Harvard Sports Medicine 2026

The Comprehensive 2026 Sports Medicine Update

Sports Medicine 2026 is a live online CME course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies. 

In the past year, there have been very significant clinical changes that affect the way we diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate sports injuries incurred by elite athletes, weekend warriors, and patients with active lifestyles.

This comprehensive update provides education for state-of-the-art approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of sports injuries. The course creates a unique opportunity to hear about these changes directly from world-renowned physician-specialists (physiatrists, orthopedists, radiologists); team physicians and athletic trainers for the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, and New England Revolution; and physical therapists on the cutting edge of rehabilitation.

Education is practical, coupling updates with guidance on how to incorporate knowledge into practice to improve:

• Treatment outcomes for acute and overuse injuries of the spine, knee, hip, foot, and ankle, along with upper extremity conditions of the shoulder, neck, elbow, hand, and wrist
• The effectiveness and expediency of physical evaluations
• Appropriate diagnostic imaging and interpretation
• Rehabilitation and safe return to play
• Non-surgical management of injuries
• Decisions on when to refer patients for surgery
• Multidisciplinary team-based treatment with physicians, physical therapists, and athletic trainers
• Injury prevention
• Regenerative medicine and minimally invasive techniques for the management of injuries
• Treatment of athlete populations, including those who participate in baseball, cycling, crew, dance, and Para sports

The format is engaging, and attendees are encouraged to pose questions in sessions as well as one-on-one with the national and international experts who will be delivering the updates and education at this event.

In addition to being live streamed, all sessions will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view them at their convenience. Recordings will be available for viewing for 90 days after the conclusion of the course. All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 60 days of the conclusion of the course to receive CME credit.)

2026 Course Highlights

Unique to this program is its immersive, fast-paced, 360-degree educational experience. You will learn about changes and advances in sports medicine from three critical, interrelated perspectives:

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal Radiology
• Orthopedics

Educational highlights include:

• The most effective methods, both surgically and non-surgically, to manage injuries to tendons, joints, muscles, and ligaments in athletes and differences in approach for less active populations
• Updates on shockwave, platelet-rich plasma and ultrasound-guided procedures to treat injuries
• Advances in evaluation and treatment of ankle injuries
• Pain management for in-season athletes
• Strategies to optimize diagnosis and treatment of elbow injuries in throwing sports and Para athletes
• Updates in neurorehabilitation, including sports dystonia, concussion management, and vestibulo-ocular rehabilitation
• Optimizing the management of meniscus injuries
• Optimized approaches for interpreting images and making decisions about operative vs. conservative management
• Clinical strategies to account for age, gender, and patient conditions, along with accounting for athlete perspective to optimize care
• Comprehensive evaluation and management of fatigue in the athlete

Who is this course for ?

Physicians, NPs, PAs in the fields of:

• Sports Medicine
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Orthopedics
• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Physical Therapists

Certified Athletic Trainers

…and other healthcare practitioners who work with athletes or patients who are physically active