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Pre-congress Course

Bridging Knowledge
and Practice

An advanced two-day sports physiotherapy course featuring
40% lectures and 60% hands-on workshops, held the
day before the World Congress begins.

Pre-Course Sold Out

Pre-congress Course

Bridging Knowledge
and Practice

An advanced two-day sports physiotherapy course featuring 40% lectures and 60% hands-on workshops, held the day before the World Congress begins.

Pre-Course Sold Out

Dates

2-3 December 2026

Location

Bern, Switzerland

Capacity

Max 50 participants

ABOUT THE COURSE

A Unique
Pre-Congress Experience

Join us for two days of deep-dive learning immediately before the WCSPT 2026 main congress. Combining expert lectures with hands-on workshops in small groups, you’ll gain practical skills you can apply the moment you return to your practice. Choose your three workshops and build a programme tailored to your interests — places are limited.

Featured Speakers

Karim

Khan

CANADA

Martin

Hägglund

SWEDEN

Ebonie

Rio

AUSTRALIA

Nicola

Phillips

WALES/UNITED KINGDOM

Caroline

Bolling

BRAZIL

Behnam

Liaghat

DENMARK

Meredith

Chaput

USA

Angela

Blasimann

SWITZERLAND

Roula

Kotsifaki

QATAR

Rodrigo

Scattone

BRAZIL

Florian

Forelli

FRANCE

Jente

Wagemans

BELGIUM

Liran

Lifshitz

ISREAL

Gül

Baltaci

TURKEY

Bruno

Tassignon

BELGIUM

Blaise

Dubois

CANADA

Heiner

Baur

Switzerland

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Programme

Two days of lectures and hands-on workshops immediately before WCSPT 2026. Choose three workshops across the two days — places are limited to 25 per session.

BFH Bern — Schwarztorstrasse 48

To Our Host: Bern University of Applied Sciences

08:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00
Welcome & Opening
Opening

Morning Lectures

09:15

Injury Prevention Programmes in Youth Sports — An Update

Martin Hägglund

Lecture

10:00

How Athletes and Staff Perceive Injury Prevention

Caroline Bolling

Lecture

10:45

Coffee Break

Break

11:00

Neuromuscular Control After ACL Rupture

Angela Blasimann

Lecture

11:45

Does Generalised Joint Hypermobility Influence Recovery After Injury?

Behnam Liaghat

Lecture

12:30

Lunch Break

Break

Afternoon Lectures

14:00

Return to Performance in Extreme Sports Athletes

Nicola Phillips

Lecture

14:45

Jump Testing After Lower Limb Injury & Surgery

Roula Kotsifaki

Lecture

15:30

Through a Visual-Cognitive Lens: Updating Return to Sport

Meredith Chaput

Lecture

16:15

Testing for Lower Extremity Injury — Panel Discussion

Panel

16:30

Transfer to PT School

Moving to Murtenstrasse 10, Bern

Transfer

Evening Workshops

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

17:00 – 19:00 WORKSHOP 1

Kinesio Taping Applications in Sports Injuries

Gül Baltaci

17:00 – 19:00 WORKSHOP 2

Hip & Groin Examination: A Practical Perspective

Liran Lifshitz

Kinvent

19:00
End of Day 1
Social

08:45

Arrival & Registration

09:00
Clinical Sports Medicine — Keynote
Karim Khan
Keynote

09:45

Coffee Break

Break

Morning Workshops — Choose One Stream

Workshops 3 & 4

Workshops 5 & 6

Bern Movement Lab — Group 1

10:00 – 11:30 WORKSHOP 3

Current Concepts: Assessment & Management of Achilles and Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes

Ebonie Rio & Rodrigo Scattone

UTC Imaging

10:00 – 11:30 WORKSHOP 5

Return to Sport Assessment After ACL Reconstruction

Florian Forelli

Kinvent

10:00 – 13:00 Lab WORKSHOP

Addressing Sensorimotor Control Deficits After ACL Injury During Rehabilitation

Prof. Heiner Baur

BFH - Movement Lab Center in Bern
Transportation included — Group 1

11:30 – 13:00 WORKSHOP 4

Running Biomechanics: Science, Controversy, and Practical Applications

Blaise Dubois

11:30 – 13:00 WORKSHOP 6

Optimising the Return-to-Sport Pathway Following Lateral Ankle Ligament Injury

Bruno Tassignon & Jente Wagemans

13:00

Lunch — Novotel BernExpo

Break

Afternoon Workshops — Choose One Stream

Workshops 3 & 5

Workshops 4 & 6

Bern Movement Lab — Group 2

13:45 – 15:15 WORKSHOP 3

Current Concepts: Assessment & Management of Achilles and Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes

Ebonie Rio & Rodrigo Scattone

UTC Imaging

13:45 – 15:15 WORKSHOP 4

Running Biomechanics: Science, Controversy, and Practical Applications

Blaise Dubois

14:00 – 17:00 Lab WORKSHOP

Addressing Sensorimotor Control Deficits After ACL Injury During Rehabilitation

Prof. Heiner Baur

BFH - Movement Lab Center in Bern
Transportation included — Group 2

15:15

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 WORKSHOP 5

Return to Sport Assessment After ACL Reconstruction

Florian Forelli

Kinvent

15:30 – 17:00 WORKSHOP 6

Optimising the Return-to-Sport Pathway Following Lateral Ankle Ligament Injury

Bruno Tassignon & Jente Wagemans

17:00
End of Day 2
Social

Pre-Course Sold Out

Registration

Reserve Your Place

The pre-course is limited to 50 participants in total. Workshop places are strictly capped at 25 per session:

Evening workshops 25 participants each, workshops 3–6 run twice for up to 15 participants per session, and the Bern Movement Lab accommodates 25 in the morning and 25 in the afternoon.

Register early to secure your preferred sessions.

The fee includes all lectures, three workshops of your choice, clinical visit at the Bern Movement Lab, coffee breaks, and lunch at Novotel on day two.

SUPER EARLY BIRD

€275

EARLY BIRD

€300

STANDARD RATE

€350

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