LIVE HYBRID: 8th Annual Gymnastics Medicine: Education and Research Symposium (October 4-5, 2026)

Overview!

Join us Sunday, October 4, and Monday, October 5, 2026, for the 8th Annual Gymnastics Medicine Symposium, hosted by Boston Children’s Hospital, The Micheli Center, and Gymnastics Medicine: Education and Research.

This premier educational experience brings together world-renowned leaders in Gymnastics Medicine to share the latest advances in injury prevention and evaluation, rehabilitation, nutrition, mental health and wellbeing, athlete development, and emerging research.

Designed for sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physician assistants, physical therapists, athletic trainers, registered dieticians, mental healthcare providers, and other healthcare professionals, the symposium offers practical, evidence-based education focused on the unique needs of gymnasts.

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

1. Identify and understand gymnastics-specific injuries, diagnoses, and prevention strategies.
2. Explain the unique fueling and nutritional needs of gymnasts.
3. Recognize common mental health concerns affecting gymnasts and understand approaches to supporting athlete mental health and wellbeing.
4. Demonstrate and perform gymnastics-specific physical therapy exercises and rehabilitation techniques.
5. Understand the medical management and on-site evaluation requirements for providing medical coverage at gymnastics competitions.
6. Explain considerations specific to the female athlete, including the signs and symptoms of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S).
7. Review surgical considerations and challenges specific to gymnastics-related injuries.

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistants
Boston Children’s Hospital has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 14 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Dietitian
Dietitians completing this course receive 14 ACE CE continuing education credits.

Physical Therapist
Physical Therapists completing this course receive 14 ACE CE continuing education credits.

Athletic Trainers
Boston Children’s Hospital (BOC AP# P10089) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 14 EBP Category hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Disclosures

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

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