Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Lucinda Poulton1, Paul Kelly2, Justin Richards2, Moiz Moghal3, Wilby Williamson2,3 Affiliations 1. University of Oxford Medical School (4th Year Medical Student) 2. British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford 3. OxSport, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. Lack […]
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Reflections from the medical tent: 4 hours and 9 minutes into the 2013 Boston Marathon
By Dr. Fred H. Brennan, Jr. Born in Boston in 1965 and having run the race twice, the Boston Marathon has always been a special event for me. I returned in 2013 for my fifth year as a medical volunteer. This time would be special. My 18-year old daughter would be working and shadowing me […]
Please use these PPT slides that summarise the 2012 Zurich Consensus statement on Concussion
HEADLINE FOR THE TIME-POOR: Here is the link to the slides for your presentations, but please don’t alter them without the permission of the Consensus Statement authors. During the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport (Zurich 2012) attendees revised and updated the Consensus Statement. The new 2012 […]
A physio’s reflections from highest mountain bike race in the world: Yak Attack 2013
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series By Nicki Phillips (@NicolaPhillPT) As a sports physiotherapist, I’ve worked in some strange places and covered events from High Performance to local charity matches. A recent trip ranks up there as one of the more extreme experiences and as one of the most enjoyable. […]
The Couch is a Killer–getting our population to sit less and move more
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Drs. Andrew Murray (@docandrewmurray) and David White (@rightwhite1) Health systems worldwide need to think differently. Fancy new medications and rescue helicopters may help once people become unwell, but the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study highlights that over 70% of disease burden in the UK is caused […]
“Hey Doc, those exercises you suggested…….”
By Ann Gates (@exerciseworks) Many diseases and long term health conditions respond clinically to exercise medicine. Just like medicines, such as statins, different exercises and physical activities have the ability to transform patient’s lives, control their symptoms and prevent and treat disease successfully. The evidence for the clinical practice of ‘exercise as a medicine’ […]
Win a book by voting for BJSM’s Best Cover of 2012
Your chance to win in the final — ‘Golden Goal’ – round of the 2nd Annual BJSM cover competition, 2012. Thanks to over 400 readers who voted in the preliminary rounds. Also, thanks to our editors from member societies and IPHP editors who create the covers with our designer Vicky Earle! We have upped the […]
How do I decide to treat?
By Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP The decision on how to treat a particular condition is sometimes very clear. For that particular condition e.g. a bacterial infection, there is a treatment e.g. specific antibiotic, that is simple, safe and effective in nearly every case. In musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine, frequently it is not clear which is […]
Practical tips for a future in sports physiotherapy
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series (The ACPSEM is a BJSM member society – see January’s ACPSM issue of BJSM here; all ACPSEM members have full access to BJSM for free through the ACPSEM website) Getting involved in Sport and Exercise Medicine, a physiotherapist graduate’s perspective By Natalie Morgan My […]
Cardiff Olympic SEM Conference: Inspiring the undergraduate generation
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Robert Whitham (@R_Whitham) & Bryn Savill (@BrynSavill) Undergraduate SEM Liam West has persistently publicised how the pathway into SEM is unclear. As emphasised by Joy et al.,1 most undergraduate medical and physiotherapy curricula have little SEM teaching and many students are ill or […]