Back2Sports Organises Shoulder Seminar for Swimmers and Water-Polo Players

July 2, 2008 - PRLog -- Shoulder injuries are perhaps amongst the most complex of sports injuries. As the most heavily stressed joint in the sport, it is prevalent amongst competitive swimmers and water-polo players. Managing and preventing shoulder injuries are critical components in high performance training. Back2Sports is organizing a seminar to shed some light on this complex area for swimmers and water-polo players with an overview of the type of shoulder injuries, preventative and recovery measures available.

The seminar, “Swimmers’ Shoulders”, will provide an overview of the types of injuries amongst swimmers and water-polo players, its management and prevention. The three topics covered are:

1.Types of Shoulder Injuries in Swimmers and Water Polo Players by Dr Patrick Goh, a Sports Physician from SportsMed Central

2.Management and Prevention of Shoulder Injuries by Mr. Calvin Sim, a Senior Physiotherapist from Back2Sports

3.Surgical Intervention for Shoulder Injuries by Dr Lim Jit Kheng, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon from Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery.

Back2Sports, a division of Core Concept, is the official physiotherapist for the Pre-Olympics Water Polo Invitational 2008 held here in Singapore from 30th July till 6th August 2008. The event hosted by Singapore Water Polo will see nine Men’s and Women’s Olympic water polo teams competing in a four-day tournament before heading off to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.

The seminar will be held on the 26th of July 2008 at the Singapore Management University. For details on registration, visit www.back2sports.com.sg/shoulder.htm

Notes to Editors

1.Dr. Patrick Goh is a Sports Physician with SportsMed Central. He was formerly the Deputy Director (Sports Medicine) with the Singapore Sports Council's (SSC) Sports Medicine and Research Centre until he left for private practice in 2005. His patients have included many of Singapore's top athletes, and he was chief medical officer for the Singapore Contingent for two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004), and two Commonwealth Games (1998 and 2002). He was team physician for Singapore's national soccer team during their victorious 1994 Malaysia Cup season, and team physician in numerous South-East-Asian games.

2.Calvin Sim is a Senior Sports Physiotherapist with Back2Sports. He graduated with a Master of Manual Therapy from UWA. He has always been actively involved in sports, being the team physiotherapist for the National Football Academy Under-18 team, National Soccer Team, and was part of the team of physiotherapists providing coverage for the SCC International Rugby 7s, to name a few. Being a former school track and field athlete, he strongly believes in strengthening to prevent injury.

3.Dr Lim Jit Kheng is a fellowship-trained Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. His special interests are arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery for disorders of the knee and shoulder. Specialized operations performed include arthroscopic ligament reconstruction, treatment of meniscus and cartilage injuries, computer-aided surgery, and joint replacement of the shoulder, knee and hip joints. He also specializes in general sports injuries, as well as sporting injuries to the elbow, hip and ankle joints. Dr Lim is one of only a few orthopaedic surgeons in Singapore with a postgraduate Masters degree in the field of Sports Medicine.

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About Back2Sports (www.Back2Sports.com.sg)

Back2Sports™ is the sport injury management division of Core Concepts. We treat sports related injuries and other musculo-skeletal problems of elite, competitive and serious amateur athletes. Our area of speciality is in the rehabilitation of shoulder and knee conditions.

As a division of Core Concepts, the largest private rehabilitation practice in Singapore, we are uniquely positioned to bring together our depth and range of expertise in musculo-skeletal rehabilitation, sports massage and strength conditioning on a platform of specialised equipment and treatment protocol for advance sports injury management.

Back2Sports™ is a division of Core Concepts, a leading musculo-skeletal therapy specialist group in Singapore. The Core Concepts group was established in 2003, comprises of Core Concepts - Physiotherapy Centre, Back2Sports - Sports Injury Management, Strong Massage! - Sports Massage for Sports People and Fitness Space