Maseurs end training

Nineteen physicians and physiotherapists from football clubs and the national teams in the country have successfully completed a six-month prescribed module in masseur training course.

The training programme, which was organised by the Department of Physiotherapy at the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association (GFA), was to equip the participants with the requisite knowledge about injury management.

The participants acquired basic knowledge in anatomy and physiology of human body, types of sports injury and their recognitions, sports injury management and public health issues.

In an address, the Head of the Department of Physiotherapy at the University, Dr Ajediran Bello, said the programme was amended to ensure adequate handling and recognition of minor injuries commonly sustained by sportsmen and women.

“It is our hope that they will utilise this newly acquired knowledge in their various teams so as to bring out the best in the sports management,” he said.

The president of the GFA, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, commended the participants for successfully completing the training programme pointing out that the course was relevant because the masseurs would help provide first aid treatment for injured sportsmen and women and also groom them in injury management.

The Dean of the Department of Physiotherapy, Rev. Prof. Patrick Ayeh-Kumi, said the motive as a training institution was to offer world class training to professionals to enable them to carry out their duties as expected.

According to him, football had moved to a different dimension from just entertainment  to a profession and said it was necessary to organise such training for sports team physicians and physiotherapists.