By Dr Nick Knight Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is a specialty with clear direction. It creates SEM doctors to manage the medical care of injury and illness in sport and to provide large scale application in improving the health of the general public through exercise advice and prescription1. As broad as this ‘broad church’ speciality […]
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Physiotherapy and treating golfers: practical tips and experience based principles
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Nigel Tilley @nigel_tilley Physiotherapist on European Tour/ETPI; Team GB Golf Physio Rio 2016; European Ryder cup team physio 2016 Identifying the cause of an injury is often key to the effective assessment and management of a condition/problem. All too often practitioners jump to the ‘hands-on’ […]
Myotendinous injuries call for proposals – NBA and GE Healthcare Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Collaboration
In June 2015, the NBA and GE Healthcare launched the NBA & GE Healthcare Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Collaboration, a strategic partnership aimed at engaging leading clinical researchers who have demonstrated excellence in orthopedics, sports medicine, radiology, and related disciplines. The NBA, GE Healthcare, and additional partners will provide funding for research that supports the […]
All roads lead to Rome – Running a marathon on ACL injured knees
By Catherine Lester I ran my first marathon in Rome in April, albeit slowly. I had never run further than 10km as of December last year. My dad asked me if I was sure I should be running – in 2008 I injured my left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) and both […]
Evidence based medicine in elite sports – why go for the “1%ers”?
By Chris Morgan @chrismorgan10 I am a big advocate of Twitter and its role in promoting clinical discussion and professional disagreement! I recently had a discussion on Twitter regarding the use of evidence based medicine in the treatment of elite athletes. This was just after Usain Bolt posted a picture of himself receiving treatment for his […]
Become a Guardian of Health during Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
By Saulo Delfino Barboza, @SauloDBarboza The Brazilian Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, created the Guardians of Health app (Guardiões da Saúde), an initiative to involve the population in the public health surveillance, specially during major events such as Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.1 Everyone aged 13 or more going to […]
Training error and achilles pain
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/ Achilles tendinopathy is a common problem among runners and can be a challenge to manage. As clinicians, we want to help the […]
Sports performance following ACL reconstruction
By Mick Hughes I’ve written about ACL injury in the past: at-risk age groups, risk factors, when it is safe to return to sport following ACL surgery and ACL prevention programs – to name a few (read past posts on my blog). For my guest spot in this BJSM blog, I turn my attention to sport […]
Will whole grains make you live longer?
Nutrition – a BJSM blog series The mission of BJSM is to share quality content and promote debate relating to how physical activity, exercise and sport influence health. With this mission in mind, BJSM has at least 3 strong reasons to engage with content related to nutrition: Sports medicine has long been closely associated with […]
Surprisingly great interest for an MCL sprain – Cristiano Ronaldo and the 2016 UEFA Euro Final
By Markus Waldén @MarkusWalden In just the 8th minute of the final between Portugal and France (hosts of the UEFA Euro 2016), Portugal’s star player and 3-time winner of Ballon d’Or, with jersey number 7, Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano, was tackled and suffered an apparent MCL injury of his left knee. Partial and total tears of […]