A monthly round-up of podcasts and articles By Zach Spargo (@ZachSpargo) & Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) Can’t keep up with what the latest research on return-to-play is saying? Need direction on where to find all the up-to-date literature and podcasts? This is your place! We’ve put together the greatest and latest RTP work from BJSM into […]
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Wimbledon! A day in the life of an All England Club SEM Physician – BJSM trainee perspective blog
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective –A BJSM blog series By Dr. Ajai Seth Sports and Exercise Medicine Trainee, MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCS, MRCGP, MFSEM As a life-long avid tennis fan, I was thrilled at the opportunity to spend some time with the medical team at The Championships, Wimbledon. Wimbledon is the oldest, perhaps most […]
The Eva Carneiro case and gender inequality in SEM: Why it matters for the SEM community
By Sheree Bekker @shereebekker and Tracy Blake @tracyablake “Women want to be leaders, we just put them off as we go along. I think in every program I have ever watched in my life the woman, the female doctor [unclear] is either hyper-sexualised…or she is not present….This is what young girls, what I, grew up with […]
Hört endlich auf degenerative Meniskusrisse zu operieren: Es wird Zeit, dass sich die gängige Praxis an der Evidenz orientiert.
Von Kay M Crossley, Joanne L Kemp, Charles Ratzlaff und Ewa M Roos übersetzt aus dem Englischen To read blog in English: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2014/06/15/time-to-stop-meniscectomies-for-degenerative-tears-practice-must-catch-up-with-evidence/ Im Jahr 2002 wurde im New England Journal of Medicine eine randomisierte kontrollierte Studie veröffentlicht, die uns alle aufhorchen ließ. Das wirklich bemerkenswerte an dieser Studie war, dass alle Teilnehmer randomisiert drei Gruppen zugewiesen […]
#IOCprev2017 social media campaign: What it’s all about, and why YOU should be a part of it
The 1-tweet-conference pitch was a challenge to our conference speakers, and it is a great way to give you a sneak peak of some of the symposia/keynote content. […]
Cutting sporting Australians to their knees: time for more investment in sports injury prevention
By David Hunter, Florance and Cope Professor of Rheumatology Australians’ passion for their favourite sporting pursuits is almost unmatched by any other country throughout the world. We pride ourselves on our sporting heritage and the records that our minnow sized population has been able to achieve in an ever expanding sporting world. Not detracting from the importance […]
Regular Consumption of Sports Drinks are a Risk to Children’s Health
FSEM PRESS RELEASE Regular consumption of sports drinks by children, for social reasons, could be having a detrimental effect on their health concludes the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK. A survey by Cardiff University School of Dentistry[i], published in the British Dental Journal, showed a high proportion of 12-14 year olds are […]
Primary care sports med to ‘pitchside’ gymnastics: Travelling across the pond to dip my toes in the USA SEM scene
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Michael Akadiri This Spring, I travelled across the pond from the UK to the USA to take the fortuitous opportunity of a 6-week study elective. In line with the country’s nickname as ‘The Land of Opportunity’, I viewed this trip as my opportunity […]
Sit Less, Get Active! First MOOC to deliver and evaluate physical activity promotion, call to action: sign-up or share
By Adam Bleakley (Foundation Doctor, NHS Lothian) and Evan Jenkins (Medical Student, University of Edinburgh) Physical activity is regarded as a global public health priority (Kohl, 2012), and physical inactivity the biggest public health problem of the 21st century (Blair, 2009). Physical inactivity and sedentariness, “silent killers”, are associated with increased morbidity and reduced life expectancy […]
‘No pain, no gain’. The best way to train? Erasmus MC study project evaluates two different exercise therapies for patellar tendinopathy in a RCT with the innovative 3D Ultrashort echo time (UTE)-MRI technique
By Robert-Jan de Vos @rj_devos and Edwin Oei Patellar tendinopathy is an overuse injury that causes pain and impaired performance in jumping athletes. Prevalence is high in elite volleyball (45%) and basketball (32%) athletes.1 Symptoms can become long-standing Furthermore, there is currently no convincing evidence for second-line treatments such as shockwave therapy and platelet-rich plasma.2,3 Exercise therapy […]