Prevention of Injuries and Overuse in Sports

Hermann Otto Mayr, MD, PhD, is a renowned Orthopedic Surgeon and Trauma Surgeon who has been Executive Physician of the Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery, Munich, Germany, since 2003. He is also a Research Associate in the Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and in 2012 was appointed Extraordinary Professor at the university. Dr. Mayr is currently Chair of the ESSKA Sports Committee and President of the German Knee Society. He also served as President of the German-speaking Arthroscopy Association from 2009 to 2011. Dr. Mayr has been physician to the German skiing team since 1990. He has been responsible for various inventions and is the holder of several patents.

• ​Major causes of sports injury.- Causes of overuse in sports.- General prevention principles of injury.- General prevention principles of overload damage.- Special aspects of prevention in children and adolescents.- General training aspects in consideration of prevention.- Specific aspects of throwing sports in recreational and competitive sport.- Specific aspects of soccer in recreational and competitive sport (UEFA, FIFA).- Specific aspects of alpine skiing in recreational and competitive sport (FIS).- Implementation of prevention in sports.