Looking for a world class conference bringing together sport and exercise medicine, conditioning and science with nutrition, rehabilitation and high performance coaching?. This conference will provide new knowledge for those working with elite sport and recreational athletes as well as those presenting to all clinicians for exercise prescription. See the UKsem home page including the […]
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Confusion/difference of opinion on investigating compartment syndrome. BJSM poll results are in!
The results of the latest BJSM home-page poll are in. We had a split!! Folks can’t agree on a very common procedure in sports medicine. Yikes!! Out of 120 respondents, 57% preferred that all 4 compartments are measured in both legs to diagnose chronic compartment syndrome. Unless both methods have equal outcomes a large proportion […]
The ECG issue at a colonial outpost – Guest blog by Dr Donald Kuah
At the 2011 IOC conferences held in Corsica and Monaco significant session times were dedicated to cardiac screening and the role of ECG screening in prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). I attended as deputy Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), and also as the Medical Director for the New South Wales Institute […]
via New York Times – the challenge of patients demanding inappropriate MRIs
The New York Times is a great source of sports medicine news and Gina Kolata‘s article about inappropriate use of MR requires little editorializing. My feeling is that although some doctors diagnose by MR instead of via cognitive processes, that is NOT the problem in sports and exercise medicine. See Chris Milne’s recent lucid description […]
ICSEMIS 2012 – Final call for abstracts (November 1 deadline!)
The closing deadline for abstracts for the 5th annual International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) is one week away. Adopting a multi-disciplinary perspective, ICSEMIS is sure to attract a veritable smorgasbord of hot topics in sports and exercise medicine. Convention sub-themes relevant to sports medicine clinicians include: Health promotion through physical […]
Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action – Guest Blog Caroline Finch
(follow Caroline Finch on Twitter — @CarolineFinch) This relates to: Micheli, L, Mountjoy, M, and Engebretsen, L et al. 2011. Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action. BJSM. 45:931-936 I read, with great interest, the paper by Micheli et al [1]in the September Injury Prevention and Health Promotion issue of the […]
No magical therapeutic benefit of PRP in Achilles tendinopathy — JAMA paper follow-up and BJSM podcast
My sense is that the popularity of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is increasing independent of research in this field. BJSM has covered this with front cover attention: Platelet-rich plasma: Debate. Jul 2010, (44)9 IOC consensus paper on the use of platelet-rich plasma in sports medicine. Dec 2010, (44)15 Of most interest to blog readers will be […]
2012 Olympic test events: encouraging medical preparedness and camaraderie – Guest blog by Dr Kate Hutchings
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A monthly series on the BJSM blog) With the countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ‘Test Events’ have started to take place throughout the UK. These are an integral and essential part of the preparation for any games — the London Prepares Series is a comprehensive […]
HYMS Society for Sport and Exercise Medicine: Reflections and Moving Forward
Guest blog by Sean Carmody “Where are all of the other students?” This was the question posed by opening speaker Dr. John Moroney at the official launch of The Hull York Medical School (HYMS) Society for Sport and Exercise Medicine last year. He was referring to the fact that there were only fifty or so students […]
Two related blog posts – Clinicians and scientists crazy to ignore social media
Last weekend I spoke for our local Sport and Exercise Medicine coordinating body – SportMedBC. Its mandate is to coordinate education and advocate for all the various professions that make up our diverse community. Interestingly, they chose to focus on the role of social media in sports medicine. Then on Tuesday I was alerted to […]