Sports Medicine in Primary Care course for GPs

This session discusses overtraining syndrome and how a patient can minimise the risk of injury. It will also cover the principles of sports nutrition and hydration and when to utilise sports medicine services.

This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in July 2018.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Recognise overtraining syndrome
• Describe what advice to give patients in order to minimise the risk of injury
• Define the principles of sports nutrition and hydration
• List how and when to utilise sports medicine services
• Describe the role of physiotherapy in preventing and treating sports injuries

In the United Kingdom, people have become less physically active resulting in an explosion of diseases associated with physical inactivity.