Dalius Barkauskas (Lithuania)

During seminars, I try to create an overall picture of what is happening in our bodies so that people start asking themselves whether they are doing everything as they should. Then we can talk about specific actions that fundamentally change how we feel. In addition, no one should be allowed into the gym until they have learned how to breathe. Breathing causes oxidative reactions in the body—if I breathe too much, I tire more quickly,” says sports medicine specialist Dalius Barkauskas, emphasizing the basic principles of movement.

Barkauskas is a specialist in the musculoskeletal system, applied kinesiology, Cyriax orthopedic medicine, homotoxicology, and sports nutrition. He diagnoses and treats sports injuries, various musculoskeletal disorders, and sports-related illnesses. He is the head doctor of the Lithuanian Olympic team and has looked after Lithuanian athletes at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), and Beijing (2008), as well as the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (2002), Turin (2006), Vancouver (2010) Winter Olympics, Singapore (2010) Youth Olympics, and Sochi (2014) and Rio de Janeiro (2016) Olympic Games, as well as the European and World Games. Member of the Lithuanian Homotoxicology and International Pain Associations, the Lithuanian Sports Medicine Federation, ICAK Balticum (International College of Applied Kinesiology), the European Olympic Games Medical Committee, and one of the founders and committee members of ECOSEP (European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians).