By Dr Nicky Keay @nickyKfitness Now is a good time to revisit a topic discussed in my previous BJSM blog([i]), to coincide with guidelines on the management of thyroid disease released by National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in November 2019([ii]), and summarised in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) last month([iii]). It has transpired […]
Category: General
Mind the Soft Tissue Gap – “Acute Knee Injuries”
By Dr Irfan Ahmed (T: @Irfan_sem) Over the last week, I have had time to reflect on the twitter feedback from my first blog. I must confess to feeling slightly overwhelmed, the “#softtissuegap” is trending, and has certainly outgrown its initial aim. One thread debated ‘if SEM should focus on acute care, secondary MSK clinics or even […]
More important than life or death? Dr Daniel Parnell prescribes football as medicine. Episode #420
BJSM Friday Podcast #420 Football is the world’s most popular sport, captivating the hearts and minds of millions of people every day. Supporting our national team or local club evokes a deep sense of pride, and provides a consistent source of entertainment. How could something so addictive be so good for you? Football has been […]
The ethical dilemma surrounding management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries
By Grayson Harwood @GraysonHarwood I recently had a patient (female, early 20’s) with a full-thickness ACL rupture with no other associated osteochondral, ligamentous, or meniscal injury – A ‘clean’ ACL rupture if you will. The injury occurred in a typical fashion – non-contact, change of direction, valgus/internal rotation mechanism while playing social-level football. At the […]
Effects and dose–response relationships of resistance training on physical performance in youth athletes: an infographic on the BJSM Review paper
Visualising BJSM papers – a BJSM blog series By Adam Virgile @AdamVirgile The infographic below is based on this review, published in the BJSM (Open Access): Effects and dose–response relationships of resistance training on physical performance in youth athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Other blogs in this series: Can even experienced orthopaedic surgeons predict who […]
Creating value in musculoskeletal care with Dr Imran Sajid. Episode #419
BJSM Friday Podcast #419 Dr Imran Sajid (T:@imransajid) is a frontline clinician, health policy maker, educator and researcher with a keen interest in behavioural economics. This podcast takes a 30,000-foot view of some of our daily clinical approaches—and dives down into specific cases to make important points. How do you get the right care […]
Take home messages from the Football Is Medicine 2020 Conference in Torshavn, Faroe Islands
A message from Peter Krustrup (T:@SduSport) following the 2020 Football Is Medicine Conference: “Football is an intense, versatile and effective training type. It is fun and social, it is a global language with enormous popularity, and that is what makes football a very strong tool in global health promotion. Football is medicine! It is […]
Mind the Soft Tissue Gap- a Trainee’s perspective.
By Dr Irfan Ahmed @Irfan_sem As a sports medicine registrar I often get asked the question: what do you actually do? The question is usually accompanied by a puzzled look (intrigue, I imagine) and a proposal that it’s a bit like “conservative orthopaedics”. After years of attempting different responses, including passionate descriptions of musculoskeletal (MSK) […]
Cardiac abnormalities and athletic participation, is it safe? Dr. Rachel Lampert. Episode #418
BJSM Friday Podcast #418 Dr. Rachel Lampert, MD joins host Devin McFadden, MD on AMSSM’s Sports Medcast (T: @TheAMSSM) to discuss athletic participation in athletes with cardioverter-defibrilators for known cardiac abnormalities. In this 20 minute conversation Dr. Lampert addresses the following topics: – What are the common causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes? – […]
Can even experienced orthopaedic surgeons predict who will benefit from surgery when patients present with degenerative meniscal tears? An infographic on the Original BJSM Article
Visualising BJSM papers – a BJSM blog series By Adam Virgile @AdamVirgile The infographic below is based on this Original Aritcle, published last year in the BJSM (Open Access): Can even experienced orthopaedic surgeons predict who will benefit from surgery when patients present with degenerative meniscal tears? A survey of 194 orthopaedic surgeons who made 3880 predictions […]