ICRS Focus Meeting Thessaloniki - The Impact of Sports in Cartilage: How Much is Normal is organized by International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) and will be held from Mar 25 - 27, 2021 at Mediterranean Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Course Description: They all understand the severity of the morbidity caused by cartilage injuries or posttraumatic – postsurgical osteoarthritis and they are happy to announce that in this special ICRS Focus Meeting they will all manage to get in depth knowledge of the real problem, focusing on the mid and long term results of injury, or even no-injury!! Epidemiological and pathophysiological data will be presented with the surgical techniques that are already used worldwide for the treatment of cartilage lesions. Special credit will be paid in evidence-based rehabilitation and prevention, parallel to presentation of surgical or conservative treatment that can lead to better outcome. Our main aim is that all the participants, at the end of the Focus Meeting, will understand the impact of sports in joint homeostasis and cartilage health, and they hope that they open the discussion regarding consensus of how much is optimal and what is the best treatment algorithm. Hot Topics: • Effect of activity in joint homeostasis • Acute traumatic injuries in sports: what happens in the cartilage • Chronic damage and early OA in athletes: any evidence? • Treatment methodology to achieve better results • Orthobiologics: the impact on reducing OA prevalence in sports • Rehabilitation aspects towards achieving homeostasis • Prevention – Prescription of exercise as “cartilage health tool” • Treatment algorithm – Set the consensus • Workshop for rehabilitation on cartilage cases  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Annual The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress 2021 is organized by The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA). This Onsite medical conference will be held from Jun 23 - 26, 2021 at Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.