We are happy to announce 3 different winners today. First off, for the second year in a row the issue associated with the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) (with guest Editors Jon Patricios and Wayne Viljoen) was victorious. Coincidence (or maybe it was the cute giraffe)? By coincidence, the current issue of BJSM celebrates SASMA again […]
Category: light-hearted (for some)
Cape Town Medical 10, running race for health professionals
Letter to the Editor The 35th staging of the Medical 10 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2013. It is a 10 kilometre running race for health professionals. The race started in 1978 after a physician, Hennie Muller (shown in the photo with his grandson), discovered that the doctors in Finland […]
BJSM cover competition – round 2 (Vote now!)
Thanks to everyone who voted in round 1 of our second annual BJSM cover competition. Perhaps due to flexibility envy, BJSM’s issue #2 (ECOSEP special issue) goes through to the final. See the four awesome covers in this second round. To recap: You (and your friends) vote below for your favourite cover. One click and you […]
Vote now! 2102 BJSM cover competition
‘Tis the season to vote for your favourite BJSM cover…. At BJSM we value the artistic merit of our covers, and the opinions of our readers. Here is the second annual BJSM cover competition. You (and your friends) will have five rounds of opportunity to vote for your favourite cover. The winner of each preliminary round will move […]
Extreme Physical Activity Promotion: Doc Murray to run 7 Ultra Marathons on all 7 continents within 7 days
In the spirit of extreme physical activity promotion, Doc Andrew Murray is off today (weather permitting in Antarctica) to run 7 Ultra Marathons on all 7 continents within 7 days. He’s doing this to raise awareness of the benefits of exercise (he now works on this issue for the Scottish Government) and also for The Scottish Association for […]
Very honourable mentions from the BASEM issue of BJSM cover photo competition
By Dr Eleanor Tillett, Guest Editor BJSM Nov 2012 The response to photo competition was great. Photo submissions from the Olympics and Paralympics were considered for the front cover issue of this year’s BASEM edition of the BJSM. Our winner was Ian McCurdie’s action shot from the BMX. However, we also want to give special mention […]
Modern Day Gladiators – A day at the Colosseum and thoughts of Super 15 at Kings Park.
Guest Blog by SASMA President – Dr Glen Hagemann Two weeks ago I attended the FIMS World Congress of Sports Medicine in Rome. I particularly enjoyed visiting the Colosseum and learning about the Roman gladiators, whose similarity to modern professional rugby players became more and more evident the longer I spent there! The Colosseum had […]
Congrats to Louise Kent – winner of the BJSM cover competition!
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the 1st annual BJSM cover competition. It was a close call, down to the final round where the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) Congress took the lead to win best cover of 2011. As promised, we randomly selected a voter to receive a $133 book voucher to amazon.com. Who won it? […]
Participation, prevention, and treatment at the North Pole Marathon (a guest blog from this year’s winner!)
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A monthly series on the BJSM blog) By Dr. Andrew Murray Increasing Physical Activity is the biggest public health challenge of the 21st century. Steven Blair’s message is so powerful that it is worth taking to the ends of the earth. I’m currently working for our CMO Harry […]
Voltaire as a proponent of soccer therapy
By Francois Trudeau and Roy J. Shephard Soccer has recently been commended as a means of enhancing health in adults with cardiac risk factors [1, 2]. However, a re-reading of the “Book of Fate” [3] suggests that this approach was not exactly news to the French satirical author Voltaire (1694-1778). In this story, Zadig […]