Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr James Noake In clinic last week my orthopaedic colleague whispered to me, “So tell me more about this AposTherapy? That’s the third patient this week to quiz me about it”. Admittedly I had only ever cast a cursory (sceptical) eye over the advertisements, […]
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The importance of a good relationship with policy makers for sport injury prevention
By James Brown (@jamesbrown06) The best houses are built on the best foundations The contemporary field of injury prevention has broadened its focus from purely epidemiological to include social science evaluation tools over the past five years. For example, the RE-AIM framework has now become accepted as a injury prevention programme evaluation tool [1] […]
To Load and Explode – golf, fitness and physiotherapy
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine monthly blog series By Tom Curran MCSP (@physiotom) and Lorraine Tomeldan MCSP (@LTGolfphysio) Sporting Balance Physiotherapy and physiotherapists to a number of touring golf professionals Pre 1996, there was a perception amongst the public that golf was more of a game than a sport. Amongst […]
The legacy of London 2012 – Finding a home for Sport and Exercise Medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Jack Nash (@JackNash58) Delivering a health legacy to get more people physically active was one of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ promises(1). £30 million was earmarked to build three centres and form the national sports medicine centre. A year later, work is well […]
Congrats to the winners of the BJSM cover competition
We are happy to announce 3 different winners today. First off, for the second year in a row the issue associated with the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) (with guest Editors Jon Patricios and Wayne Viljoen) was victorious. Coincidence (or maybe it was the cute giraffe)? By coincidence, the current issue of BJSM celebrates SASMA again […]
Attention doctors: please mind the physical activity gap
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 […]
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 […]