The volunteers were part of the Philippine National Teams, workforce, volunteers, and sponsors of the SEA Games. The Philippine Team consists of athletes, sport coaches, and athlete support personnel such as team managers, those working in medical services, sports nutrition and psychology, sport physiology and strength and conditioning departments. These are vital roles in maintaining an athlete’s overall performance and maintaining their daily needs for competition and training. With the emergence of sports science, scientific approaches have been integrated to training programs and practices of our Philippine National athletes that enabled them to be at par with and perform well against international competitors such as that of the South East Asian Games.

Philippine National Team Strength and Conditioning Coaches:

• Christian Paolo Eslava, Pencak Silat
• Andre Patrick Rosales, Pencak Silat
• Kevin Villegas, Women’s Volleyball
• Luis de Mesa, Men’s Volleyball
• Paul Mendoza, Men’s Basketball
• Aaron Ang, Men’s Basketball
• Saul Anthony Sibayan, Running Performance Coach, Obstacle Course Racing
• Jandrick Kang, PTRP – Men’s Basketball
• Jomar Dexter Aseron, PTRP – Men’s Basketball
• Aspi Calagopi, PTRP – Men’s Basketball
• Moreen Ortiz – Floorball PT

Athletes of the Philippine National Team

• Mark Vincent Dubouzet, Handball Team, Bronze Medalist
• Aldee Faith Denuyo, Rugby Team, Silver Medalist

As part of the SEA Games organizing committee, various functional areas have been established to fully monitor important aspects that make the SEA Games a prestigious international competition.

The Philippine National Anti-Doping Organization is a sub-affiliate of and the country’s recognized anti-doping organization by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). With the objective to maintain and protect the integrity of sport through doping control and education, this area of the SEA Games organizational committee ensures that athletes complete clean and prevent doping, or the use of banned substances and methods, for performance enhancement in their specific sport. Doping control includes testing for banned substances, assisting athletes with therapeutic use exemption and anti-doping education through an Athlete Outreach Program for all South East Asian participants.

Philippine National Anti-Doping Organization, Doping Control Staff:

• Alejandro V. Pineda, MD, Functional Area Director and Head of Doping Control
• Anna Lea Enriquez, MD, Therapeutic Use Exemption Officer
• Dominique Marielle De Castro, Doping Control Cluster Head, Clark
• Kris Mishael Junasa, Doping Control Cluster Head, Subic
• Stephanie Claire L. Pagarigan, Anti-Doping Education Head, Clark
• Christian Rey Rimando, Anti-Doping Education Head, Subic
• Nathan Michael Vasquez, Doping Control Officer
• Nasstasja Limos, Doping Control Chaperone
• Atlantis Tan, Doping Control Chaperone
• Ric Ian Teng, Doping Control Chaperone
• Imma Fellis Erika R. Managuelod, Anti-Doping Educator
• Geraldine T. Gamboa,, Anti-Doping Educator
• Raphael A. Sales, Anti-Doping Educator
• Ian Benedict S. Taylo, Anti-Doping Educator
• David King B. Divina, Anti-Doping Educator
• Miguel B. Sajona, Anti-Doping Educator
• Rosanne Mae S. Chua, Anti-Doping Educator
• Fiona Anne C. Amazona, Anti-Doping Educator
• Ysabel Maria G. De La Rosa, Anti-Doping Educator
• Stephanie Raine T. Marino, Anti-Doping Educator
• Citrine Tee, Anti-Doping
• Louise Gopez, PTRP
• Francis Sherwyn S. Tan, Anti-Doping Educator
• Josiah Marcel Severino, PTRL – PT

The Philippine South East Asian Games 2019 would not have been possible without the management and administrative support of other vital functional areas such as medical teams, who assisted in medical emergencies and procedures during the games, venues and spectator services, who managed the necessary requirements for sports management and officiating for a successful games hosting and a fun and exciting experience for athletes, spectators, officials and other stakeholders.

Medical Team Members

• Joanna Mae Francisco, MD, Medical Doctor
• Fe Therese Chavez, MSPT, PTRP – Physical Therapists, Fencing
• Lia Silvestre, PTRP – Physical Therapist
• Bettina Pe, PTRP – Physical Therapist
• Anne Sarmiento – Medical Team Member

Venues Functional Area, Ninoy Aquino Stadium

• Paul Daniel Ravarra, Venue Manager
• Raymund Capucao, Spectator Services Venue Team Lead
• Audrey Yee, Usher Lead
• Miguel Umbao, Concierge and Communications Lead
• Marc John Adriel Mendoza, Support Lead
• Diego Angelo A. Bibit, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Aaron Anthony C. Chua, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Gabriel Montini T. De Guzman, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Erenzo T. Encarnacion, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Isabella Grace V. Larin, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Erikson Niño A. Torres, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Jean Antoine Edmund P. Umali, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Seann Ervin G. Yu, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff
• Kymon Philip K. Yulo, Venues and Spectator Services Concierge and Support Staff

