Job ID: 10996 Location: Main Campus Position Description The Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary invites applications for a full-time tenured Associate Professor or Full Professor position and potential scientific leadership role in the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre and/or Sport Medicine Centre. The appointment commencement date for the successful candidate is anticipated to be January or July 2017. The successful candidate […]
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Technology in Sport and Rehab Autumn Study Day: Register now!
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Working in gymnastics – it’s a balancing act
By Emily Ross (@EmilyRossPhysio) Whoa…working in gymnastics, where do we start? Gymnastics is a mesmerising sport which requires a level of power, flexibility, and not to mention a dedication and focus I have never previously witnessed in a childhood and adolescent age group. We are going to do a roundoff full twist through my top […]
Thoughts and impressions midway through the FIFA Sports Medicine Diploma
By Nash Anderson I first heard about the FIFA Sports Medicine Diploma in 2015 and was impressed to hear that a free course existed from the sporting organisation body FIFA.1 I started the course in June 2016 for two reasons. Firstly, I had more free time this year and I was curious to see this […]
Crossingtheline Summit – Let’s Talk About Athlete Retirement
By Fiona Wilson Crossingtheline (crossingthelinesport.com) is an exciting new initiative launched by a group of ex international athletes, led by Gearoid Towey (four time Olympian and World Champion rower). Its purpose is to provide a platform and resource to support athletes in retirement. Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard famously quoted, “Nothing could satisfy me outside […]
Student interested in Sports and Exercise Medicine? Can you afford not to attend #USEMS16?!
By Tej Pandya Manchester Sports and Exercise Medicine Society are proud to host the Undergraduate Sports and Exercise Medicine Society’s (USEMS) 2016 annual conference. The day will be a mix of talks and interactive workshops; from concussion & career progression to hands-on ultrasound scanning. You will also hear from professionals working in high-performance roles of all sorts (think Team Sky, […]
Clinical Reasoning in Exercise and Performance Rehab: 24/25 Sept and 15/16 Oct 2016
To register and for more information: http://www.physiosinsport.org/courses.html […]
Training modifications for Achilles pain in runners: #AchillesAl case study part 2
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Tom Goom @TomGoom, Sports Physiotherapist at the Physio Rooms and the creator of Running Physio; lead on Running Repairs Course http://www.running-physio.com/running-repairs-course/ Welcome to part 2 in this ACPSEM series about Achilles tendinopathy, starring #AchillesAl as a fictional case study. Part 1 covered training […]
Behind the front page/special features: Comments by film maker Donal O’Neill ‘Cereal Killers’, ‘Run on Fat’ and ‘The Big Fat Fix’
Nutrition – a BJSM blog series BJSM Editor’s Alert & Recommendation: Do not read this if you know everything you want to know about healthy eating already . By Donal O’Neill New Year’s Eve 2011 was the first time I stepped off a plane in Cape Town, South Africa. With the usual carry on plus duffel in the hold combo. I looked […]
#RSNlive16: Rugby Science Network 2016 Conference (September 13th and 14th, 2016)
Tackling. Concussion. Doping. Rugby is a sport which has had to confront some big topics in the public domain over the past few years, and has persistently shown significant commitment to ensuring the welfare of its participants, be it through research, education, or otherwise. As a collision sport, injuries are unavoidable – and so there […]