By Thor Einar Andersen, MD, PhD – Chief Medical Officer, the Football Association of Norway On Sunday August 30, in the Norwegian Football Premier League local derby, the goalkeeper for Mjøndalen IF fell to the ground unconscious after being hit in the face by a ball shot from a short distance. TV images, both live and […]
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Muscle and Tendon, Inspiring Clinical Excellence: Muscletech Network Workshop and ECOSEP Congress (7-9, October 2015 Barcelona, still time to register)
Aspetar, FC Barcelona, ECOSEP and Leitat are convening international specialists and leading muscle and tendon researchers for 3 days of panels and discussions at the 7th Muscletech Network Workshop and 4th ECOSEP Congress. The event will be held: 7th to 9th October 2015 in the famed Camp Nou Stadium of FC Barcelona. This years topic […]
A risk of leaving players to lie on the ground without medical attention – death.
By Dr Efraim Kramer As medical professionals, we have a duty to care for the sporting ill and/or injured. The health and welfare of those on the field of play is primary and paramount. What Mr Mourinho, as a commercially successful, highly motivated and acknowledged coach sometimes seems to deny is that sportsmen and women […]
BJSM Virtual Conference – The Back: pain, injury, diagnosis and treatment
‘Back pain is youth leaving the body’ – Anon Welcome to the fourth virtual conference blog – a collection of podcasts and blogs that, this time focuses on one of the most troublesome presentations in sports medicine – the athlete with back pain. So if you enjoyed our tendons, shoulder and hamstring collections, kick back […]
“I’ve come here for an argument”
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Sam Blanchard I’ve recently made the move from the clinical environment into academia (whilst still getting the occasional clinical fix when I can). Part of this move was to set up some new MSc modules at the University of Brighton. The way we wanted […]
Performing Arts Medicine: How can it add to one’s clinical practice?
By Dr Farrah Jawad The MSc in Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) at UCL provides a great opportunity to appreciate the issues affecting the performing artist and draw on similarities between performing artists and athletes. Performing artists train for many hours, sometimes in suboptimal conditions, and are subject to acute and chronic injury and illness just […]
Conference Highlights from the Concussion in Sport conference at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin
By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) and Dr. Sean Carmody (@seancarmody1) You may have seen @BJSMPlus – our conference twitter handle feeding various clinical pearls from events around the world – going into overdrive at the recent ‘Concussion: Diagnosis and Rehabilitation’ conference at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin early last month #sscConcussion This fantastic event, expertly organised […]
Commentary on UK Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine Position Statement
”Heart Safe” communities – Why public AEDs are a good idea By Steven Poon, MD, and Jonathan Drezner, MD, Center for Sports Cardiology, University of Washington Recently, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM), an organization that promotes the specialist field of Sports and Exercise Medicine in the U.K., released a position statement in favor of […]
The Premier League and the Professional Footballers Association must censure Chelsea: by Professor William Tormey
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 […]
“Should I have an MRI right now?” – Explaining the role of MRI in new low back pain
A sample conversation explaining the necessity of MRIs – inspired by social media. By Nash Anderson B.Sc. M.Chiro @sportmednews Many people come to see me because they are suffering from a new occurrence of back pain. Globally, pain in the lower back is one of the most common causes of disability. One comment I often […]