SPC| Injury Prevention in Female Athletes

Overview:
In this webinar we will discuss injury prevention in female athletes, ranging from primary to tertiary prevention. We will highlight some of our work on pre participation examinations, as well as evidence that informed the recent IOC Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury Prevention (FAIR) Consensus statement

Speaker biography:
Dr. Jenna Schulz is a graduate of the Masters of Physical Therapy/PhD program at Western University, where her research focused on inflammation in knee osteoarthritis. During her studies, she also competed on the Varsity Cross-Country and Track and Field teams at Western, where her interest in female athletes and endurance athletes began. After graduating, she shifted her research and clinical focus to optimizing female athlete health throughout the lifespan, including Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, pelvic floor health and postpartum return to sport. Today, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, where her research combines her expertise in osteoarthritis and female athlete health – focusing on knee injuries in females.

Clinically, Jenna pursued a combined sport physiotherapy/postdoctoral fellowship at Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic as the primary physiotherapist for the endurance varsity teams at Western – cross country, track & field, rowing, swimming and cheerleading. She currently works at Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic in Vancouver, BC. She also has numerous sport coverage experience, including Ontario Summer Games, Forest City Road Races and other racing events. Jenna also practices pelvic floor physiotherapy.

Outside the clinic (when not doing research), Jenna trains and competes in national-level cross country, track & field and road races, and enjoys cycling and hiking as well.

Registration:
Free for Physiotherapy Students

Clinicians $10

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