA legend Randy Couture for a course on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries in combat athletes. This half-day session will offer a broad perspective on multidisciplinary patient care for the boxer and mixed martial artist who are at high risk of injury and trauma. Discussions will be facilitated in orthopedic and primary care sports medicine, neurology, dermatology, nutrition, and rehabilitation. Athletic trainers, nutritionists, physical therapists, physicians, and any others involved in the treatment of these athletes can benefit. Time will be built into the schedule for a live Q&A with Randy Couture.

Educational Objectives
After participating in this activity, clinicians should be able to: 

1. Recognize common injuries at the ringside, evaluate the urgency status of the athlete, and enact temporary stabilizing measures
2. Counsel athletes in injury prevention
3. Recognize common injuries of the hip, knee, shoulder, and hand in combat athletes
4. Differential anatomy and age affect the combat athlete
5. List the exercises or movements most important for getting the combat athlete back to fighting condition

Target Audience

 Orthopedic surgeons, primary care sports medicine physicians, nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants, nutritionists, exercise physiologists, psychologists, dermatologists, combat athletes, and athletic trainers

For more info and to register: https://www.highmarksce.com/nyumc/index.cfm?do=pln.viewActivity&activityCode=239-19