The Future of Pain: Holistic Pain Solutions and Sports Medicine
21 October 2026
Discover how to optimally manage pain in sports and athletes by better understanding the diagnosis and management of sports injuries and the role physical activity and non-pharmacological approaches have in supplementing pain relief.
This webinar is accredited by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialists (SCFHS).
CME credits will be provided to the first 1,000 participants only.
Responsible Use of Analgesics in Athletes (UEFA) by Dr Zoran Bahtijarević
Pain relief is an essential component of sports injury recovery, but pain relief requires conscientious and responsible use. This section will focus on real-world examples of analgesic use and the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries in professional adult athletes.
Speaker: Dr Zoran Bahtijarević
Physical Activity and Non-pharmacological Approaches: How Do They Complement Pain Management and Prevention? by Prof Michael Heinrich
Physical activity and non-pharmacological approaches have an essential role in the management of sports injuries alongside pain relief. This section will focus on how they can optimise care outcomes in a tailored multimodal approach alongside analgesics.
Speaker: Prof Michael Heinrich
2026-10-21
*There will be Q&A time after the lecture.
Meet the speakers
Dr Zoran Bahtijarević
Dr Zoran Bahtijarević is the Chief Medical Officer and Chief of the Medical & Anti-Doping Unit at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), where he also served as Member of the UEFA Medical Committee (2015-2023), 3rd Vice-President (2018-2020), Deputy Chairman (2020-2023), Chair of the UEFA Protocol Advisory Panel (2020-2023) and UEFA Chief Medical Advisor (2020-2022).
Dr Bahtijarević has held prominent roles in global medical organisations, including President of the Croatian Society of Pediatric Surgery, the WOFAPS (World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons) Foundation and is currently the Team Doctor for the Croatian National Football Team.
Dr Zoran Bahtijarević will discuss real-world examples of analgesic use and the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries in professional adult athletes.
Prof Michael Heinrich
Prof Michael Heinrich teaches undergraduate and postgraduate aspects of medicinal plant and natural product research at UCL, with a focus on practical applications related to community pharmacy practices and patients’ use of herbal medicinal products. He was also the head of the Biodiversity and Medicines research cluster from 2012 to 2018 and has been the co-chair of the UCL Research Ethics Committee since 2017.
He is Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology and has held a number of honorary/visiting academic roles, publishing more than 800 scientific papers, with his research covering anthropology, ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, pharmacy and public health, with a focus on the use of plant-derived products.
Prof Michael Heinrich will discuss how physical therapy and non-pharmacological approaches can optimise care outcomes in a tailored multimodal approach alongside analgesics.
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