Cold Water Immersion is one of the latest trends in encouraging recovery. At the Olympics several swim teams set up immersion tanks on the warm-up pool deck for “recovery”. What are your thoughts? Do you have evidence that they help? Please do share your thoughts on Cold Water Immersion with us at the BJSM. […]
Category: General
‘Bloodgate’: Professional Boundaries and Top Level Sport
(Via timesonline.co.uk) The doctor at the centre of the “Bloodgate” scandal at Harlequins has been suspended from practising medicine pending further investigations into her conduct. Wendy Chapman, a hospital consultant, has been forbidden by the General Medical Council (GMC) from working as a doctor amid allegations that she deliberately cut the lip of Tom Williams, the […]
E-letter: Prophylactic use of NSAIDs in endurance runners
Click here to read the original article. My concern with the prophylactic use of NSAIDs occurs in endurance athletes. My anecdotal experience is that endurance runners attempting distances categorised as ultra races (ie longer than a marathon) may regularly take NSAIDs during an event in a misguided attempt to delay muscle fatigue. I have even seen NSAIDs being referred […]
TIME Magazine: Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death
This month TIME Magazine‘s website, picked up on BJSM’s IOC Issue – Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death. Read the article at TIME.com here. […]
ACSM: Behaviour change and advocacy
As you know, the American College of Sports Medicine is actively advocating clinicians take a more active role in exercise prescription. The organization also aims to be politically active – an essential for behaviour change. Here you see a letter that Robert Sallis shared with members; also new ACSM president James Pivarnik wrote to President […]
How to listen to BJSM Content on your iPod
A recent email from a reader detailed how she used a computer application to convert text from the online edition of the BJSM to an mp3 audio file so she could listen to it while running. She used a piece of software called Visual Text to Speech MP3, but there are a number of similar […]
Concussion Consensus Statement is out!
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 It’s out! You can stop banging your head against a brick wall in frustration. Hosted by a chapter of editors of various journals, the much-awaited Consensus Statement is out. If you are into concussion, if you […]
Patient Information Sheet – Achilles Tendinopathy
By Dr Chris Milne, Sports Physician 1. What is it? It is a disruption of some of the fibres of the achilles tendon. There may be some minor inflammation, but not as much as previously thought. 2. What causes it? Overuse, plus some wear and tear disruption of the tendon. Poor alignment through the foot […]
Upcoming Sports Medicine Conferences
22-25 October 2008, Melbourne: 23rd ACSP Annual Conference / Football Australasia Website: www.footballaustralasia2008.com.au/ 30 October 2008, Zurich: 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport Website: www.fifa.com/medical 13-15 November 2008, Dunedin: Sports Medicine New Zealand Annual Conference Website: http://www.sportsmedicine.co.nz/ 5-8 November 2008, Madeira, Portugal: 2nd International Congress of Complex Systems and 10th European Workshop of Ecological […]
4 Tips for Success in Life and Sports Medicine
BJSM Associate Editor Ron Zernicke (centre), with his wife Kathy, pictured receiving an honorary degree at Canada’s University of Waterloo. The BJSM Blog is an ideal place to capture some of the wisdom of our wonderful cadre of Editorial Board members. We can acknowledge their pre-eminence in the field and we can learn from their […]