The Professional Lecture Series 8 was held on 28-04-2025 as two sessions. Morning session was held at Seminar Hall: 611, IST Block, SRM IST, Trichy. Resource Person is Dr. Tharani R PT, Sports Physiotherapist, Padukone- Dravid center for sports excellence presented a topic on “Understanding Biomechanics for injury prevention in sports”.

Dr. Tharani R PT shared her insights on Why the Biomechanics matters in sports?, prevalence and types of sports injuries with physiotherapy students. This lecture will help students analyze a biomechanical errors and risk factors associated with various sports like running, cricket, basket ball, volley ball weight lifting and jumping, and injury prevention strategies during their practice. The students were actively involved and demonstrated various sports to the resource person.



Followed by that, afternoon session was conducted to UG final year and PG students. The resource person highlighted the importance mechanism and faults associated with sports injuries. The students were gained knowledge in unique biomechanical demands in each sport and Physiotherapist role in preventing sports injuries.