Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Stefan Kluzek and Rose Penfold UK sports grounds typically have a stock of emergency medications, supplied and prescribed by a club doctor. Recently, a physiotherapy colleague told me that Professional Sport Association pitch- side trainers informed her that medications, especially emergency medications, should […]
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Even players at the highest level get it wrong sometimes…the attempted tackle by Christian Lealiifano on Jonathan Davies
by Dr Sharief Hendricks (@Sharief_H) On Saturday 22 June 2013, the British and Irish Lions recorded a historic win over the Wallabies in the First Test (of three) in Brisbane. As the score suggests, it was a fiercely contested match, and made for some entertaining rugby with debutant Israel Folau crossing the try-line twice, George […]
Be The Change Project
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) BeTheChange (1) is the product of many months spent personally discovering the unparalleled health benefits of regular physical activity. With no other alternative known to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as hypertension by such astounding rates (2) […]
Managing hamstring tears – a physiotherapist’s personal story as a patient
Originally posted on Running Physio a handy information resource (for both runners and physios) created by @tomgoom Hamstring tears are incredibly common, so common in fact that occasionally us physios get them! Richard Norris knows hamstring injuries inside out, partly because he’s a clinical specialist in lower limb injuries and partly because he recently pulled his hammy! […]
BASEM Congress 2013 – St George’s Park, 31st October & 1st November
BASEM 2013 is a ‘not-to-miss’ event for clinicians interested in sport and exercise medicine & physiotherapy. A great forum for physiotherapists, sports therapists and doctors, the packed program is full of practical sessions and opportunities for networking and discussion. See full program details HERE. What’s more, it will be at the impressive new venue of St. […]
A English Premier League Doctor’s Kitbag – The Magician’s Hat
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By David Eastwood (@Eastyy) The Doctor’s Kitbag A recent student selected component in my studies allowed me to shadow the club doctor of Sunderland AFC, a Premier League football team. I gained an insight into the role of a football doctor, seeing the typical […]
Well-rOunded dOctOrs (!) Not necessarily a good thing in this case
By Dr Rajat Chauhan, Sports-Exercise Medicine & Musculoskeletal Medicine Physician; BJSM Associate Editor (India)@drrajatchauhan From the time of Hippocrates and probably even before, we have known the benefits of physical activity and exercise in health. In today’s world of evidence based medicine, it is even more important for research to back up our gut feeling. The last […]
Best foot forward: “AposTherapy – ‘con’ or convert?”
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, […]
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 […]