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Victoria Suite

Nov 17  
● 09:00 
- 10:00 AM
Beyond the Image: Questions That Changed my Practice
This keynote explores how unexpected clinical cases and athlete outcomes have challenged conventional thinking about muscle injuries, driving new research and improving practice. Through real-world examples, it examines the strengths and limitations of imaging, the importance of clinical judgement, and the future role of emerging technologies in sports medicine.
Dr Carles Pedret
Dr Carles Pedret
Sports Medicine Specialist; Visiting Professor, University of Leeds; Clínica Diagonal, Barcelona; Musculoskeletal Imaging and Return-to-Play Expert; Consultant to Professional Sports Teams, Spain

Date

Nov 17, 2026

Time

09:00 
- 10:00 AM

Location

Victoria Suite

Audience

All Delegates

About this Session

Over the past two decades, advances in imaging have transformed our understanding of muscle injuries. However, many of the most important lessons have come from the questions raised by athletes whose injuries deviated from the expected course, rather than from the scans themselves.
Rather than providing a comprehensive review of muscle injuries, this keynote will explore how clinical practice evolves through curiosity, uncertainty and reflection. Using a series of real clinical cases, the lecture will illustrate how unexpected findings led to new questions, challenged established assumptions and ultimately shaped research into injuries of the soleus, rectus femoris, hamstrings and calf muscles.
The presentation will also reflect on the role of imaging in modern sports medicine- what ultrasound and MRI can genuinely tell us, what they cannot, and why imaging should always be interpreted alongside the athlete’s history, clinical assessment and rehabilitation progress. Particular emphasis will be placed on the value of questioning our assumptions, embracing uncertainty and allowing clinical experience to continuously refine our practice.
The session will conclude by looking ahead of muscle injury management, discussing the opportunities and limitations of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, while highlighting the questions that remain unanswered. Ultimately, this keynote is not about images, classifications or technology. It is about the clinical questions that continue to challenge us, and how those questions can make us better clinicians.

Keynote

Dr Carles Pedret
Dr Carles Pedret

Dr Carles Pedret, MD, PhD, is a sports medicine physician with a PhD in Medicine from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Board Certification in Sports Medicine from the Universitat de Barcelona. His clinical practice focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and management of muscle and tendon injuries, with a particular interest in optimising recovery and return to performance in elite athletes.

He combines extensive clinical experience with advanced musculoskeletal imaging, integrating ultrasound, ultrasound-guided procedures and magnetic resonance imaging into the assessment and management of soft tissue injuries. He is a Visiting Professor of Rehabilitation at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, and has taught extensively in sports medicine, musculoskeletal imaging and soft tissue injuries at several European universities. Actively involved in clinical research and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading international journals, including the British Journal of Sports Medicine, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine, Skeletal Radiology, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and The Lancet.

Based in Barcelona, he works in the Department of Sports Medicine and Medical Imaging at Clínica Diagonal and serves as an independent consultant to professional sports organisations across Europe and North America. He advises clubs and franchises competing in the Premier League, Championship, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Belgian Pro League, NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL on the diagnosis and management of complex muscle and tendon injuries.