Dr Nicky Keay, Sports and Dance Endocrinologist There is growing evidence that for athletes, being replete in vitamin D is important for many key areas of health and performance. For bone health, muscle strength and to support immune function. At the recent International Association of Dance Medicine conference, in addition to presenting on Dance Endocrinology I also […]
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Social media activity at ISPAH 2018: running to keep up
By Graham Mackenzie @gmacscotland Social media shakes up traditional models of broadcasting. Two years ago Chris Oliver, Andrew Murray and I wrote an editorial describing how, from Edinburgh, UK, we had used Twitter to view and share information with the International Society of Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) conference in Bangkok, Thailand (November 2016).[1] The ISPAH […]
#MovementForMovement 2018 evidence update launch
This press release was originally posted on Council of Deans of Health. Updated resources for 2018 have been released to support the teaching of exercise medicine for the prevention and treatment of disease in undergraduate health and medicine programmes. Working with universities across the UK, Exercise Works! have updated the #MovementforMovement resources to include all recent evidence on physical activity […]
Official invite to ALL Sport and Exercise Medicine professionals! Join us in Queenstown this February for the ACSEP Annual Conference #ACSEP19
On behalf of the 2019 Conference Committee, we are thrilled to invite you to attend the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) Annual Scientific Conference. We would like to extend a special invitation to postgraduate students. As future leaders in sports and exercise medicine, you will have the opportunity to present your research […]
Rugby Union injuries: future research
Stuart Bailey @stujohnbailey, Edinburgh Napier University & Scottish Rugby PhD Student As the 2018/19 rugby union season continues, player welfare is (once again) a hot topic amongst pundits, the media, and fans. Rugby at the community level is a form of physical activity and has overall physical health and wellness benefits. But what about elite players? […]
The need to clarify hypopressive abdominal techniques
By Jenny Osorio and Marcel Caufriez We welcome the paper by Martin-Rodriguez and BØ on the Hypopressive Abdominal Technique (HAT) (1) and share their concerns regarding the time that has elapsed between first observations and the achievement of level 1A evidence in physiotherapy. Creator of the Hypopressive Method (and blog co-author), Dr. Caufriez is not cited by Martin-Rodriguez […]
Beat the heat with the OSHA-NIOSH mobile app
By Franck Brocherie @BrocherieF, Sébastien Racinais @ephysiol APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Heat Safety Tool CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Weather, Sports Medicine PLATFORM iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; Android – 4.3 and up. COST Free. ABOUT THE APP According to the Occupational Safety and […]
fit4future: a school programme that makes Swiss kids move more!
Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series By Chloé Joray In Switzerland, almost one in five children is overweight(1). The causes are complex and multifactorial however, we know well that low levels of physical activity and unhealthy diets are a major part of the problem(2). Health initiatives at schools […]
Blood flow restriction: miracle return to play adjunct or therapy fad?
By Paul Blazey @blazey85 Blood flow restriction training (BFR) is attracting more and more attention as sports teams look at different ways to minimize return to play times for their athletes. In 2016, Paul Head (T: @PHphysio) introduced me to the benefits of blood flow restriction training for clinical populations (https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2016/10/18/can-blood-flow-restriction-training-improve-outcomes-clinical-populations/). I’m pleased that recent […]
Word gets around: qualitative data and injury research
By Robert McCunn @RobertMcCunn , Neil V Gibson @360CUK, Liam D Harper @lharper89 Qualitative research methods are underused in our field. The prevailing epistemological approach in sports medicine favours the use of objective, numerical data. Indeed, such data and methodology is important; however, it does not always tell the full story. Context and nuance are not easily […]