Highly experienced sports doctor and athlete, Dr. Rebecca Robinson, will share with us considerations and obstacles for the developing athlete including:
- Effects of puberty
- Body image
- Differences between males and females
- Energy, self-esteem and confidence
- Dealing with injury
Often sensitive subjects, Rebecca will give advice on how to healthily and helpfully navigate these topics with your athletes.
About your speaker:
Herself a highly accomplished runner, Dr Rebecca Robinson has represented GB at the World Half-marathon, European Marathon and World and European Mountain Running Championships
Now working as a consultant in sport and exercise medicine, Rebecca has worked with elite athletes from a range of sports in her role at the English Institute of Sport.
Her areas of specialism include optimising athlete health and rehabilitation; female athlete health musculoskeletal medicine, elite sports team and event medicine.
Her clinical research interests are in exercise medicine in chronic illness including cancer and female athlete health.
