BJSM Friday Podcast #417 Has the principle of shared decision making in athletes with known cardiac abnormalities placed our athletes, teams, and medical system at risk? Are there situations where accepted medical standards and risk management trump patient autonomy? What further steps can we take to generate the data needed to ensure that the athletes […]
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CASEM Pediatric Sport Medicine Conference: Keeping kids active
This May 15th the Canadian Academy for Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) will host the Pediatric Sport Medicine Conference at the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario. The one day clinical course kicks off with a keynote address from Dr Laura Purcell on Keeping Children Safe in Sport, and will then focus on Orthopedic Issues […]
Prof Mutrie Pt 2. Football Fans Training. Sitting. Mental health. Outrunning bad food. Episode #416
BJSM Friday Podcast #416 (2/2) You’ll love this episode as much as the record-breaking first of this duet. If you missed that one, you can listen to it here. Nanette is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. She took a break from writing the 4th edition […]
Physical activity and ageing: an infographic on the Copenhagen Consensus statement (2019)
Visualising BJSM papers – a BJSM blog series By Adam Virgile @AdamVirgile The infographic below is based on this BJSM Consensus Statement (Open Access): Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing. Other blogs in this series: Wake up and smell the coffee! An infographic on the popular BJSM review. Isometric exercise for acute pain relief: […]
Volunteering for the IOC Medical Research Team at the Youth Olympics 2020 in Lausanne
Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series By Debbie Maurer, @debbrickie, Lauren Stollenwerk, @lauren_zh, Karsten Königstein, @KarstenKnigste1 and Justin Carrard @CarrardJustin Lausanne, the Olympic Capital In 1915, the founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Baron Pierre de Coubertin, chose Lausanne, a beautiful lakeside city in western Switzerland, to be […]
Is walking the best buy for public health? What should physios do? Prof Nanette Mutrie. Episode #415
BJSM Friday Podcast #415 This podcast (part 1 of 2) will help you; appreciate the power for walking for health and mental health even more than previously, realise why ‘brisk’ may not be the ideal adverb to associate with walking for certain populations. The chat swings from practical tips about which technology to consider to […]
Swim, bike and run: promoting physical activity in General Practice through triathlon
By Greg Irving GP Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, University of Cambridge and Mary Hardwick Chair of British Triathlon Whilst there has rightly been much attention given to activities such as running to improve physical activity through General Practice, triathlon should not be overlooked as an evidence based approach. Whilst running shows no reduction in […]
Redefining aquatic exercise: moving from last resort to front line treatment option – Dr. Ben Waller. #414
BJSM Friday Podcast #414 Did you know that water can stop bullets? Dr. Erin Macri (@Erin_Macri) caught up with Dr. Ben Waller (@BenWaller78) to learn more about the untapped and under-recognized power of water and its potential applications in everything from rehabilitation to high level athletic conditioning. Dr. Ben Waller @BenWaller78 is the Scientific Chair of the […]
Predatory journals defined: Shedding light on a major threat to scholarship
Full reference: Predatory journals: no definition, no defence. Nature. Vol 576, pp 210-212; 2019 Do the scientific papers you read online come from trustworthy outlets? Largely unknown a decade ago, illegitimate or predatory journal journals publish more than 400,000 studies each year. These journals may offer to rapidly publish research findings, often at a […]
Common mistakes clinicians make and how to avoid them, with Running Physio Tom Goom. Episode #413
Are passive therapies making patients worse? Does stretching help? Where do the bio, psycho and social components fit into patient management? This week Tom Goom joins us to chat about how to avoid the common pitfalls all clinicians can make. Known to many in the SEM community as the ‘Running Physio’, Tom @tomgoom is a physiotherapist […]