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About the IFSPT
IFSPT is a world-wide Federation, recognised as a subgroup of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT), representing national organizations of Sports Physiotherapy. The efforts of IFSPT are directed towards Member Organizations and their individual members in serving athletes of all ages and abilities through excellence in education, research, practice, and clinical specialisation. The intention of the IFSPT is to be the international resource for Sports Physical Therapists all over the world.
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Spend Some Quality Time With IFSPT...
On Our Newly-Revamped Website!
Haven't checked out the IFSPT website lately? You should!
Second, we've changed our site to be cleaner and easier to use.
Spend some time with us today!
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MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!
IFSPT SYMPOSIA 2013: RESERVE NOW!
EARLY BIRD RATES EXTENDED TO JUNE 15!
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The IFSPT has scheduled its biennial General Meeting to coincide with the South African Sports Physio Group Congress. Register today for IFSPT symposia...our lowest rates end June 15! Pricing is the same for both symposia.Before 15 June IFSPT/SPG Member $65.98 USD SASP Member $76.98 USD Non Member $93.48 USD Before 10 Aug IFSPT/SPG Member $76.98 USD SASP Member $87.98 USD Non Member $104.47 USD
After 10 Aug and On Site
All Attendees $120.97 USD
We invite all member organizations and those interested in gaining practice knowledge from an international faculty to join us! - Two symposium sites: Johannesburg, in conjunction with the South African Sports Physio Group's Leukotape Conference; or Cape Town, in conjunction with the IFSPT biennial General Meeting.
- All international faculty
- Half day format
- Earn six CEU's/CPD points
IFSPT Flier Online registration is now available! Join the IFSPT for its first ever conference in the southern hemisphere!
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OSSEOINTEGRATION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SURGERY FOR AMPUTEES
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By Andy Strang BPhty, PGCertHealSci (Clin rehab) Andy Strang graduated from the University of Otago in 2002. He has  ten years of experience in physiotherapy and has been working with Amputees on and off since his first position on ward 1A at Princes Margaret Hospital in Christchurch as a new graduate. He has been working over the past year with the Osseointegration clients that he will discuss for us and among other interests has spent time working with rock climbers, travelling to Sydney with the New Zealand sport climbing team for the World Champs in 2010.This article is reprinted with the kind permission of Sports Physiotherapy New ZealandWhat's your physiotherapy background, Andy?
Well, let's consider this discussion more about the working athlete, rather than the traditional type of athlete that is of interest to most sports physios. Major achievements for me are working alongside people who are simply getting back on their feet again. When I started ten years ago I was working with elderly clients who had lost a limb from peripheral vascular disease and might be lucky to return home. More recently I have been working with people who lost their limbs in the Canterbury Earthquakes and are rebuilding and redefining their lives.
Recently there has been a groundswell of interest in a procedure called Osseointegration. The catalyst for this was when TV3 screened a feature on a Nelson amputee undergoing a relatively unknown technique in April 2012. He had to travel to Australia to have this surgery completed. In Australia there are not one but two different surgical methods offered. Rather than using a traditional socket prosthesis, a metal implant is surgically implanted and the body is then given time to "osseointegrate" to form a direct bond between implant and bone. There is an abutment protruding from a stoma at the distal end of the stump and the leg is attached directly to the abutment. It's an exciting time as there is the possibility of this surgery being performed by NZ surgeons for the first time this year. There are four amputees from New Zealand who have had this procedure performed in Australia and both methods have been used: the original Swedish method and a more modern German method. The original Swedish procedure is called Osseointegrated Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA). The Osseointegration process was discovered in 1952 by Per-Ingvar Brånemark of Sweden inadvertently following experiments on rabbits. {read more}
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LEARN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE...WHEREVER YOU ARE! HOME STUDY COURSES NOW AVAILABLE TO IFSPT MEMBERS AT DISCOUNT
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No time to participate in conferences outside your clinic? No travel budget? No time for classroom study with family commitments?
