Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective –A BJSM blog series By Dr. Robin Chatterjee Last month, the 7th Annual London Sports & Exercise Medicine Conference took place at the KIA Oval. This yearly event is organised by the Sport and Exercise Medicine registrars who are based in the London area. The event doubles as […]
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Sudden victory, BJSM finalists for best cover of 2016 – vote now and win a prize!
Do you wonder what Instagram is valued at? To save you googling — it’s $40-50 billion. Snapchat? (formally ‘Snap Inc.’ now) –$20-25 billion. Images are valuable and for BJSM, the cover is the valuable single piece of real estate. Kudos to our cover page designer, Vicky Earle – https://vearlemedicalart.com/ – and our 25 member society […]
Sports Endocrinology – what does it have to do with performance?
By Dr Nicky Keay The Endocrine system comprises various glands distributed throughout the body that secrete hormones to circulate in the blood stream. These chemical messengers, have effects on a vast range of tissue types, organs and therefore regulate metabolic and physiological processes occurring in systems throughout the body. The various hormones produced by the Endocrine system do not work […]
What can we learn from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s knee injury? Focus on PCL implications
The PCL gets much less attention than its anterior partner. What might be going through Zlatan’s mind? If we start with a player who has suffered an isolated mild to moderate (Grade I-II) PCL injury, we find the player can do well with quality physiotherapy reahabilitation because because surgical reconstruction tends to improve the grade of […]
A postgraduate perspective of a SEM training programme for undergraduates
Undergraduate perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Andrew Shafik (@aaashafik), Guy Evans (@drguyevans) and Ajai Seth (@ajaiseth) Are you a doctor interested in specialty training that incorporates physical activity, exercise, sport and medicine? SEM Training Programme Although BASEM was formed in 1952, SEM was only first recognised as a medical […]
“The Body Matters: Why Exercise Makes You Healthy and How to Stay Uninjured” via EdX.org and McGill Uni- course review
By Nash Anderson @sportmednews As of today, I have completed the Body Matters course and I am impressed. I commenced this course in March and I want to share my reflections so others may also benefit. I was sceptical of a free course but was convinced that I should do it. A tweet from the […]
Can national swimming federations be agents for health promotion?
By Clarence Perez-Diaz and Juan Carlos De la Cruz-Márquez. In this blog we capture the essence of what we may also submit as a research paper to a journal outside the BJSM. Background: Participation in international swimming events have increased significantly over the last 20 years. While only 46 national swimming federations (NFs) participated in […]
Exercise oncology part 1/3: Let’s get moving, exercise helps in preventing AND treating cancers!
Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series By Giulia Marzano and Justin Carrard, @MarzanoGiuli, @Carrard.Justin “I am very sorry to tell you that you suffer have bowel cancer (…). But we are able to treat this kind of cancer with pretty good results. Treatment consists of surgery as well as […]
Young athletes’ optimal health: Part 3 Consequences of Relative Energy Deficiency in sports
Part-3 of the blog mini-series on RED-S By Dr Nicky Keay In my previous blogs, I described the adverse effects of Relative Energy Deficiency in sports (RED-S) in both female and male athletes- current health and sport performance and potential long term health problems. What about young aspiring athletes? There is concern that early sport specialisation, imbalances in training […]
Using strength and conditioning in Physiotherapy
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Emily Drakes My interest in strength and conditioning started after watching an evening lecture from Raphael Brandon. I was intrigued by the theory behind exercise prescription. Also, physiotherapy seems to be moving more and more towards exercise as the mainstay of treatment, as […]