Day 1: Thursday, May 16
McCormick Place Convention Center, Room W183 A-C (First Floor)
7:30 AM
Breakfast Available
8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks
8:35 AM
Bone Stress and Metabolic Responses
Scott Epsley
9:05 AM
Tendon Health: Diagnostic Imaging Tools and Techniques
Jarrod Antflick, Jill Cook, Scott Epsley, Ogonna Kenechi Nwawka—moderated by Wiemi Douoguih
Description
While tendinopathies are commonly treated amongst health and performance professionals, the ubiquitous injuries that affect basketball players of all ages can still be challenging to classify. Arguably most challenging is the ability to truly analyze tendon health in elite athlete populations. This panel will discuss different approaches for assessing tendon health using diagnostic imaging and other evaluative techniques and tools.
9:50 AM
Changing Pace for Injury Mitigation: Importance of Deceleration Training
Damian Harper
10:20 AM
Understanding Pain Mechanisms: Physical, Psychological, and Sociocultural Considerations
Fred Azar, Luke Bongiorno, Kensa Gunter, Matt Tuttle—moderated by Brian Hainline
Description
Increased understanding about pain among coaches, front office personnel and others within an athletic ecosystem can enhance care and the environments in which care is provided. Equally important is the ability to distill complex science into comprehensible and clinically meaningful information for the athlete and health and performance staff to reduce injury burden and optimize performance. This panel will provide a review of the physiology and psychology of pain, the contextual factors that impact the pain experience, and the skills to enable healthcare professionals to better understand, communicate with, and provide higher quality care to the injured athlete with enhanced communication and understanding.
10:55 AM
Intermission Address and Break
2:00 PM
Shared Practices on Effective Communication in Addressing Health and Performance Matters
Todd Wright—moderated by Travis Maak
Description
As self-advocacy in healthcare continues to rise to amongst all populations, effective communication in athlete care has also become increasingly important. Health and performance staffs are tasked with managing second opinion evaluations, players’ personal health and wellness teams, ever-expanding staffs and specializations, and a host of other responsibilities that require effective and timely communication. This discussion focuses on cross-organizational communication including, but not limited to, health and performance staffs, athletes, coaches, agents, and front office personnel.
2:35 PM
Injury Prediction
Alan McCall
3:05 PM
‘Through the Stigma’: Addressing mental health and utilization of resources with individuals and cultural groups who may be hesitant or resistant
Chelsi Day, Will Hardy, Daphne Scott—moderated by Kensa Gunter
Description
This panel will consider methods to increase access to mental health related services and resources for individuals who may be cautious to engage due to certain societal or cultural stigmas associated with mental health. Our panel consisting of team mental health and performance professionals, team personnel (health and front office staff), and players will share their advice on how to address resistance and encourage utilization of mental health and performance resources amongst players and other team personnel. The panel will also identify some common cultural considerations for all stakeholders to be aware of.
3:40 PM
Closing Remarks
NBSCA Vendor Show, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Convention Center W190