Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance”

This Postgraduate certificate focuses on the aspects less studied during the university career, allowing to broaden the knowledge necessary to cover a wide spectrum of potential athletes, as well as to meet their nutritional needs.
 
If there is a complicated stretch in an athlete's season, it will be the injury period. Athletes by nature need to compete and finding themselves out of competition can be frustrating. On the one hand, nutrition can play an important role in helping to prevent injuries if we are able to achieve an anti-inflammatory state of the organism through food. On the other hand, once the athlete is already injured, it will be very important to control this nutrition in order to accelerate the recovery process so that they can return to competition as soon as possible and, most importantly, so that they do not relapse from the injury.

As it is an online Postgraduate certificate, the student is not conditioned by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their work or personal life with their academic life.

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice”

This Postgraduate certificate in Nutrition in the Athlete during the Injury Period  contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created contain information that is indispensable for professional practice
  It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This Postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Sports Nutrition, you will obtain a certificate from the leading online university in spanish: TECH”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition.

The Postgraduate certificate allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations.

This 100% online Postgraduate certificate will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field.

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals knowledgeable about the implications of education in daily practice, aware of the current relevance of Sports Nutrition education, and committed to quality teaching through new educational technologies.

This Postgraduate certificate in Nutrition in the Athlete during the Injury Period contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. The Injury Period 

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Prevention of Injuries in Athletes

1.2.1. Relative Energy Availability in Sport
1.2.2. Oral Health and Injury Implications
1.2.3. Fatigue, Nutrition and Injuries 
1.2.4. Sleep, Nutrition and Injuries 

1.3. Phases of Injury

1.3.1. Immobilization Phase.  Inflammation and Changes Occurring during this Phase 
1.3.2. Return of Activity Phase 

1.4. Energy Intake during the Period of Injury

1.5. Macronutrient Intake during the Period of Injury

1.5.1. Carbohydrate Intake 
1.5.2. Fat Intake
1.5.3. Protein Intake 

1.6. Intake of Micronutrients of Special Interest during Injury 

1.7. Sports Supplements with Evidence during the Period of Injury

1.7.1. Creatine
1.7.2. Omega 3
1.7.3. Others

1.8. Tendon and Ligament Injuries 

1.8.1. Introduction to Tendon and Ligament Injuries. Tendon Structure 
1.8.2. Collagen, Gelatin and Vitamin C. Can they Help?
1.8.3. Other Nutrients Involved in Collagen Synthesis 

1.9. The Return to Competition 

1.9.1. Nutritional Considerations in the Return to Competition 
1.10. Interesting Case Studies in Scientific Injury Literature

A unique, key and decisive knowledge update experience to boost your professional development”