Immerse yourself in the complex world of sports-related muscle injuries with Muscle Injuries 360° - an advanced, clinically oriented educational experience designed to strengthen your ability to assess, diagnose, manage, rehabilitate, and support athletes throughout their return to performance. Offered by Academia Clínicas Espregueira, the course provides a multidisciplinary perspective on muscle injuries, bringing together contemporary scientific evidence, clinical expertise, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation principles, and performance data.

Muscle injuries are among the most frequent and clinically challenging problems in sport. Effective management goes far beyond identifying the affected muscle or determining the severity of an injury. Clinical presentation, tissue involvement, injury mechanisms, imaging findings, biological healing, functional capacity, and sport-specific demands all need to be considered within the context of the individual athlete.

For practitioners, this means combining information from multiple disciplines rather than relying on a single test, classification, or protocol. From clinical examination and MRI or ultrasound findings to strength testing, biomechanics, rehabilitation progression, psychological readiness, nutrition, and performance monitoring, each element can contribute to better-informed decisions regarding prognosis, injury management, and return to sport.

Through a clinically focused and evidence-informed learning approach, participants will explore muscle injuries across the entire continuum - from epidemiology, risk factors, injury mechanisms, and prevention to diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and return to performance. Particular attention is given to injuries involving the hamstrings, adductors, quadriceps and rectus femoris, calf and triceps surae, as well as the pelvitrochanteric region and upper limb.

Join a multidisciplinary international community of sports medicine and performance professionals and learn from experts with extensive experience in clinical practice, research, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation, sports science, and high-performance sport. Across 52 hours of training, the course combines scientific foundations with applied clinical reasoning and case-based learning, supporting individualized and evidence-informed decision-making throughout the muscle-injury continuum.

Key Features of Our Course:

💡 52 hours of comprehensive training, covering sports-related muscle injuries from epidemiology, prevention, and diagnosis through rehabilitation and return to performance

👨‍🏫 International multidisciplinary faculty, bringing together expertise in sports medicine, diagnostic imaging, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, sports science, research, biomechanics, and high-performance practice

🩺 Comprehensive clinical assessment and diagnosis, including history taking, physical examination, differential diagnosis, MRI, ultrasound, and emerging quantitative imaging technologies

🏃 Muscle-specific rehabilitation strategies, with dedicated sessions and clinical cases addressing hamstring, adductor, quadriceps / rectus femoris, and calf / triceps surae injuries

🔬 Advanced management perspectives, including muscle healing, surgical considerations, orthobiologics, neuromuscular assessment, clinical red flags, and injuries in younger athletes

📊 Return-to-performance and monitoring approaches, including biomechanics, GPS and external-load analysis, field-based rehabilitation, and sport-specific progression criteria

🧠 A holistic approach to recovery, integrating nutrition, psychological readiness, physical performance, and individualized clinical decision-making

🤝 Multidisciplinary clinical case discussions, bringing together imaging, medical management, rehabilitation, and performance perspectives to explore complex muscle-injury scenarios

🩺 Optional 8-hour practical component, offering hands-on experience with ultrasound assessment, field-based physical and metabolic testing, and manual dynamometry for neuromuscular assessment

This course is designed for medical doctors, physiotherapists, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, sports scientists, and other health and performance professionals involved in the prevention, assessment, management, rehabilitation, and return to performance of athletes with sports-related muscle injuries.

Participation Cost:
490 € - until 10 November 2026
690 € - after 10 November 2026

Module Overview:
⏳ Introduction & Basic Sciences (10 December 2026 until 25 February 2027)
⏳ Clinical Assessment (25 February 2027 until 18 March 2027)
⏳ Rehabilitation (25 March 2027 until 13 May 2027)
⏳ Nutrition & Psychology (20 May 2027)
⏳ Return to Performance (3 June 2027 until 8 July 2027)
⏳ Multidisciplinary Approach (15 July 2027 until 29 July 2027)
🩺 Optional Practical Component - 8 hours of hands-on training covering ultrasound assessment of major muscle groups, field-based physical and metabolic assessment, and neuromuscular evaluation using manual dynamometry. Available locations: Porto | Barcelona | Riyadh (to be confirmed).