The 30^th South East Asian Games held in various places in Metro Manila was one of Philippine’s historical sports event hosting, with the Philippines winning overall 1^st place with a total of 149 gold, 117 silver and 119 bronze medals. This biennial meet is one of South East Asia’s most prestigious sports events, participated by the eleven member nations of South East Asia namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The ten Physical Therapy (PT) students, namely, Sayunktha Suresh Anchanc, Amulya Jaya Poojary, Shruthi R, Deekshitha Salian, Anunshka Suresh Shetty, Diana Miranda, Sgar Raman Shetty, Pratiksha hedge, Maithili Milindi Bijoor and Hritika Milindi Bijoor, accompanied by Prof. Subash Chadra Rai, were at the University from January 6 to 30, 2019.

The Indian students were grouped into two and were assigned from three to four days in different UST-CRS affiliated rehabilitation centers Quality Life Discoveries (QLD), REACH, and UAAP sports center. Under the supervision of a licensed physical therapy staff of the three affiliation centers, the Indian students were given an opportunity to observe the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal, sports injury and pediatric cases in the Philippines.

Prof. Subash Chandra Rai, for his part, delivered a special lecture titled ‘Post rehabilitation of shoulder surgery’ attended by students in their 4th year under the Physical Therapy program.

Aside from the clinical observation, the students from NITTE also received special lectures from different CRS faculty members on the topics of musculoskeletal ultrasound, biomechanical taping, shock wave therapy, and sports injury. The Indian students also had the opportunity to experience Filipino culture through sight- seeing activities in Manila, engaging in Filipino classes and by trying the different modes of transportation in the country facilitated by the different UST-CRS student organizations.

This clinical observation program was spearheaded by the chair of the Internationalization Committee Ms. Arlene Chiong Maya, GIE faculty Mr. Lyle Patrick Tangcuangco, Internship Supervisor of the Physical Therapy Department Ms. Fe Therese Chavez, and Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy Ms. Jocel M. Regino.

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Various educational and recreational activities that included lecture series, community and clinical practice and cultural immersion activities were provided to the group. One of its highlights is the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) program of SLC which helped the students, under the guidance of their faculty members, to develop their clinical reasoning as well as their creativity in diagnosing and treating patients who cannot seek medical consultation due to financial and transportation issues. A referral system was developed so that students can transfer patients to other healthcare professionals when the problem of the patient was beyond the scope of physical therapy practice. The experience allowed the group of Thomasian physical therapy students to further understand their roles in the communities.

The interns also obtained additional insights through lectures and demonstration by SLC faculty members specializing in their respective fields like the Voltja practice in pediatric rehabilitation, Schroth techniques in scoliotic patients and lymphatic drainage technique in patient suffering with edema. In return, Mr. Cruz also shared his expertise in the field of cardiopulmonary physical therapy to the students of SLC.

Also, four UST students in their fifth year under the Physical Therapy program went on a month-long internship called the Global Internship Experience (GIE) that commenced on January 6, 2019 at the Mahidol University, Thailand.

The students, namely, Lia Carmella Silvestre, Gian Karlo Reyes, Diana Liezel Mosqueda, and Margaret Damatac, were accompanied by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences Internship Supervisor Ms. Fe Therese Chavez.

After the orientation and campus tour at the Salaya Campus of Mahidol University facilitated by faculty member Ms. Mind Pimpawee, the UST CRS students were given the opportunity to observe and learn the practice of physical therapy in various disciplines including Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Sriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Community Based Rehabilitation with Prof. Sasithorn and Prof. Thanwarat. They also learned to use the Biodex Isokinetic machine and Evaltech, as well as the Gait Analysis system, in a physical therapy clinic in Mahidol’s Pinklao Campus with Prof. Yoswasin and Prof. Komsak.

In the community, the group had the chance to observe a house designed with innovations done for the patient using current available materials in order to maximize its function. During the second week, the interns were divided into two teams and rotated to different fields and observed cases on orthopedic, neurologic and pediatric cases. The UST students also learned about hydrotherapy, fitness, and scoliosis.

CRS faculty member Chavez, was able to observe the different technologies that post-graduate students use for research. She was also able to observe the in-patient department and stroke unit at Sriraj Hospital.

The participants consider the Thai GIE as a wonderful experience being exposed to the practice of Physical Therapy in Thailand. They also observed that the set-up in the two countries were different, since they had direct access for Physical Therapy. They also realized that Filipinos should be more proactive in terms of their profession and be able to do much more for the Filipino community in improving the profession.

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