By Javier S. Morales (MSc), Pedro L. Valenzuela (MSc), and Adrián Castillo García (MSc): @Fissac_es High performance sport is a focal point for the media, and sadly, cases of sudden death in elite athletes appear in the news with relative frequency. These news added to findings such as those of Pellicia et al. (2016), who reported an […]
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Optimal health: including male athletes! Part 2 Relative Energy Deficiency in sports
Part-2 of the blog mini-series on RED-S By Dr Nicky Keay If you are a male athlete, or work with male athletes, and think that Relative Energy Deficiency in sport (RED-S) is just a problem for females, think again. As discussed in my previous blog Optimal health: including female athletes! Part 1 Bones, the female athlete triad […]
Play on Pedals: engaging preschool children in cycling to improve mental and physical health of future generations
By Polly Jarman, Play on Pedals Development Officer Cycling UK Suzanne Forup, @backonmybike, Play on Pedals Director Cycling UK Prof Chris Oliver, @CyclingSurgeon, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh Play on Pedals aims to give every preschool child in Glasgow the opportunity to learn to ride a bike before starting school. The […]
Bringing new meaning to the “Golden Years”: making the case for Geriatric Sport and Exercise Medicine
By Jane Thornton, MD PhD Frenchman Robert Marchand’s name has become synonymous with incredible achievement two months ago after setting a new track cycling world record… at 105 years of age. Astounding as this is, it has only served to confirm something many of us sport docs already know: the body is built for adaptation. When […]
Optimal health: including female athletes! Part 1 Bones
Part-1 of the blog mini-series on RED-S By Dr Nicky Keay It is hard to dispute that women are underrepresented in medical research and certainly there are not many studies that include female athletes. Does this matter? After all whatever your gender, the same physiological and metabolic processes occur. However, the Endocrine system is where there are […]
Ankle Sprains & Lower Limb Injury: Can we identify those at risk?
By Mick Hughes During the late 90’s and early 2000’s in the USA, the cost of treating ankle sprains was estimated to be $US2 billion dollars per year (1). Here in Australia (specifically the state of Victoria), the cost of all sporting injuries and lower limb sporting injuries rose 24% and 26% respectively between 2004 […]
Highlights from The Barefoot Medicine Clinic
Undergraduate perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine By Rory Heath, Bethany Koh, Vera Wong and Anant Shah. Two expert speakers were recently in session at the Barefoot Running Clinic, hosted by the London Sports and Exercise Medicine Society (LSEMS): Mr Ioan Tudur-Jones, consultant foot and ankle surgeon at the Fortius Clinic, and; Mr Ben Le […]
Sport Performance and RED-S, insights from recent Annual Sport and Exercise Medicine and Innovations in Sport and Exercise Nutrition Conferences
By Dr Nicky Keay The Holy Grail of any training program is to improve performance and achieve goals. Periodisation of training is essential in order to maximise beneficial adaptations for improved performance. Physiological adaptations occur after exercise during the rest period, with repeated exercise/rest cycles leading to “super adaptation”. Adaptations occur at the system level, for […]
Maximising Opportunities for the use of ‘new’ social media in Sports Medicine
By Sean Carmody and Nirmala Perera Sport and Exercise Medicine has a lot to thank Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg for. Their brainchildren – Twitter and Facebook, respectively – have transformed how information is shared among those interested in the specialty. These platforms provide ‘all access, backstage passes’ that foster conversation and networking opportunities with peers […]
2016 cover competition: Prize announcement and last preliminary round, vote now!
Here’s the final preliminary round for the best BJSM cover of 2016. After this we move on to the sudden death grand final. We have some exciting new prize announcements. All ‘top-shelf’ books to add to your #sportsmed knowledge, and the utility of your professional text collection. In the final round we will explain how […]