Altitude training for the injured athlete: accelerating healing and return to play
26 Nov 2025
Theatre B
Sports, Exercise & Fitness
Learning outcomes:
- What is environmental hypoxia and how does it impact the body
- Altitude exposure to accelerate healing in bones and connective tissue injury
- Altitude training for the load compromised athlete
- Altitude training to accelerate return to play
- The acute response to hypoxia
- The role of hypoxia in healing MSK injuries
- Chronic adaptations to hypoxia and their role in accelerating return to play
- Frameworks for the implementation of hypoxia across the rehab process