The IFSPT has approved the SPTS Home Study Courses for credits toward International Sports Physical Therapy Registration...and IFSPT members receive a generous discount. Courses may be purchased and downloaded immediately...you can start learning right away. Offered in a convenient downloadable format, each Home Study Course (HSC) consists of multiple chapters (monographs) along with a final examination. Chapters are approximately 15-30 pages in length and require 4 to 6 hours to complete. The final examination consists of approximately 5 questions from each chapter. To receive continuing education credit, HSC participants must complete the final examination and return the answer sheet to the SPTS home office via email or fax. A course certificate will be sent to the course participant upon successful completion of the final examination. Course participants must score 80% on the final examination in order to receive a course certificate. Five credit hours per chapter (monograph) are awarded upon successful completion...for example, a six chapter course receives thirty credit hours. The SPTS Sports Certified Specialist Examination Preparatory CourseEditors: Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS and Timothy Tyler, PT, MS, ATC Designed for preparation for the Sports Certified Specialist Examination in the United States, this fourteen-chapter course covers many areas the average clinician does not experience in daily practice NEW! CURRENT CONCEPTS IN SHOULDER REHABILITATION Editor: Chuck Thigpen PT, PhD, ATC RUNNING Editors: Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD and Mitchell J. Rauh, PT, PhD, MPH, FACSM PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT SPORTS MEDICINE: MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF INJURIES UNIQUE TO THE YOUNG ATHLETE Editors: Donna L. Merkel, PT, MS, SCS, CSCSand Joe Molony, PT, MS, SCS, CSCS CURRENT CONCEPTS IN EVALUATION, EXAMINATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE KNEE Editor: Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS REHABILITATION OF THE HIP Editors: Lori Bolgla, PT, PhD, ATC and J. Craig Garrison, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC REHABILITATION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE INJURIES OF THE KNEE Editor: Timothy Tyler, PT, MS, ATC THE SPINE IN SPORTS Editor: Barb Hoogenboom PT, EdD, SCS, ATC INJURY PREVENTION IN SPORTS MEDICINE Editor: Mike Mullaney, PT REHABILITATION OF THE AGING ATHLETE Editor: J. W. Matheson, PT REHABILITATION CONCERNS FOR THE FEMALE ATHLETE Editor: Teresa L. Schuemann, PT, SCS, ATC, CSCS EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST Editor: Danny D. Smith, PT, DHSc, SCS, OCS, ATC Other courses are available. To learn more about these courses, follow this link to the SPTS website.
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Future Conferences: Plan Now!
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The LeukoTape Sport Physiotherapy Congress
South Africa
The 3rd Biannual Sport Physiotherapy Congress will be held on the 30th of August and the 1st of September 2013. The congress will be held at the St. Georges Hotel in Centurion, Gauteng. Registration will open in February 2013; registration forms will be available from the SPG website.
IFSPT General Meeting 2013
Cape Town, South Africa The IFSPT General Meeting will be held on September 2, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. The AGM event will run just after the South African Sports Medicine Congress, which we hope many of the delegates will attend. The meeting will be held at the Cape Royale Hotel in Cape Town, which is also the official housing for the event. For more information about the meeting and symposium, follow this link.  HAVE YOU CONSIDERED YOUR PD PLANS? If you want to know about new moves in physiotherapy, put APA Conference 2013 'New Moves' Melbourne, 17-20 October into your diary. This much anticipated event will provide you with premium learning updates across 14 disciplinary areas in one location and on consecutive days. Don't miss prominent Australian and international researchers and clinicians presenting the latest scientific research and developments, and clinical practice knowledge. Plan your PD now by saving 17-20 October for APA Conference 2013 'New Moves'.
Registration is now open.
Visit the APA Conference website for details. ACPSEM Sports Conference Glasgow, Scotland, UK  SSPS 2013: Core Stability Salzburg Sport Physiotherapy Symposium November 8-9, 2013 The conference is organized by the University of Salzburg (Department of Sports Science and Kinesiology), Physio Austria (Sports Physiotherapy Group) and spt-education (Institute for Continuing Education Sports Physiotherapy), and will be held at Unipark Nonntal. As an additional event, the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT) will present its work and objectives.
The scientific programme features a range of internationally renowned speakers who will present their research on the conference's main topic, Core Stability. For the first time in the conference's history, a Young Researcher Award will be awarded to young scientists with particular research merits.
The concluding social event will take place in the pleasant environment of the Salzburg's old town, with fine food and good music.
For further information, link here!
Information sheet
SportFisio 11th Annual Conference
Bern, Switzerland
November 15, 2013
More information to come!
Team Concept Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Sports Physical Therapy Section of the APTA will hold its annual Team Concept Conference on December 5-7, 2013, at the Green Valley Ranch Resort just outside Las Vegas, Nevada.
Registration is now open!
Attention Member Organizations: Are you sponsoring a physical therapy, sports physical therapy or sports medicine conference in 2013? Please send the information regarding your conference to Mary Wilkinson, IFSPT marketing director, for addition to the IFSPT newsletter and website! Newsletters are published every other month, so please submit your material as early as possible. You are also welcome to provide updates as your event draws closer!
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