Sudden cardiac death has always been at the apex of ‘serious’ sports medicine conditions. We all agree that one death is one too many. Sports physicians with expertise in cardiac issues — Jon Drezner and Babette Pluim — will guest edit a 2009 Themed Issue that will include, but not be limited to, original data […]
Month: March 2008
Don’t forget the BMJ Theme Issue! Closes April 8th!!
This is your chance for fame in one of the world’s leading general medical journals. The BMJ is planning a theme issue on sport and exercise medicine in July 2008. Send high quality original research to the BMJ online editorial office at http://submit.bmj.com by Tuesday 8 April 2008. The BMJ is particularly interested in clinical research and will give priority […]
Exercise is Medicine! But how can we convince the sceptics?
I connected with ACSM president Bob Sallis today – he is heading up the ‘Exercise Is Medicine’ initiative through ACSM. Bob, a family doctor in California, shared his frustration with mainstream medicine overlooking physical activity as the most powerful therapy available to physicians. The Exercise is Medicine initiative aims to have every family doctor assessing […]
Clinical Cases: Global Input via BJSM’s Blog!
Submitted by editorial board member Dr Gavin Davis As clinicians, we often wish we had expert guidance at hand. There are some list-serves that provide this function and we hope that this blog might do the same thing. Feel free to submit difficult cases, and invite submissions from the readership to assist with patient management. As […]
Jon Drezner addresses a tough cardiac question in kids…
In this March issue of BJSM, Wilson and colleagues investigate sudden cardiac death: [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] This emotional and very important area of sports medicine always raises the issue of how many children how have cardiac abnormalities may need to be disqualified from sport to save one life. Editorial Board member Jon Drezner posted […]
Should elite child athletes run marathons and lift heavy weights?
One of the questions that is always asked of sports medicine clinicians is how much training kids should be doing. At a time where physical inactivity is the major childhood disease, we also have the paradox of parents encouraging 3-yr old golfers and 4 yr-old tennis players. After all, the earning potential of those children […]
Expedition Medicine – Polar Medicine – Feb 2008
Article by Dr Claire Roche, Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine, Countess of Chester Hospital. The setting for this year’s polar medicine course was Alta, a small settlement, 72 degrees north and well within the Arctic Circle. A place with a deserted high street where you would be lucky to see one other passer by every […]
Reader Question: Nitro Patches for Tendinopathy
A Reader of the BJSM Blog Asks: Nitro Patches for Tendinopathy? I am quite intrigued by this, not only as a physician but more so as a patient with some current injuries. Would you be so kind as to reply with a source that might describe the mechanis(s) of action as well as a link […]