First MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE – International Conference for Sports Medicine Specialists with High-Profile Speakers
For the first time this year the MEDICA in Dusseldorf, the world’s leading show for medicine, will get a new, high-profile communication platform. The MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE is scheduled for November 21st, 2013 during the MEDICA 2103 – World Forum for Medicine (20 – 23 November).
As the name implies, sports and medicine and their common ground will be the theme of this conference, organized by Navispace AG. The objective is to identify the mesh between sports and medicine based on prevention, treatment without surgery and recovery. For the panel, Navispace was able to win top sport medicine specialists, including Prof. Tim Meyer, team physician for the German National Soccer Team and Dr. Luis Serratosa, team physician for Real Madrid, who also offered support with topic selection and organization.
Trends, new research and technologies will be examined from various angles. In addition to the preventive effect of sports on various diseases, the panel will also discuss targeted improvement of training results and concurrent injury prevention. Other topics include innovative technologies and measures to invigorate and accelerate the healing process, be it to prevent surgery or postoperative; the latest methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as well as insights from professional sports for the treatment of regular athletes.
„For health-conscious people, sport plays a significant role in keeping fit and healthy into an advanced age. The treatment of sports injuries, whether caused by an accident or overstressing requires an individual approach and expertise”, Says Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director Messe Dusseldorf, emphasizing the importance of sports medicine, and is pleased, the MEDICA SPORTS + MEDICINE CONFERENCE could win professionally recognized partners.
These partners include Continua Health Alliance, bringing together healthcare and technology companies, the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), the leading sporting goods show ISPO (Munich), and Wearable Technologies AG.
In 2012, the MEDICA was the world’s largest show for medicine with 4,554 exhibitors from over 60 countries and 130,600 international visitors.
For more information on the MEDICA 2013, visit http://www.medica.de. To find out more about the MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE go to: http://www.medicine-and-sports.com