Authors Tessa Strain, Miriam Alvarado, Flora Jackson, Leandro Garcia, Michael P Kelly, and Paul Kelly Purpose of this blog The COVID-19 pandemic saw whole population health protection policies, such as containment strategies or vaccine roll-outs, implemented in many countries at an unprecedented scale. Sometimes these policies were enshrined in law, sometimes they were public health […]
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Steady and Straight: UK consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis.
Osteoporotic fractures may affect one woman in two and one man in five, potentially causing pain, disability, loss of independence and increased mortality. Exercise may benefit risk of osteoporotic fracture by increasing muscle and bone strength and reducing falls risk. However, many health professionals are unsure of what exercise to recommend and concerned about potential […]
Update: Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System Version 2.5
An important update for the sport medicine community In March of 2020, a new consensus version of the Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System (SMDCS) version 2 was published, along with supplementary material, at https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/7/397l . The Orchard Sorts Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) was also published, and has since been updated here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2022/06/16/bjsports-2022-105828. The SMDCS has now […]
The error of easy running in terms of stroke volume response to exercise, or why Peter Coe was right
Author: Sergey Roussakow, MD, PhD (0000-0002-2548-895X) This blog reconsiders the traditional point of view about the training effect and physiological mechanisms of easy running and low heart rate training. The Miracle of Long Slow Distance If you ask a novice runner what the benefits of long slow distance running (LSD) (also known as low-heart rate […]
Treatment of plantar fasciopathy
Plantar fasciitis, plantar heel pain, plantar fasciopathy – this condition has many names, a substantial negative impact on patients, and no single effective treatment. In this blog, we will explain our trial, The FIX-Heel Trial, which was recently published in BJSM. In this trial, we compared some of the most commonly used treatments for patients […]
Resistance exercise for tendinopathy: How heavy, how much and how often?
Keywords: tendinopathy, exercise therapy, resistance exercise dose In this blog post we will summarise our recent study addressing what dose of resistance exercise is best for treating tendinopathy. This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as part of a large literature-based project on exercise therapy for the treatment of tendinopathy. […]
Groin Pain: Into the Bermuda Triangle Part 2
Diagnosing, managing & rehabilitating injuries in the Bermuda Triangle Keywords: Groin Pain; Iliopsoas; Rehabilitation Introduction Iliopsoas related groin pain (IRGP), , is the second most common injury in the groin area, after adductor related groin pain (ARGP)(1), (2) & (3). This blog is the second in a series discussing some of the complexities of diagnosing, […]
The state of play on relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs)
Long-term low energy availability leads to adaptive changes throughout the body resulting in the clinical outcomes of REDs This blog is in light of recently published updated International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) in BJSM. What’s in a name change? Making “s” lower case is helpful as relative energy deficiency […]
Greening the Curriculum: Exploring Sustainable Health Education for Physiotherapists (Part 2)
This is part 2 of 2 of a blog series on greening the curriculum. You can read part 1 by clicking here! Picture by Keira Burton When incorporating SHE into physiotherapy curriculums the barriers we have highlighted must be addressed. Not all students and graduates thought it was a good idea, and those that did […]
What’s the best exercise training to reduce blood pressure?
This blog provides an overview of a study recently published in BJSM. Please click here to access the full article. Why is this study important? It is estimated that more than 1.4 billion of the world’s population has high blood pressure (hypertension), which is a leading cause of disease and death. Commonly prescribed medications to […]