MUSCAT: Oman Olympic Committee (OOC), represented by Oman Sports Medicine and Anti-Doping Committee, in cooperation with Oman International Hospital, organised a sports medicine symposium on Monday.
Oman soccer legend Ali bin Abdullah al Habsi was the special guest in the presence of Shaikh Khalid bin Muhammad Al Zubair, OOC President and Taha bin Suleiman al Koshary, OOC Secretary-General and a number of board members, members of Oman Sports Medicine and Anti-Doping Committee, members of sports federations and committees, physiotherapists, physical therapists, physical trainers, and cadres working in the relevant authorities.
The importance of the symposium comes in light of the large number of sports injuries in Oman and international stadiums, especially with regard to cases of sudden cardiac arrest for athletes, and the emergence of the importance of having paramedics in the stadiums to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation urgently and in a scientific way that will restore the heart’s work again.
The symposium aims to raise awareness of the importance of having trained staff in stadiums for all kinds of sports practiced in Oman, as well as the importance of medical examination for players of different ages.
It also shed light on the specialisation of sports medicine, which is one of the important medical specialties for different sports, and introducing the medical services that the practitioner of sports medicine should master.
A number of doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists and rehabilitation specialists attended the symposium, where many topics were discussed, the most important of which are common sports injuries, doping and the importance of raising awareness among young people in this field, as well as the effects resulting from exposure to sunlight and excessive heat during exercise and how to prevent them and the rehabilitation for various sports injuries, and practical applications of cardiopulmonary resuscitation were also made.
At the beginning of the symposium, Marcelo Pereira, CEO of Oman International Hospital, stressed the importance of this symposium given the increasing cases of sports injuries in international stadiums in general and in particular in Oman stadiums.
Dr Masoud Al Riyami, Chairman of Oman Sports Medicine and Anti-Doping Committee, stressed the importance of sports medicine and its role in diagnosing and treating all injuries that occur to the musculoskeletal system, injuries to bones, muscles and joints, and instructions and instructions to avoid sports injuries and ensure a better sports life for players.
