A course designed to provide you with the new ways of working with sports injuries through a stimulating and practical in-depth training experience” 

Every day, high levels of stress, muscle tension, excessive joint overload, or tendon and ligament strain, mostly caused by trauma or overload, produce a large number of injuries in the upper and lower limbs, generally derived from subjecting the body to its limit. In this postgraduate diploma, physicians will review and analyze the typology of the most common lower limb injuries derived from sports practice in its different modalities.

The program will delve deeper into specific exploration maneuvers, accurate diagnostic methods and options for conservative, surgical and interventional treatment to try to minimize their impact once these injuries have occurred. Likewise, the main neuropathies due to lower limb entrapment related to sports practice will be studied.

In the course of six months, physicians will take a deeper look into the field of application of Sports Medicine, understanding the competitive advantages it brings to treat sports injuries of the upper and lower limb, which will position them at the forefront of the medical field. Furthermore, graduates have the best 100% online study methodology, which eliminates the need to attend classes in person or be constrained by a predetermined schedule.

TECH puts at your disposal this very complete and up-to-date postgraduate diploma that will allow you to study without compatibility problems in your daily life”

This postgraduate diploma in Upper and Lower Limb Injuries in Sports contains the most complete and up-to-date academic program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Sports Medicine and Sports Injuries
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• 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

You have at your fingertips the best opportunity to get up to speed on the fastest and most effective treatments to address wrist injuries: fractures, sprains and dislocations”  

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, which means the student must try to solve the different real-life situations of that arise throughout the academic program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Seize the opportunity and make your competences allow you to practice in the new areas of upper and lower limb sports injuries"

Your patients will be satisfied thanks to the in-depth knowledge that this postgraduate diploma will extend you"

The objective of this postgraduate diploma is to support and encourage physicians in a process of professional updating that will allow them to reach the highest level of performance. This, with the most interesting and innovative knowledge available today, in a program intensively focused on practice. All this will bring you up to date on the most effective diagnostic methods and treatment options. 

Enter the world of new technologies in the field of sports and learn how to handle the high-demand nature of professional and elite performance sports”

General Objectives

• Study the different injuries that can occur in different sports
• Know the most frequent upper limb pathologies in athletes
• Explore the radiological findings for upper limb pathologies
• Know the most frequent lower limb injuries in athletes, their etiology and injury mechanisms
• Learn how to perform correct clinical assessments
• Know the most effective diagnostic methods and treatment options
• Know different situations in which exercise and sport have differential aspects from the general population
• Know the benefits and risks of sport in certain diseases
• Explore the different therapeutic modalities to prevent and treat sports injuries, their indications and benefits
• Acquire more specific and current knowledge in the field of sports nutrition and dietetics for specific cases of sports activity and sports nutritional supplementation
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the meaning of doping, its origins, doping substances and their consequences on health, detection techniques, legal bases of regulation and the methods to fight against it, as well as its prevention strategies

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Upper Limb Sports Injuries

• Adapt sports activity to upper limb injuries
• Adapt exercise for athlete recovery from upper limb injuries

Module 2. Lower Limb Sports Injuries

• Know how to perform the most useful physical examination maneuvers
• Explore radiological findings for lower limb pathologies
• Know how to establish injury prognosis
• Know how to adapt sport activity to lower limb injuries
• Know how to adapt exercise for athlete recovery from lower limb injuries

Module 3. Therapeutic Management of Sports Injuries

• Know the indications and contraindications of the different therapeutic options studied
• Explore the expected effects of each one of them as well as possible complications
• Enter the world of new technologies in the field of sports
• Know how to handle the high demands of professional or high-performance sports

A program with realistic objectives that will translate into immediate career advancement"