Originally posted on FIFA.com FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke was joined by Brazilian Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo and Brazil 2014 Organising Committee (LOC) Management Board member Ronaldo in Cuiaba on Wednesday, as he witnessed the roll-out of a “FIFA 11 For Health” project with 24 students from the Maria Ambrosio Pommot Municipal School. It […]
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Call for abstracts: First, world conference on groin pain in athletes, Aspetar, Qatar
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Aspetar will host the 1st World Conference on Groin Pain in Athletes. This major conference will be held at the Academy Auditorium, from 1st to 3rd November 2014. The scientific committee is currently accepting Abstract and Poster submissions in the topics related to the Groin Pain. The […]
For sports physios: Doing the best you can to multi-task in modern hockey
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) blog series (UK Physios in Sport) See also the recent issue of BJSM edited by UK Physios in Sport by clicking here: And of course, your UK Physios in Sport membership opens up all the BJSM content (via the Physios in Sport website). By Michael […]
A less than fatiguing conference #I’mWideAwake: BASEM Spring Conference
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Rachel Cooke & Lysander Gourbault (@lgourbault) After setting up Durham Sport and Exercise Medicine Society (DSEMS) at Durham University for 2013/14 our enthusiasm for the speciality has grown after each event we’ve hosted. So when we walked into Manchester Conference Centre we were […]
Triathlon Fatalities Aren’t Going Away
By Lawrence L. Creswell, MD @athletesheart Athlete fatalities at multisport events around the world continue to receive considerable media attention. Although these incidents are uncommon, each is a tragedy for those involved. Within the triathlon community, the general problem of event-related fatalities is unsettling for athletes, families, race directors, venue owners, and governing bodies, alike. […]
IOC World Conference – Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport: On the ground recap
By Liam West (@Liam_West) For 3 years this conference has been firmly on my “SEM Bucket List” and it did not disappoint. Firstly, Monaco in the sun is a sight to behold and secondly to walk into a coffee break to see the “who’s who” of global sports medicine was simply inspirational. The numbers for […]
Winner announcement from the 2013 BJSM cover competition
Two of our favourite things about the BJSM cover competition is delivering prizes, and learning more about our blog community members. Apologies we can’t send books to everyone who voted. Keep trying; maybe next year is your year. In the meantime, here are the 2013 Cover Competition book prize winners: Bernard Condevaux, PT, SCS, CSCS, is a […]
‘The fatigued athlete’ and RED-S: Lessons from the field and the BASEM spring conference
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective, a monthly blog series By Dr Khine Swe Win I recently attended the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) spring conference, “The fatigued athlete” in Manchester. It provided the latest evidence in diagnosis, prevention and management of underperformance syndromes. Unsurprisingly, the new IOC consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency […]
Preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes: the IOC World Conference Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport session highlights
By Jessica Orchard, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney Cutting edge research was presented at many IOC World Conference Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport 2014 Monaco sessions. Among these, was a focus on cardiology, and specifically, preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD). Speakers discussed the importance of screening, interpretation of athletes’ electrocardiographs (ECGs), the roles of […]
Science of Cycling, Injury Prevention: 20 to 22 June 2014 Australian Institute of Sport, European Training Centre. Varese, North Italy.
A three day conference involving a Friday evening Masterclass, Saturday Symposium and Sunday Practical workshops. The content is focused towards Cycling Related Injury Management, with a detailed analysis of the theory and practice of Bike Set-Up and Body Assessment of the cyclist. Muscle Activation in Cycling and the Biomechanics of Cycling will be discussed, within a clinical reasoning framework, especially in relation […]