By Harsh Vathsangam and Ade Adesanya Who would have thought that one of the biggest killers of the 21st century would be your couch? Physical inactivity is one of the biggest silent killers of our time and an important factor in weight loss, heart disease and stroke and diabetes. Given such dire consequences, health practitioners are […]
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Excellent BASEM Education Exercise in Health and Disease Course: From Dialysis to Nordic Walking
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr Catherine Lester This was the first education day of its kind and masterminded by SEM consultant Dr Kate Hutchings. The course covered a wide variety of topics in a subject often poorly taught, both in undergraduate and postgraduate training. Tutors included several […]
Eat, drink, and win? Diet lessons from Novak Djokovic, the 2014 Wimbledon Champion
By Dr. Babette Pluim (@DocPluim) Ever since Novak Djokovic wrote his book “Serve to Win”, a hot debate surrounds tennis players diets. Should they all eat gluten-free foods? Will that bring them instant fame and fortune? Gluten-free? In his book, Djokovic describes his diagnosis of a strong intolerance for wheat and dairy, and a mild […]
How physios working in sport can solve clinical problems with research. Practical tips.
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Simon Rice For recently graduated physiotherapists or those working in private practice, research can intimidate and appear as something that just happens behind closed laboratory doors. Often, physiotherapists working in private clinics would like to get involved in research, but think…’I don’t […]
Novak Djokovic shares his sportsmedicine secrets for success
This interview was originally published in 2013 in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. You can subscribe for free and have the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal delivered to your door – yes, full colour, hard copy to your door. Google ‘Aspetar […]
Isokinetic “Football Medicine Strategies” Conference – Bringing the Football Medicine Family Together
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Daniel Broman (@Daniel_Broman) The Isokinetic Medical Group is an internationally recognised leader in the fields of sports injury treatment, orthopaedic rehabilitation and medical research. The Education and Research Department at Isokinetic, led by Dr. Sergio Roi, is well known and respected world-wide. In […]
A Global Fail? International Comparisons of Physical Activity of Children and Youth Report Cards
By Dr. Christine Voss (@DrChristineVoss) Originally posted on the Active Streets Active People blog: http://asapactive.wordpress.com/ The 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children recently brought together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to address the growing childhood physical inactivity crisis. There was an impressive agenda of scientific communications, workshops, debates, networking opportunities, and key note […]
Bringing together the best in physiotherapy research and practice: September 19 – 21, New Zealand Conference
A guest blog by Physiotherapy New Zealand. The Physiotherapy New Zealand conference September 19 – 21, promises three full on days of cutting edge research, learning and development for physiotherapists. Keynote presentations from international leaders: Professor Karim Khan (QATAR/CANADA): Physiotherapy IS effective: Why aren’t the general public and doctors as aware as they should be? […]
Obesity in the Middle East : A serious public health concern and initiatives to improve diet and physical activity
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr Farrah Jawad Obesity is becoming a major public health issue in the Middle East and in other developing regions. Estimations of overweight or obese individuals include: 42.2% of Kuwaiti adolescent males and 42.4% of Bahraini adolescent females 1. The World Health Organisation indicates […]
Time to stop meniscectomies for degenerative tears: Practice must catch up with evidence
By Kay M Crossley (@KayMCrossley) , Joanne L Kemp (@JoanneLKemp), Charles Ratzlaff, and Ewa M Roos (@Ewa_Roos) In 2002, a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the New England Journal of Medicine [1] made us all sit up and take note. The trial was remarkable because participants were randomised to arthroscopic debridement (including chondroplasty, removal of debris […]