Will you be providing first-aid care to athletes in a non-elite setting? This guidance (in pdf format at the end of the document) defines and rationalises emergency and first aid care during the current time of heightened awareness of contracting and transmitting COVID-19. This follows on from an elite sport framework which uses Public Health England […]
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Sport and Exercise Medicine’s contribution to ‘social prescribing and lifestyle medicine’, more than just anecdotal support?
BJSM readers will be familiar with the concept of ‘Social Prescribing’, and the rapid pace at which it is being advocated across the world. As a journal, it has been inspiring and insightful to see some of the core concepts and aspects of social prescribing and lifestyle medicine making the jump from ‘expert opinion and […]
Awkward with ankles? Let this conversation around the role of #BigData in ankle injuries get you up to speed!
Not one of the 4000 that tuned in to our podcast on ankle injuries last week? We’d suggest squeezing it into your commute! Dr Mackenzie Herzog (@MackenzieHerzog) has a PhD in Sports Injury and Orthopaedic Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently a Lead Epidemiologist on the Injury Surveillance […]
BJSM Blogs 2.0. Evolution, not Revolution
As our readers and followers will know, we at BJSM have tried to make the ‘journal’ much more than just that, and instead more of a community. At the heart of this approach has been a focus on open access resources such as podcasts, blogs and social media channels, that accompany our more traditional and […]
Project restart: Is it time to factor ethnicity into the return to sport protocols?
By Dr Omar Naji and Dr Irfan Ahmed As the U.K prepares to “unlock” for business, the return of professionalised sport and the English Premier League (EPL) is seen as a watershed moment. It marks the start of a “new normal”, both in terms of how professionalised sport will need to operate financially and how […]
Pitch side emergency care & personal protective equipment: a framework for elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: Part 2 of 3
Rationale Rightful concern is raised when returning the player population to training and competition in the context of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection; given that the infection is still relatively novel, much of the emerging evidence is difficult to contextualise in our player Adverse cardiac and respiratory outcomes have been acknowledged in COVID-19 infection. The […]
Pitch side emergency care and personal protective equipment: a framework for elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic Part 3 of 3
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Pitch side emergency care & personal protective equipment: a framework for elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: Part 1 of 3
Applies to: The FA ATMMiF, The RFL IMMOFP, The FA ITMMiF, Sports Promote, WRU ICIR and The RFU PHICIS Authors: Lisa Hodgson, Gemma Phillips, Jonathan Gordon, Jonathan Hanson, John MacLean, Prabhat Mathema, Andrew Smith, Mark Woolcock, Charlotte Cowie, Simon Kemp, Michael Patterson, Jo Larkin, Jerry Hill, Mike Rossiter, Niall Elliott, Pippa Bennett, Jonathan Power, Ari […]
Do you manage patients with knee pain? Might it be osteoarthritis? This week’s podcast is for you.
Dr. Dan Rhon (T: @danrhon) PT, PhD is a researcher with the US Department of Defence, a consultant and Assistant Professor at both Duke (North Carolina) and Baylor (Texas) Universities. He attended a manual therapy clinical fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical […]
We may have been overenthusiastic with that mask … (letter from a leader)
This is from a leader in the BJSM community … (and thank you!) I know you appreciate honest feedback. Here is some for the new BJSM cover that depicts a runner in the forest with a mask. As you know, masks are a great tool to stop the spread of droplets and are proven useful […]