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History & Milestones

Association History

This is the path the Korea Association of Sport Rehabilitators (KASRaT) has walked. We continue to push forward to set the standard for sport rehabilitation.

2012

Founded as a coalition of sports, physical therapy, and medical professionals under the name "Korea Association of Sport Rehabilitators"

2015

MOU with Sangmyung University

2016

Published 2 SCI-indexed international journal articles on sport rehabilitation

Delivered a continuing-education lecture at the Korean Physical Therapy Association's Daejeon chapter conference

Conducted lectures across the Miol Korean Medicine Clinic network (24 locations nationwide)

MOU with Woosong University

2017

Incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as the Korea Association of Sport Rehabilitators

Published 1 SCI-indexed international journal article on sport rehabilitation

Provided sport rehabilitation services for YG Entertainment

Opened the Anam training center

Provided sport rehabilitation guidance for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance professional volleyball team

Ran a sport rehabilitation curriculum for Woosong University's Department of Physical Therapy

2018

Hosted Korea's first DNS Exercise course in Prague, Czech Republic

Selected as a resident company at Kookmin University's startup incubation center and as an LINC family company

Selected as a host institution for the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation's sports startup education program

Approved as a lifelong education institute by the Office of Education (Seongsu)

Delivered a sport rehabilitation course at Hanyang Women's University

Delivered a sport rehabilitation lecture for the Korean Society of Core Manual Therapy (physicians' association)

2019

Selected as an operating institution for the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation's sports internship program

Cooperation meeting with Physio Focus Rehabilitation Hospital in Sydney, Australia

Selected for technology development and commercialization funding support from the Small and Medium Business Startup Promotion Agency

Delivered a sport rehabilitation continuing-education lecture for the Korean Physical Therapy Association

2020

Selected as an operating institution for the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation's sports internship program

Selected for the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation's sports industry accelerating program (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)

2021

MOU with Korea University's Applied Neural Function Research Lab, Department of Rehabilitation Science, College of Health Science

Approved as a distance lifelong education institute

2022

MOU with Korea University's Biomechanics and Exercise Rehabilitation Laboratory, College of Health Science

2023

Selected for the ASEAN football and sports medicine infrastructure project (with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korea Football Association)

MOU with Cheongju University

2024

ASEAN sports medicine online/offline education (with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korea Football Association)

Selected as an affiliated institution of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's disability sports program

2025

Contracted to provide functional rehabilitation exercise content for the Seoul Metropolitan Government's "Wrist Doctor 9988" app

2026

MOU with the Musculoskeletal Exercise Rehabilitation Society (under the Korean Physical Therapy Association)