Description
The Physio Adventure Camp:
Physio weekend courses are boring.
Why not make it more fun?
Yes! Introducing the Physio Adventure Camp!
This will get you out of your comfort zone! 🙂
What does it include:
-Stay at a luxury Chalet in the beautiful French Alps
-Learning from knee expert Sebastiano Nutarelli in the mornings.
-Engage in fun outdoor activities together.
-A professional chef prepares our meals.
Location:
This camp will be organized in Morzine, France.
Morzine is one of the top locations for (downhill) mountain biking globally.
Travel period: 12-18 July 2025
INTERESTED IN JOINING?
If you are interested in joining this Physio Adventure Camp, please send a message via
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Itinerary
How does your stay look like at the Physio Adventure Camp?
Saturday:
We will all arrive today. Time to settle into your surroundings from 4 pm – 7 pm
7 pm – 9 pm: Dinner prepared by our chef
Sunday:
8 am: Continental buffet breakfast
9 am-1 pm: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 1 with Sebastiano
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm-5 pm: Rock climbing or Via Ferrata
7 pm-9 pm: Dinner prepared by our chef
Monday:
8 am: Continental buffet breakfast
9 am-1 pm: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 2 with Sebastiano
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm-5 pm: Canyoning
7 pm-9 pm: Dinner made by our chef
Tuesday:
8 am: Continental buffet breakfast
9 am-1 pm: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 3 with Sebastiano
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm-6 pm: Mountain biking
7 pm-9 pm: Dinner made by our chef
Wednesday:
8 am: Continental buffet breakfast
9 am-1 pm: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 4 with Sebastiano
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm-6 pm: Rafting
7 pm-9 pm: Dinner at a local restaurant (not included in price)
Thursday:
8 am: Continental buffet breakfast
9 am-12 pm: We go for a big hike!
1 pm-2 pm: Lunch
2 pm-6 pm: Free time
7 pm-9 pm: Dinner prepared by our chef
Friday:
8 am-10 am: Continental buffet breakfast and prepare to depart Chalet
Say farewell and leave fully equipped with the latest knowledge on sports knee injuries, new physio connections, and amazing memories!
The management of sports knee injuries course
with Sebastiano Nutarelli
Course Description:
This knee rehabilitation course has been developed by a knee-specialized physical therapist and a clinical researcher. The concept underpinning the structure of this course aims to be solidly based on the best available evidence (published and not published yet) and the clinical expertise accumulated by the instructor, constantly updated in each edition, is to provide clinicians with a comprehensive theoretical and heavily practical learning pathway around the rehabilitation following knee injuries.
The participants will be driven in practice through a journey from the moment of the injury to discharge/return to sport (RTS) after the most frequent knee injuries that a wide range of individuals, from regular people to weekend warriors, from semi-pro to professional/elite athletes,
can incur into – such as:
• anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears – either non-surgical or post-operative, differentiating by grafts
• ACL-R with associated lesions (MCL, LCL, meniscus, cartilage, postero-lateral corner injuries, cartilage lesions)
• isolated meniscus tears rehabilitation – either non-surgical or following meniscectomy/repair
• isolated medial & lateral collateral ligaments (MCL & LCL) injuries
• isolated posterior cruciate ligament tears
Learning objectives:
Develop a healthy and productive surgeon-physical therapist professional relationship for the eventual patients’ benefit and the personal/professional growth
• Understand, critically appraise, and put into context the scientific literature on knee injuries
• Realize that all knee patients/injured athletes will need to be exposed to rehabilitation
of the same physical & psychological qualities at some point and get in control of when the time comes to target the different abilities depending on their specific injury and their post-injury evolution
• Learn how to effectively implement a high-quality rehabilitation program following ACL isolated injuries (approached with an ACL-R or non-surgically), ACL-R with associated lesions, isolated meniscus tears or repairs, and MCL/LCL injuries
• Enhance the clinician’s skills of connecting the piece of the puzzle merging biomechanics, kinesiology, exercise physiology, and sports-specific concepts to orthopaedic decision-making following knee injuries, rehabilitation, and discharge/RTS
• Upskill the clinicians’ testing abilities to progress through the knee rehabilitation phases until RTS
You can find the full course description HERE.
More about your course instructor:
Sebastiano was born in Turin, Italy, in 1980. Always into sports, and played a variety of them eventually hitting high-level alpine skiing first, eventually becoming a pro as a futsal player.
At 27 years old, at the peak of his professional and sports career, his life took a complete U-turn; due to a serious knee injury, he was forced to stop any activity for more than 4 years to dedicate all his efforts to the recovery from knee arthrofibrosis, with many surgeries and daily rehabilitation for 365 days a year. After several consultations with European knee experts, he moved to the United States for more than 1.5 years to become a patient of top-notch orthopedic surgery and sports medicine rehabilitation centers, mainly in Colorado and Florida, then briefly in California.
He enrolled for a 4 years BSc in Physiotherapy in Switzerland and accomplished it with the highest GPA of his course. During his studies, he went back to the U.S. for his clinical rotations in order to furtherly expand his own educational development with the American approach (Cincinnati SportsMedicine & Orthopaedic Center / Noyes Knee Clinic in Cincinnati, OH and TIRR Memorial Hermann c/o Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX). Since 2015, he has joined several surgical teams observing in the O.R. in Italy, Switzerland, and the U.S.
