Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport October 22-25 2013, Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort and Spa, Phuket Thailand Fancy an elephant ride after enjoying a sumptuous thai seafood curry? Want to soak up some rays whilst lying on a tropical beach, cocktail in hand? Sound good? Well why not do all of this whilst learning […]
Month: February 2013
Final preliminary round – BJSM cover competition, vote now!
Alright folks, here are the final 4 covers of the preliminary rounds of the BJSM cover competition. Next, we will take the winner of each round and have one final poll to see which is champion. There will be prizes! […]
Final Update on the Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Physical Activity as a Key Priority
By Dr. Richard Weiler and Christine Neyndorff Here is the final update on our successful social media and BJSM blog campaign (read original call to action here) to get physical activity promotion into the 2013-2016 Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Hertfordshire’s 2013-16 Health and Wellbeing Strategy was formally launched on Monday 11 February. Physical activity […]
Social media 101 and the sports medicine professional: by Evert Verhagen (@EvertVerhagen)
Social media is here to stay and sports and exercise medicine is not immune. Do you happen to know at what time of the day 50% of all Facebook users check their Facebook page? You will find the answer (which will strike you) at the bottom of this blog. A load of other fun trivia […]
Covering a triathlon; things the sports medicine team should consider
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr. Natasha Beach The fast-growing sport of triathlon (1) comes in a variety of forms. The most commonly used short distance, known as the super sprint has a 400m swim, 10km cycle and 2.5km run. Sprint distance (the next level up), refers to a […]
Sports Medicine Australia’s response to Australia’s ‘drugs in sport’ report…
This blog mirrors SMA’s blog post… Please cite SMA’s original website link (http://sma.org.au/2013/02/sports-medicine-australias-response-to-drugs-in-sport-report/) or http://tiny.cc/84v6rw and see SMA’s media contact numbers below. Amanda Boshier, National Media Manager, phone (+61) 3 9674 8703 or mobile (+61) 412 224 729. Sports Medicine Australia’s response to drugs in sport report February 8th, 2013 Sports Medicine Australia, the peak […]
Exercise physiologists and chronic disease management in North America: A role of importance
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Lisa Campkin (@LisaCampkin) Recently, the term ‘Exercise is Medicine’ was copyrighted by the American College of Sports Medicine. This particular initiative in exercise medicine focuses on the role of clinicians in helping increase their patients’ physical activity levels. Exercise is Medicine has growing […]
Podcasts closing in on 100,000 downloads…
The ‘moneyball‘ type of quants who know these things tell us that BJSM podcasts will break 100,000 downloads between May 19 and May 29. This is an interesting juxtaposition of dates as they correspond to Ho Chi Minh and John F Kennedy’s birthdays, respectively. Listeners all over the world have commented on the free BJSM […]