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The 1st Asian-European Champions League doctors workshop recently concluded in Doha, Qatar. The conference’s motive was to improve applied medical science in the field of sports and was held on November 13/14.
Dr. Dato’ Gurcharan Singh, Director, Medical Department, Asian Football Confederation (AFC); Dr. Michel D’Hooge, Chairman, Medical Committee, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) were among the significant dignities present at the conference. Clubs from Europe in the likes of Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, FC Basel, Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC were present among all other participants. From Asia, Iran’s Persepolis, Kashima Antlers from Japan, Thailand’s Bangkok United and Punjab FC from India attended the two-day workshop. Along with these club representatives, sports doctors from Tokyo Medical University, Japan and sports doctors from Hongkong were also present.
Dr. Pallawi Bishnoi (PT) represented Punjab FC and India at this conference. She was the only full-time female sports doctor to attend the conference. Dr. Bishnoi expressed that the experience she gained from this conference was phenomenal. It was basically a round table discussion, we discussed how minutely yet detailedly we can work on a daily basis in the football club.
In her words, “in India, we do things differently compared to others. We can apply the thoughts and the techniques which can benefit our players and develop the medical science applied in the field of sports”. She also visited the ASPETAR facility which is a research center for applied medicine in sports & sports dentistry and also had a tour inside the famous ASPIRE academy where she learned about the treatment of injuries and rehabilitation.”