He completed a series of postgraduate specializations:
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sports Physiotherapy at SUPSI University (Lugano, Switzerland)
• Sportsmetrics™ Certification program (certified Sportsmetrics™ instructor)
• Master’s degree in Biomechanics at San Raffaele University (Rome, Italy)
• Postgraduate stand-alone ‘Statistics in Health Research’ module (part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care) at the University of Oxford (UK)
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in ‘Clinical Research (Clinical Trial Planning and Conduct)’ at the University of Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
• Strength & Conditioning certifications (UK)
And he’s currently pursuing:
• PhD at University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland) on the rehabilitation of the ACL of the knee
In the summer of 2022, Sebastiano became the Scientific Coordinator for all the CPD training projects in the ‘Sports Rehab/Medicine, Exercise, and Scientific Research’ area for PhisioVit (an Italian company leader in organizing CPD courses) keeping up with the continuous effort to organize top-notch post-graduate professional training for health care professionals and athletic trainers.
He now teaches and/or co-teaches CPD courses himself all around knee rehabilitation, lower limb muscular injuries, injury risk reduction/prevention, blood flow restriction, and biomechanics in Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Sweden, and the United States.
He currently contributes as an Italian translator of rehabilitative guidelines and he’s in the process of translating further scientific manuals and books.
His university teaching assignments:
• from February 2018 to January 2019: associate professor in the BSc of Physiotherapy at L.U.de.S. Lugano Campus, Switzerland (Semmelweis University) – teaching “Kinesiology of the upper and lower limbs” & “Evidence-Based Physiotherapy in Orthopaedics 2”
• from February 2019 – ongoing: lecturer c/o ‘Sapienza’ Università di Roma, Italy – teaching “Evidence-Based Practice & Orthopaedic Evidence-Based Rehabilitation”
• from 2024 – ongoing: professor on contract c/o ‘Università di Camerino, Italy – teaching “Sports Biomechanics of the Lower Quadrant” and “Biomechanical Movement Assessment Methodologies in Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation” in the Master in Clinical and Sports Biomechanics program
Sebastiano also is a:
• member of the Clinical Advisory Board of KNEEguru (knee rehabilitation)
• member of the International Arthrofibrosis Association’s Committee of Directors
• International Partner of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Swiss Physical Therapy Association (Physioswiss) member
• Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (Sportfisio) member
• International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery e Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) Allied Specialty Member
• Italian Society of Arthroscopy, Knee, Upper Limb, Sports, Cartilage and Orthopaedic Technologies (SIAGASCOT) member
In Switzerland he practiced as a physical therapist in a private practice for 3 years, then from August 2018 he also began working at the Cantonal Sports Medicine Center (CCMS). Moreover, he was the team physio of the Swiss National Swimming Team for the Elite, Youth & Juniors teams, from 2018 to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021 due to the pandemic). In 2018 he co-founded the Sports Rehab PT clinics, nowadays counting on a staff of 30+ physical therapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, medical doctors, health professionals, and administrators.
Since the beginning of 2020, he has been working as a part-time clinical researcher at the Clinical Research Orthopaedic & Traumatology Unit of the EOC Regional Hospital in Lugano, Switzerland – mainly on knee-related research. He published in multiple Q1 peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences on the topic of knee rehabilitation, injury prevention, epidemiology, and so on.
In his non-stop idea to set up a center in Europe to actually help people dealing with knee arthrofibrosis, which plagued him eventually leading to his new life as a physical therapist, he founded the European Knee Arthrofibrosis Center in 2022, hosted in the Sports Rehab clinics, progressively training staff of physical therapists and putting together a multidisciplinary team of skilled health professionals genuinely willing to join the project (knee orthopedic surgeons, pain specialists, rheumatologists, psychologists, nutritionists, medical & caregiver coaches, clinical & lab researchers, and so on).
Sebastiano is a strong supporter of an evidence-informed practice in rehabilitation and he takes care of the standardization of the clinical practice within the Sports Rehab & European Knee Arthrofibrosis Center teams, sharing the guidelines and the constant updates, thanks to the exchanges with the international experts he’s in contact with. He works with patients on a daily basis in order to help them in the process of recovery from an injury, whether they are professional athletes, “weekend warriors” or recreational athletes.
Since 2024 he was appointed as Program Coordinator of the Master in Clinical and Sports Biomechanics at the Università di Camerino, Italy.
His main focus is knee rehabilitation and related research.
Luxury Chalet:
About the Chalet:
- All bedrooms include access to own/shared ensuite
- Large living space with room to relax and catch up with new friends
- Outdoor hot tub with beautiful views
- Sauna
- Balconies and outside seating areas to soak in the atmosphere
- Wifi
- TV
- Quiet reading areas
Location of the Chalet:
72 Chem. De La Cherry, 74110 Montriond, France
Visit the website of the Chalet with more pictures and information here:
Ferme A Jules
Choose a Room:
You can choose between 3 room types:
- Twin Room (2 people in total)
- Twin Bed in a room with Bunk Bed (4 people in the room in total)
- Bunk Bed (4 people in the room in total)
Option 1:
Double or Twin bedroom with double bed or twin beds (5 rooms available)
For couples, this can be booked by booking for two people.
Option 2:
Twin bed in a room with a bunk bed (3 rooms available)
4 people will sleep in this room. 2 people on twin beds (beds can be separated) and 2 on a bunk bed.
Option 3:
Bunk Bed in a Twin Room (3 rooms available)
Bunk bed with in total 4 people in the room
Bunk bed as shown in the picture below.
You can find more information about the Chalet and room types here:
Ferme A Jules
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