Blue Soler Project: Stand Up Paddle Surfing as a Therapeutic Tool for Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders

Congratulations to the group of participants in this project. Their enthusiasm, rigour and courage have been essential to the successful completion of this first group of the clinical study.

The activities are designed by a team of sports professionals, qualified SUP & Surf technicians and a sports physiotherapist.

The programme of activities took place between April and July, in weekly two-hour sessions at the Blue Salt Surf & SUP School in BarcelonaB, and is carried out under the clinical coordination of the Sports Medicine Unit, Hospital Clínic-Sant Joan de Déu, with Dr Eva Ferrer Vidal-Barraquer as clinical coordinator, and in collaboration with the University of Barcelona (INEF) and the Blue Health SUP Teràpeutic Barcelona association.

The next steps in the Blue Soler project are to evaluate the results of this first intervention as a clinical study, publish the results in a scientific article, create protocols and best practice guidelines in order to scale up the project and share the knowledge gained.

ORGANISERS

Blue Health Therapeutic SUP Association Barcelona, Blue Salt School Surf & SUP Sports Club. With advice from the Sports Medicine Unit (Clínic Barcelona and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona) and INEF, University of Barcelona

COLLABORATORS

Reumas, Catalan Rheumatology League, Congenital Multiple Arthrogryposis Association, Spanish Sjögren’s Syndrome Association, Catalan Sjögren’s Syndrome Association, CEADE Spanish Coordinator of Spondyloarthritis Associations, GLUT1 Association

With the support of Federació Catalana de Surf.

Project funded by: Glòria Soler Foundation, Bosch and Aymerich Foundation, Closa Foundation, Lucta Closa Seguros Foundation

• Video of the last session 2025: VIEW