This blog mirrors SMA’s blog post… Please cite SMA’s original website link (http://sma.org.au/2013/02/sports-medicine-australias-response-to-drugs-in-sport-report/) or http://tiny.cc/84v6rw and see SMA’s media contact numbers below. Amanda Boshier, National Media Manager, phone (+61) 3 9674 8703 or mobile (+61) 412 224 729. Sports Medicine Australia’s response to drugs in sport report February 8th, 2013 Sports Medicine Australia, the peak […]
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Exercise physiologists and chronic disease management in North America: A role of importance
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Lisa Campkin (@LisaCampkin) Recently, the term ‘Exercise is Medicine’ was copyrighted by the American College of Sports Medicine. This particular initiative in exercise medicine focuses on the role of clinicians in helping increase their patients’ physical activity levels. Exercise is Medicine has growing […]
Podcasts closing in on 100,000 downloads…
The ‘moneyball‘ type of quants who know these things tell us that BJSM podcasts will break 100,000 downloads between May 19 and May 29. This is an interesting juxtaposition of dates as they correspond to Ho Chi Minh and John F Kennedy’s birthdays, respectively. Listeners all over the world have commented on the free BJSM […]
Applicability of muscle injury classification system in The Munich Consensus Statement? (Letter to the Editor)
By Drs. Del Buono, Best and Maffulli Letter to the Editor In response to: Terminology and classification of muscle injuries in sport: The Munich consensus statement. Mueller-Wohlfahrt HW, Haensel L, Mithoefer K, Ekstrand J, English B, McNally S, Orchard J, van Dijk CN, Kerkhoffs GM, Schamasch P, Blottner D, Swaerd L, Goedhart E, Ueblacker P. Br J Sports […]
The Painful Symphysis Syndrome in Athletes and Treatment Possibilities
Reproduced with permission from the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal. December 2012. Issue 3: 254-257. LETTERS FROM BELGRADE Reflection on the topic after 20 years of personal experience Written by Branislav Nesovic, Serbia. Translated by Zarko Vuckovic, Qatar DR BRANKO NESOVIC – NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN Sports-related groin pain has been in the spotlight for the last […]
BJSM 2012 cover competition – round 3
Thanks to everyone who voted in the previous rounds of the BJSM 2012 cover competition. This is the second last preliminary round, before we move onto the sudden death final. In the final round, voters for the winning cover can win prizes! Here are the competitors for round three: […]
Celebration of life and sport: World Transplant Games – Durban, 2013
By Dr. Efraim Kramer The XIX World Transplant Games (Games), under the auspices of the World Transplant Games Federation, is heading for Durban, South Africa in July 2013. These Games are open to all organ transplant recipients internationally and it is expected that 1500 athletes from 52 countries will participate in the 5 day sporting event. […]
Sport & Exercise Medicine in Scotland- Lets capitalise on Glasgow 2014
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Hannah Preston I agree with Liam’s blog on the state of Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) at an undergraduate level. Unfortunately the same problems face medical students interested in SEM here in Scotland. To date the only insight into SEM for students has […]
Generation Games: An update on upcoming launch of innovative website
By Drs. Moiz Moghal and Natasha Jones There is rising awareness that physical inactivity is a major health problem. Momentum is gathering at a local level to try to reverse this trend. An exercise prescription or a brief intervention on its own is not enough. The challenge is to integrate an exercise medicine service with proactive […]
Images wanted for BJSM clinical quizzes!
Images wanted! Have you ever come across a patient’s condition that looks so interesting, you want to share it with your colleagues? From now on: please do (with consent of course)! We have the perfect platform for sharing noteworthy cases and conditions. And, good news — it’s not much work for you to contribute. You […]