At about this time last year, the Winter Olympics took place in Vancouver. In my country (the Netherlands) this is a very important event, being raised (or maybe even born if we think of Mark Tuitert, Ireen Wűst and Sven Kramer…) with speed skates on our feet. However, since it is also the year before the […]
Month: February 2011
Convergence of Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Experts in Mozart’s Home City
In October 26 – 29, 2011, Salzburg, Austria will host the 7th European Congress of Sports Medicine and the 3rd Central European Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The events take place as part of the Annual Assembly of the German and the Austrian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This merger of Sports Medicine and […]
Gotta love this one – pay to skip a workout!
The brilliant authors of Freakonomics via the New York Times. See the full story. […]
BJSM Blog via Kindle – easier than ever!
I have to confess to not having a Kindle yet but I see them being used more and more when I do my random airplane flight surveys! Lots of Kindle e-readers, some Sony Readers, and of course lots of iPad aficionados. And then there are the folks playing Solitaire on some amazing technology. Can you […]
Canada lowers the bar for physical activity…to make people more active?
The 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey indicated that only 15% of adult Canadians were active for a recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per day. Younger Canadians were even less active with 9% of boys and 4% of girls aged 5 to 17 meeting the health-benefit informed goals of 60 to 90 minutes […]