Highlights of 2023
As 2023 is about to a close, I wanted to expresses my gratitude for the many opportunities that made it special. The learnings wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my incredible colleagues, mentors, friends and my wife. I’m truly fortunate to have them in my professional journey.
Looking back at 2023, the year were filled with incredible learning, inspiring connections, and enriching experiences both personally and professionally.
Professional Highlights:
- Learning: Aspetar provide some great learning opportunities with completed courses in Orthopedic Manual Therapy Course (COMT), Dry Needling through David G Simons Academy (DGSA), Muscle Injuries with Phil Glasgow and Shoulder Course with Jo Gibson.
- Publications: 2023 was the year I had my name attached to a publication together with a fantastic team from Aspetar. This were a major milestone of around two years hard work. Our article was published in BJSM and can be find here: ‘Aspetar Clinical Practice Guideline On Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction’, published. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/9/500.info + https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/9/551.long
Hopefully it marks the beginning of even more impactful research in the future of ACL injuries. You can download more readable version our Clinical Guidelines at Aspetar.com https://www.aspetar.com/en/download-aspetar-clinical-guideline-aclr. Hopefully this will be translated into Danish in coming year.
- I am also grateful for the opportunities of co-write and provide feedback to international colleagues
- Congratulation to Behnam Liaghat and Nicolai Bruun-Simonsen for publication of the new Danish Sports Medicine book ”Sports- og idrætsskader bog” and thank for inviting me into the advisory board providing feedback on the content for the book. https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3780
- A big thank to Florian Forelli and his team for inviting to contribute to “Can hamstring dynamic ratio help return to sport decision making after hamstring injury?” This article can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eN_UxxWd
- Proud and happy to have contributed to Aspetar Journal with ‘Enhancing Neuromuscular Function Post ACL Reconstruction, Insights and Interventions with Vasileios Sideris and Nuno Nascimento. Thanks to Enda King for constant feedback and improvements. https://lnkd.in/dBRxf_qe
- Conference: 2023 also consisted of several conference. The year started with Sportskongres in Copenhagen where I presented our abstract at the poster sessions. Similar, I had two poster presentations at the postponed World Physiotherapy Congress in Dubai. Thanks to Vasileios Korakakis for guidance and support.
- “Patients with muscoloskeletal pain seems to know about their improvement withon a session not for much longer than that, Korakakis V, Bjerregaard, A, Jawad, A, Kotsifaki R, Whiteley, R.
- Is my ACLR strong enough? Graft type, activity level influence knee strength in 392 athletes across 5 time points, Korakakis V, Kotsifaki R, Bjerregaard, A, Whiteley, R. https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3400
- I have, over the past years, been part of Aspetar Concussion group. Earlier this year our abstract where shared at the ACSM Congress in Denver. Thanks to the group for great team-work “Head And Neck Injuries With Focus On Concussions In Qatar Professional Football Over 8 Seasons, Holtzhausen L, Chebbi S, Bjerregaard A, Tabben M, Chamari K https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3354
- In March, I attended the 7th AFC Medical Conference hosted by Aspetar. Great line up of speakers from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), FIFA, UEFA and Aspetar focusing on Asia Football Medicine.
- Aspetar also hosted the first International Conference on ACL rehabilitation “The Complete guide to the Athletic ACL”
Beside taking part of an outstanding conference I was happy to be part of the post conference Advanced ACL Workshop together with an amazing group of colleagues from Aspetar. Here, I delivered a workshop on practical incorporation for Blood Flow Restriction in the ACL rehabilitation journey. https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3698
- Workshops: In 2023, I were also grateful for being invited into contributions and collaboration courses and workshops that allowed me to share my expertise.
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- In Aspetar, every week is a learning opportunity where can share and inspire each other with internal courses and workshops. I had the joy of facilitate internal workshops for the ACL group in Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) and Velocity Based Training (VBT) https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3637 +
- Hip and Groin: In May, I had the opportunity for guest lecturing at the Qatar University with my good friend and colleague Dermot Simpson where we did a workshop on Hip and Groin injuries for the physiotherapy students.
- Rugby: Thank to Dr. Victor Lopez for the opportunity to join Rugby Research and Injury Prevention Group @rripg’s Summer Lecture Series 2023 (in cooperation with @USArugby and @HSpecialSurgery) presenting our article “Aspetar Clinical Practice Guideline on Rehabilitation after ACL Reconstruction”. https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3611
- ACL Course: It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved in two CPD accredited ACL Courses with Pedro Castellon Sanchez, Elie Bou Antoun and PhysYour in Lebanon, where I contributed with an online presentation. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzT_ZJzOwyu/
- Podcast: 2023 was also the year where I started my Podcast. Physioblog Podcast.
After 10 years of blogging about my experiences and used Andreasphysioblog.com as my personal notebook, I started the Podcast, with the goal in mind, of presenting our Aspetar Clinical Practice Guideline on Rehabilitation after ACL Reconstruction article to danish listeners. You can listen and follow the podcast on must platforms such as Google Podcast and Spotify. https://andreasphysioblog.com/?p=3349
Looking ahead as we step into 2024, I’m excited and eager to build upon the lessons learned in 2023, and hopefully collaborate with brilliant minds, and continue contributing to the involvement in the field of physiotherapy.
Wishing you all happy New Year.
