By Dr Patrick O’Halloran For the medical student focused on sport and exercise medicine (SEM), there are distinct challenges. The budding cardiologist, orthopaedic surgeon or obstetrician can easily lay hands on a plethora of specialist role models for career/ guidance and advice, the budding “SEMer” treads a much more uncertain path. Who can I talk […]
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Should athletes aim higher?
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A twice-monthly series on the BJSM blog) By Dr Stefan Kluzek and Rachel Turner Normobaric hypoxic training environments allow controlled decrements in the amount of oxygen available whilst an athlete exercises or rests. Many of our elite athletes use hypoxic tents or masks as standard. As a […]
Congrats to Louise Kent – winner of the BJSM cover competition!
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the 1st annual BJSM cover competition. It was a close call, down to the final round where the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) Congress took the lead to win best cover of 2011. As promised, we randomly selected a voter to receive a $133 book voucher to amazon.com. Who won it? […]
The power of visual images in SEM: Ultrasound Probe as a Stethoscope?
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A twice-monthly series on the BJSM blog) By Dr Thamindu Wedatilake An electrician or a plumber carries a large bag, within it multiple tools aiding “diagnosis and treatment” of the household problems. Similarly doctors require tools for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. For a physician the tool […]
Overcoming barriers for health professionals to give more exercise advice and support to patients
By Ann Gates (@exerciseworks) It is unacceptable in 21st century medicine for 36 million people to die from preventable and treatable diseases! A recent BJSM paper reviewed the barriers to health professionals in giving exercise advice and support to patients within the context of a primary care consultation. This review identified three key barriers to successful brief […]
Good News: Tweaks to commuting behaviour may improve activity levels
By Tony H. Reinhardt-Rutland Guest Blog Charles R Ratzlaff. 2012. Good news, bad news: sports matter but occupational and household activity really matter – sport and recreation unlikely to be a panacea for public health Br J Sports Med. bjsports-2011-090800 (Editorial) Published Online First: 12 March 2012 Ratzlaff (1) outlines broad categories in assessing societal activity-levels: occupational […]
Who is to blame for all the football injuries?
John Orchard, BJSM guest blog (@DrJohnOrchard) Another major football tournament is on – Euro 2012 – and those following the England team keep reading (yet again) about the number of injured players. Why do injuries seem to be more prevalent than ever if our professionalism is supposedly improving? In trying to answer this question, why […]
BMJ’s Olympic Portal – clinical solutions, multimedia and more!
The global buzz for the 2012 Olympics in London (27 July – 12 August) is growing rapidly. Beyond a world-class athletic competition, London 2012 is touted as “THE social media Olympics” – where stories will be told by athletes, and professional and citizen journalists using multiple web-based platforms – on a massive scale. The BMJ is sharing […]
Inspiring the Next Generation at the 3rd Annual London Deanery Sport and Exercise Medicine Conference
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A twice-monthly BJSM blog) Guest blog by Dr Sivanadian Mani-Babu I attend a good many conferences concentrating on different aspects of Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) to glean valuable information from experts. However, in early March this year, when I attended the Third Annual London Deanery Sport and […]
A South African Perspective on AEDs
By sports physician and President of the South African Sports Medicine Association – Dr Glen Hagemann As a parent it is impossible to fully comprehend what it is like to lose a child. My sincere condolences thus go out to the parents of the young teenage rugby player from Grey Town who recently collapsed and […]