Medical ethics clashes with team priorities Jose Mourinho’s actions in criticising Dr Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fearn for attending an injured player on the pitch at Chelsea must be vigorously challenged. The General Medical Council’s ‘Good Medical Practice’ states that the doctor must make the care of the patient the first concern and take prompt […]
Category: Sport and exercise medicine discipline
4 ‘must attend’ BASEM/FSEM conference sessions on physical activity and young people
By Beth Cameron, PR & Communications, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine @FSEM_UK This year’s joint BASEM and FSEM Conference, Walk 500 Miles, will include four, not to be missed, sessions covering paediatric medicine. The session starts at 2pm in Edinburgh’s historic Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 2nd October, with Heather McKay, Professor of the Faculty of […]
A SACRUM TOO FAR – Tiger withdraws from Ryder Cup. What advice would we offer one of the world’s greatest ever golfers? Guest Blog @NicolvanDyk
Guest blog by sports physiotherapist @NicolvanDyk (Qatar) “If there’s a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra Tiger Woods has officially withdrawn from the Ryder Cup – a move that makes a lot more sense than his starting the PGA last week. It seems like he is now following sound medical advice. A proper […]
Live from Glasgow’s Sports Medicine Tent – 5 tips from #Games Doctor
By Doctor Rebecca Robinson @RjpRobinson In July 2014, I was fortunate enough to be offered the opportunity of a registrar’s lifetime. Working with Team England in medical headquarters for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Here are my Top 5 Tips: 1. Preparation, preparation, organisation Games time comes and goes fast, so do your homework. Arriving a […]
Exercises to prevent sports injuries – lots of talk, but do they work?
Letter to the Editor By Dr. Babette Pluim (@DocPluim) In response to: Jeppe Bo Lauersen, Ditte Marie Bertelsen, Lars Bo Andersen. The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BJSM. 2014; 48:11 871–877 . Strength training was the big winner in a recent BJSM systematic review and meta-analysis of Lauersen et al.1 The […]
Top blogs of 2013 – Career Development – How to get the #DreamJob?
You know the job you’d love to have, sports physio or sports physician for a team of your choice. And/or working in a private clinic where you respect the clinical leaders and they provide terrific opportunities for developing your skills through working with teams, attending conferences, ensuring continuing professional development on site including workshops. How […]
Guest Blog: What if Nelson Mandela was a Sports Medicine Physician? by @DrPaulDijkstra
Nelson Mandela died on the 5th December 2013. How will we remember this man of immense stature? This man who truly loved his people, his country – and sport! How did he change my life and career and how will his legacy continue to do so for me and many others? I grew up […]
Well-rOunded dOctOrs (!) Not necessarily a good thing in this case
By Dr Rajat Chauhan, Sports-Exercise Medicine & Musculoskeletal Medicine Physician; BJSM Associate Editor (India)@drrajatchauhan From the time of Hippocrates and probably even before, we have known the benefits of physical activity and exercise in health. In today’s world of evidence based medicine, it is even more important for research to back up our gut feeling. The last […]
The legacy of London 2012 – Finding a home for Sport and Exercise Medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Jack Nash (@JackNash58) Delivering a health legacy to get more people physically active was one of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ promises(1). £30 million was earmarked to build three centres and form the national sports medicine centre. A year later, work is well […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – The passionate football star on physical health and team doctors
This interview was published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. For information about the Aspetar Journal or for a complimentary hard copy email journal@aspetar.com INTERVIEW With Zlatan Ibrahimovic Not every athlete has had their name entered into the dictionary. Zlatan Ibrahimovic […]