Physiotherapists have increasingly provided many of the major advances in sports and exercise medicine in the past 20 years and Professor Paul Hodges has been pre-eminent among them. Now we regularly see sport and exercise medicine papers in the BMJ, Lancet, JAMA and even the New England Journal of Medicine. This reflects the wave of improved research […]
Year: 2010
Ming Yao’s new stress fracture reminds us of the challenges of managing navicular stress fractue
Navicular stress fracture remains a career threatening injury. Ming Yao had one in 2009 and he reportedly underwent surgery for the injury as well as a separate realignment procedure. Now he has what is reported as a medial malleolar stress fracture – and the sum of these injuries may be enough to end his career. Our […]
New CASEM Position Statement and Policy Document on Abuse, Harassment, and Bullying in Sport
The Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) announced their release of a new position statement and discussion document on abuse, harassment and bullying in sport. These web publications call attention to the increase in reported cases of harassment and abuse in Canadian sport over the last 20 years. CASEM stresses the important role […]
Thigh strain not resolving? Consider the less common proximal quads tear.
Quadriceps strains are common at this time of the year with many football codes in full flight. Although ‘simple’ quads strains are easy to diagnose and respond rapidly to relative rest and then strengthening, some prove more difficult to treat. Did you consider the ‘proximal quads strain’ as a possible diagnosis? With the advent of […]
Not too serious – Cycling and the BMJ Xmas edition
Wondering whether to spend an extra $1000 to speed the ride to work? The first evidence-based analysis of type of bike vs time to get to work suggest you are better off donating the $$ to a worthy charity. Moving higher up the evidence-based ladder (this is serious now) find great material on the subject […]
‘Trochanteric bursitis’? Consider gluteal tendinopathy as a more likely diagnosis.
A commonly overlooked diagnosis of lateral hip pain is gluteal tendinopathy. The relative emphasis on ‘trochanteric bursitis’ compared with tendinopathy is likely reversed. The tendinopathy is much more prevalent that the ‘bursitis’ according to MR studies of the regions. At surgery for total hip arthroplasty, surgeons often find major tears in the gluteus medius (Bunker […]
Special Isle of Man head rest for motorcycle racing trauma
Dr. Alin Simionica MBChB 1, Dr. David B. Stevens MBE 2, Mr. David Hedley MBChB FRCS PGDipFLM 3 1. Noble’s Hospital 2. Motorsport Medical Services 3. Noble’s Hospital The Isle of Man is the motorcycle Road Racing Capital of the World with a speed record for the 37¾ miles long TT Course of over 130mph. […]
PRP within the wider context of regenerative medicine
Leon Creaney, SEM Physician, BUPA Dear Sir, I congratulate the IOC Consensus panel on having produced as clear a summary of the current understanding of the basic and clinical science relating to PRP as the body of published literature allows. While there was initially great hope in Sport Medicine circles that PRP would become the magic […]
More on exergames…health promoting or sly marketing?
Today’s quick blog post links to a site suggesting that exergames are designed to ‘replace sedentary behaviour‘ rather than to replace exercise! Mmm?? Clever marketing? Even the term ‘exergame’ is thought provoking. See the other recent BJSM Blog Post about exergames. What do you think? Please post your comments below. […]
Response to Ian Shrier
We agree with Ian Shrier that the finding of an effect of stretching on risk of muscle, ligament and tendon injuries should be interpreted with caution. That is why we wrote “The finding of an effect of stretching on muscle, ligament and tendon injury risk needs to be considered cautiously because muscle, ligament and tendon injury risk was a […]