pune for children aspiring a career in sports proper guidance and training are necessary to avoid injuries the sports medicine experts were speaking on the sidelines of a workshop organised by sancheti institute for orthopaedics and rehabilitation on lower limb dysfunctions the workshop saw participants from over 110 doctors last weekapurv shimpi head of the department of community physiotherapy at sancheti healthcare academy said while any aspiring athlete has coaches and trainers a physiotherapist is often missing from their team many of the common sports injuries are avoidable with guidance from a physiotherapistmedical expert annie neurohr running specialist and conditioning expert from baltimore us said professional athlete or an enthusiast one must consult a physiotherapist our focus is not only to prevent injuries but also better movementmadhan ramanathan sports physiotherapist uk said there have been marked improvements and advancements in the way we train athletes with the help of physiotherapy everybody has a different biomechanism and the training techniques have been developed according to that