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 […]
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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 […]
Are elite athletes at higher risk of developing cardiovascular abnormalities than the average citizen?
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 […]
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 […]