Promoting physical activity for mental health in contexts of displacement The global refugee crises Roughly 1% of the world’s population, equivalent to approximately 79.5 million people currently live in a context of displacement. This includes refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers. The overwhelming majority (85%) reside in low-resourced environments, with both pre- and post-migration stressors […]
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Hop distance: The elephant in the room
An insight into an original research, as part of the BJSM’s new #KnowledgeTranslation blog series Link to the paper in BJSM here Krylov’s Inquisitive Man travelled around a museum observing all sorts of minute details, but in so doing failed to notice the massive elephant on display. Single hop for distance is the most used […]
Long COVID on a long leash – let’s embrace the multidisciplinary approach
Athletes and Post-COVID-19 condition For more than a year now the whole world has been fighting the COVID-19 crisis. WHO declared a pandemic on March 11 and it is still ongoing. The great hope is in massive vaccination but the real end is still not clear. What seemed a “simple” respiratory infection at the beginning […]
A Beginners Guide to Musculoskeletal MRI
Muscle injury is the most common type of injury in athletes, especially in football players (Ekstrand (2011), Elliott (2011)). For this pathology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is included in the diagnostic algorithm in most cases. To reach an adequate diagnosis and to obtain the best possible prediction of the RTP it is essential to work […]
Challenging gendered norms in sport and physical activity: implications for injury prevention
Part of the BJSM’s #KnowledgeTranslation blog series The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate for athletes in girls’/women’s sport has not changed in over 20 years, and they remain 3-6 times more likely to experience this injury when compared with athletes in boys’/men’s sport. Injury prevention research in this area has, to date, focused heavily […]
Travel for Elite Athletes During COVID-19 – A Graphical Guide
This graphical guide outlines current evidence-based recommendations on travelling in elite sport during the coronavirus pandemic. This serves only as a guide; given the dynamically changing situation, any newly released recommendations should be taken into account. General Travel Guidance – key considerations: At the time of writing (March 2021) travel is generally only recommended for […]
S&C or Physio – who are the real exercise professionals?
This is a polarising topic and one in which there are multiple perspectives and positions on this subject. However, for the purposes of brevity I will restrict my analysis and comparisons to physiotherapists and strength and conditioning (S&C) professionals working with athletic populations. Historically the physiotherapist has reigned ‘top dog’ in the management hierarchy […]
Where do I stand? A game positioning model for medical teams in professional rugby union
Rugby Union involves repeated high intensity and physically confrontational tasks. The majority of injuries occur in games (1, 2) resulting in player welfare initiatives including pitch emergency certification courses, training/game medical standards and increasing numbers of medical personnel to manage these events. In this blog, we propose a game positioning model using a structured monitoring […]
19 years and still going strong: the SportfisioSwiss conference
The 2021 annual conference of the Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (SSPA) will be held, for the 2nd year in a row, virtually. Participants will therefore miss again the unique atmosphere at the BernExpo in the charming medieval town of Bern, capital of Switzerland. You can relive all SSPA conferences since 2013 on the SSPA YouTube […]
Where to start with Musculoskeletal Ultrasound? 5 #TopTips!
Keen to up-skill in musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound but don’t know where to start? Know you’ll need to pick up the skills, but struggle with access to a machine & supervisor? Learning MSK Ultrasound can be a daunting process, and often looking at still images in textbooks doesn’t help. In this blog, you can find top […]