Description

The Physio Ski Camp:

Save the dates: 10-14 March 2025!

Physio Ski Camp:

Weekend courses for Physiotherapists are often pretty boring.
Why not make it more fun?

Introducing the Physio Ski Camp!
Skiing together in the beautiful Italian Dolomites in the morning.
Then we all learn from knee expert Sebastiano Nutarelli all things sports knee injuries in the afternoon.

Give yourself a great learning holiday and make new memories! 🙂
This will be a great experience and a chance to meet like-minded people!

Book your ticket now!

Refer a friend!
If you refer a friend, you get a 50 euro discount on your ticket!
Please send us a Whatsapp message to get your discount code.

 

What does it include:

• 4 nights’ accommodation in a villa in the beautiful Italian Dolomites directly at the Ski-lifts.
• 4-day continental buffet breakfast every morning.
• 3-day packed lunch.
• 4 days two-course dinner.
• Ski pass for the Carezza ski resort for 3 half days.
• 3 afternoons of 5 hours of interactive learning with The Sports Knee Injuries Course by Sebastiano Nutarelli. (in English)
• Upskill your clinical practice, and gain an in-depth understanding of sports knee injury assessment and treatment of common injuries.
• Free time to socialize and connect with Sebastiano and fellow course attendants during the activities and in the evenings.
• Enjoy an amazing experience!
• Physios from Belgium, click HERE for more information about accreditation points.
  Physio from Holland, click HERE for more information about accreditation points.

Not included:

• Ski/snowboard equipment rental if needed.
• Travel expenses.
• Possibility of a 1-night stay at the villa on November 9. You could ski a full day.

Travel period: 10-14 March 2025.

 

Travel options:

-By car. Drive to Carezza and to Villa San Pio X.

-By airplane. You can fly to Venice, Bolzano, Milan, Innsbruck, or Munchen by airplane. From there you can take a daily train from Venice to Munchen.
You can stop at Bolzano, where bus 180 takes you right in front of the Villa. This bus departs every hour from Bolzano bus station.

-By public transport: Trains go from Munchen, Verona, Venice, Bologna, and other Italian cities to Bolzano and take bus 180 from the Bolzano bus station.
With www.flixbus.it you can take a bus from/to Bolzano with departure/arrival in numerous Italian and international cities.

Itinerary:

How does your stay look like at the Physio Ski Camp?

Monday:

Arrival day. Time to settle into your surroundings from 5 pm – 7 pm
7 pm – 9 pm: Dinner prepared by our chef

Tuesday:

7.30-8.30: Breakfast
8.30-12.30: Ski
12:30-13:30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Change
14.00-19.00: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 1 with Sebastiano
19.30-20.30: Dinner

Wednesday:

7.30-8.30: Breakfast
8.30-12.30: Ski
12:30-13:30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Change
14.00-19.00: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 2 with Sebastiano
19.30-20.30: Dinner

Thursday:

7.30-8.30: Breakfast
8.30-12.30: Ski
12:30-13:30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Change
14.00-19.00: The Sports Knee Injuries Course day 3 with Sebastiano
19.30-20.30: Dinner

Friday:

8 am-10 am: Continental buffet breakfast and prepare to depart the villa.
Say farewell and leave fully equipped with the latest knowledge on sports knee injuries,
new physio connections, and amazing skiing memories!

About the first Physio Ski Camp:

The Carezza ski resort has 40km of ski slopes, which will be plenty during our 3-morning ski sessions of 4 hours.
If you would like to extend your ski trip, you can go to a bigger ski resort in the region
during the weekends before or after the Physio Ski Camp.

The villa has a perfect location: 50 meters from various ski lifts and
it has a beautiful view of the Rosengarten and Latemar massifs (see picture below)

The interior of the villa has a bit more budget look, compared to the beautiful outdoor scenery.
We wanted to compensate for this with the amazing looking room where the course will be held at the
Grand Hotel Carezza Residence, which will be a 10-minute walk from our villa. (picture below)

 

 

The management of sports knee injuries course
with Sebastiano Nutarelli 

 

This course will be taught in English.

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 he 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 completed a series of postgraduate specializations:
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sports Physiotherapy at SUPSI University (Lugano, Switzerland)
• Master’s degree in Biomechanics at San Raffaele University (Rome, Italy)
• 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

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 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.

Sebastiano is a strong supporter of 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. 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.

 

Accommodation:

The group house Villa San Pio X is situated in Carezza, South Tyrol, nestled in the heart of the Dolomites.
It has a perfect location: 50 meters from several ski lifts.
Address: Via Carezza, 169, 39056 Nova Levante BZ, Italy

 

 

 

Carezza and surroundings:

Just a 25-minute walk from the accommodation lies Lake Carezza, one of Italy’s top 10 hidden natural gems, revealing its full beauty during the spring months. In winter, the area transforms into a winter sports haven, offering 8 hours of sunshine daily, snow-covered forests, cross-country ski trails, and guaranteed snow from late November to early April, thanks to the latest snowmaking technology.
Whether you’re looking for easygoing runs, thrilling challenges, wild adventures, or peaceful descents, the Carezza Dolomiti Superski resort offers it all.
Spanning 40 kilometers of scenic slopes, the resort is set against the stunning backdrop of the Rosengarten and Latemar massifs.
Unsurprisingly, this charming resort has long been a favorite destination for the upper class.

 

 

 

Note:
Every participant of any Physio Camp receives a 50 euro discount code for any other Physio Camp.
Other allied healthcare providers, such as chiropractors, osteopaths, massage therapists, etc., are also welcome.

Refer a friend!
If you refer a friend, you get a 50 euro discount on your ticket!
Send us a Whatsapp message to get your discount code.

 

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