Tendinopathy management at an elite level

Join us for this 40-minute presentation and 10-minute Q&A session on the topic of Tendinopathy management at an elite level.

To launch the APodA Musculoskeletal (MSK) Special Interest Group (SIG), we invite you to join us for a unique presentation by Dr Ebonie Rio. Ebonie has an extensive history working with high performance and elite athletes from around the world, spanning contact sports like AFL and rugby through to ballet and performance artists. This webinar will provide an overview of working with elite athletes and the common conditions encountered and experienced in treating them.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe common tendinopathies, appropriate treatments, and when to refer on
• Learn about Dr Rio’s extensive research into tendinopathies and management

Presenter:

Dr Ebonie Rio

Ebonie is a Sports Physiotherapist at the Victorian Institute of Sport, The Australian Ballet, and she consults to multiple AFL, Rugby, elite Soccer and Basketball clubs. She is the Senior Research Fellow at The Australian Ballet, a joint position with La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre. Ebonie co-leads activities in the High Performance 2032+ Strategy in Research and Innovation. Additionally, Ebonie sits on the Scientific Advisory Committee for Little Big Steps, a children’s charity that aims to increase physical activity in children undergoing cancer treatment to improve quality of life. Ebonie co-chairs both the Sports Medicine Australia conference and the International Scientific Tendon Symposium.

Her clinical career has included the Australian Institute of Sport, The Australian Open, Australian Ballet School, Melbourne Heart Football Club, Commonwealth Games 2006, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, 2012 London Paralympics, 18 months travelling with Disney’s The Lion King stage show, and she was awarded the Post-Graduate Scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (2007).

Ebonie has completed her PhD in tendon pain, Masters Sports Phys, Ba. Phys (hons) and Ba. App Sci. Her clinically focussed research has been awarded the Victorian Fresh Scientist of the Year 2015, ASICS SMA Best New Investigator 2004, 2013 & 2014 in Clinical Sports Medicine, best clinical science Pain Adelaide 2013, BJSM young investigator Best Clinical Paper 2014 and the Professor Mollie Holman medal for the best thesis of the faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University 2015 and the ECR best paper 2015.

Event Details

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