Workshop on ‘Prevention of Sports Injuries’

The Department of Physiotherapy successfully conducted a workshop on ‘Prevention of Sports Injuries’ for sports coaches and physical education teachers in Kandy District on 17th August 2022 at the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences. The intension of the workshop was to strengthen the quality of service rendered by the sports coaches and physical education teachers to school-level athletes by providing the participants with the basic knowledge on sports injury prevention. Further, outpatient services provided by the Department of Physiotherapy was promoted among school-level athletes, school teachers and coaches. There were forty (40) participants and the workshop included lectures and practical sessions. Ms.M.M.J.P.Manchanayake, Ms.V.M.B.K.T.Malwanage and Ms.D.A.R.K.Dasanayaka were the resource persons and they conducted sessions on the topics of warm-up and cool-down, overuse injuries, and overtraining.