SportMed Sports First Aid and Taping Workshops

Injury prevention and injury treatment are at the very heart of Sport Medicine. SportMed Safety programs span everything from sports taping and sports first aid to proper equipment and gear for beginners and performance athletes alike. We also work closely with sport organizations and sport event organizers to ensure that their members and competitors have access to the safest possible conditions.

The core SportMed Safety programs, in Sports First Aid and Sports Taping, are offered as courses throughout the province of British Columbia.

In recent years, SportMedBC has conducted Sports First Aid and Injury Prevention Training in the provincial high school system. Its vision is to train teachers to deliver the program within their school curriculum. There are now more than 150 teachers qualified to deliver the SportMed course in Sports First Aid and Injury Prevention.

SportMedBC is also working with BC Colleges and Universities in offering sport medicine and injury prevention courses, providing students with provincial certification equivalencies. The course conductor for the Athletic Taping course in Maple Ridge is Rebecca Swan, CAT(C) Athletic therapist.

Athletic Taping

This course usually consists of two consecutive eight-hour days.

Day 1: This session is designed as an introduction to taping. Preventive and supportive techniques for the ankle will be covered through lecture, demonstration and practical sessions.

Day 2: The taping techniques covered in this session include regional techniques for the ankle, foot, elbow, wrist, thumb and finger. Lecture, demonstration and practical sessions deal with procedures for injury prevention, minimizing the chance of further damage when injury occurs and for aiding the healing process.

Keep posted for future course dates.

SportsMedBC link page is http://www.sportmedbc.com/safetyOverview.php

West Coast Kinesiology can provide a variety of seminars
and workshops on a variety of topics that include:

• Back, neck and wrist care in office  workplaces.
   

• Back and shoulder injury prevention in heavy industry.
   

• Exercise programs
   

• Nutrition
   

• Stress Management
   

• Starting a workplace stretching program

We will come to any work-site in the lower mainland.

The fee for the Workplace Seminars is $150 per hour plus travel expenses.

For more information please call:            
(604) 467-4675