Educational Webinars

The respiratory system and sport: from bench to bedside, in an Olympic and Paralympic year - session five - 30 SEPTEMBER, 2024

The respiratory system and sport: from bench to bedside, in an Olympic and Paralympic year - session five - 30 SEPTEMBER, 2024

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Session 5: Tackling breathing problems in athletes: Is there a therapy-based approach that can help?

30 September, 2024
18:00-19:00 CEST

Chair: Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzis (Blyth, United Kingdom)
Speakers: Prof. Dr Daniel Langer (Leuven, Belgium), Prof. John Dickinson (Canterbury, United Kingdom), Prof. Andrea Aliverti (Milan, Italy), Ms Jemma Haines (Wilmslow (Cheshire), United Kingdom)

Learning objectives:

  • To understand the non-medicinal approaches to helping athletic individuals with breathing issues.
  • To develop expertise around the use of inspiratory muscle training and how this may be deployed to best help improve breathing issues.
  • Discuss and develop insight regarding the value of 'breathwork' and how it can help people with breathing issues during physical activity.