Submitted to the BJSM Blog on 12 January 2019. By Stuart Butler @physiobutler “I feel the need, the need for speed!” Maverick, Top Gun. How much fast running is necessary to run faster, and how much is too much and likely to predispose an athlete to a hamstring injury (HSI)? Running fast is the best training […]
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#FootballMedicine meets the Universe of Sport
Interested, or working within #FootballMedicine? We’d suggest you get to Wembley for the end of April! The Isokinetic Medical Group’s annual #FootballMedicine conference returns to another iconic sporting arena in London having recently held at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Wembley Stadium will host three days of top Sports Medicine CPD, this year looking outside the […]
June 2019: The 40th World Medical & Health Games
40 years running (yes, since 1978), the Medigames are back! Open to all health professionals and medical students, the event welcomes up to 1,500 participants from more than 40 different countries gather to watch and play up to 25 sports (individual or collective). And, in addition to this, the event offers an International Sport […]
“Fitness Friends” youth volunteer role: to improve mobility, physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in a UK hospital setting
By Liz Charalambous @lizcharalambou Volunteers provide an extra something special to patient care. They provide a complementary service which supports both patients and staff members. You could say that volunteers embody the principles underpinned by Atul Gawande in his excellent book Being Mortal, “how we seek to spend our time may depend on how […]
Updated guidelines for sports and exercise cardiology – The Brazil Society of Cardiology and Brazilian Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine
In 2013 The Brazilian Society of Cardiology and Brazilian Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine published The Brazilian Guidelines for Sports and Exercise Cardiology.1 This year, these same societies updated the guidelines in keeping with the latest evidence in the field. You can view the update here: The Updated Guidelines for Sports and Exercise […]
8 health benefits of tennis
Video by Jennifer Duncan @JenniferDunca10 and Babette Pluim @DocPluim Tennis is one of the most popular sports throughout the world, with approximately 75 million participants worldwide. Watch the below video to find out the health benefits of playing tennis: Based on BJSM Infographic: Pluim BM, Groppel JL, Miley D, et al. Health benefits of tennis. Br J Sports Med 2018;52:201-202. Watch our […]
I guess that’s positive: soft-embalmed cadavers and a medical student’s journey towards physical exam competency
By James Ross Bailey During the first two years of medical school, students are taught physical exam maneuvers by either practicing on each other or by using Standardized Patients (SPs). These SPs are paid actors that act out a variety of medical conditions. They play an important role in medical education. But, what SPs […]
The latest on BJSM’s YouTube channel
Our 26.7K YouTube subscribers will be pleased to hear that we now have animations based on BJSM papers coming through. This week’s topic? Golf. Enjoy! Based on BJSM paper (OPEN ACCESS): Murray AD, Daines L, Archibald D, et al. The relationships between golf and health: a scoping review. Br J Sports Med 2017. Based on BJSM […]
E-edition: Hip and groin pain
2018 saw us introduce the e-editions of BJSM, focused on Pain Management and Return to Play. In 2019, we will continue to draw upon the high-quality content available across our BJSM and BMJ platforms to make sure our readers are up to date with the latest from sport and exercise medicine research. We will also […]
Japan Sports PT – Road to #Tokyo2020
日本のスポーツ理学療法- #東京2020 Japan Sports PT – Road to #Tokyo2020 Dr Mario Bizzini @SportfisioSwiss reporting from Japan Jan 16 This January, I visited Japan to see what’s happening in the sports Physical Therapy (PT) world in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. After landing in Tokyo, I made the trip north to Sapporo, […]