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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Practical tips to get your dream job in the sports medicine field

By Paul Blazey @blazey85 You’re applying for your dream job to work in elite sport with the team you’ve supported from birth- who have just opened up the first sports medicine specialist full-time role at their organisation. Competition is bound to be fierce, but you’ve anticipated this moment and spent a great deal of time […]

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Waking up to the power of sleep with Associate Professor Shona Halson PhD. Episode #412

  In our first episode of 2020, Associate Professor Shona Halson PhD joins us to chat about why our new year’s resolution should be to get more sleep! Shona @ShonaHalson is an Associate Professor in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University. Shona has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, recently finished up […]

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Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!

  YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting with the success of the second conference in Odense, Denmark back in January 25-26, to working with the most productive soccer scientists in the world to advance the field. 2019 ended beautifully for the […]

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Das Verhindern von Überdiagnosen und die negativen Folgen von zu viel Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin (Teil 3 von3) 

  Von Daniel J. Friedman (Twitter @ddfriedman) und Karim M. Khan Teil 1: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2019/12/05/das-verhindern-von-uberdiagnosen-und-die-negativen-folgen-von-zu-viel-sport-und-bewegungsmedizin-teil-1-von3/ Teil 2: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2019/12/11/das-verhindern-von-uberdiagnosen-und-die-negativen-folgen-von-zu-viel-sport-und-bewegungsmedizin-teil-2-von3/ (Teil 3 von3) Für jedes Leiden eine Pille Ärzte sind mit einem Rezeptblock bewaffnet, was sie dazu verleitet Medikamente zu verschreiben. Chirurgen sind mit Skalpellen ausgerüstet, also operieren sie. Gebt uns einen Hammer und alles sieht aus wie […]

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The World Medical and Health Games — 2019 Budva

The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series  By Shona Kohlhardt @ShonaKohlhardt This year Montenegro’s picturesque city, Budva, hosted over 1,200 participants from 45 countries for the 40th World Medical and Health Games – Medigames. Bringing together like-minded people from all over the world with a passion for sports and medicine, Medigames […]

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Keep it simple: how to best present the extent of a sports injury problem

By Pascal Edouard, MD, PhD, @PascalEdouard42 and Laurent Navarro, Ing, PhD, @LaurentNavarro5 Tables, numbers, values and data… This is just one aspect of epidemiology, and specifically for this blog: sports injury epidemiology. Yes, it can be a repelling aspect. But, we can’t deny that data are fundamental to understand the extent of an injury problem, […]

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