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Breaking the Silence on Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and oral contraceptive pill : A Call to Action for healthcare professionals

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“We can’t see the wood for the trees” #functionalhypothalamicamenorrhea #contraceptivepill #relativeenergydeficiency Introduction The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently made a new statement about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (1). Low sexual hormone levels cause hypothalamic amenorrhea, often misunderstood in clinical practice. This blog is an attempt to explain why oral contraceptive pills are not […]

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A report on Marathon Medicine, the London Marathon’s conference on the Medicine and Science of Endurance Running

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Keywords: injury, physiology, health The Marathon Medicine conference returned to the RIBA London to celebrate its 38th edition on Saturday 1st October 2022. The event was organised in partnership with, and supported by, the TCS London Marathon and, had an international panel of experts discussing the medicine and science of endurance running. All talks have […]

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Football for all? Take-home messages on the women’s game from the Isokinetic 2022 Lyon conference

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Keywords: female athlete, conference, sports medicine     Three years and four virtual summits after the last Isokinetic Football Medicine conference in London (2019), participants convened in person for this year’s conference focusing on The Player’s Voice. Held over 3 days, it featured numerous talks and debates among sport scientists, coaches, physiotherapists, doctors, and athletes. […]

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Female Athlete Hormone Health 2022 – NICE guideline update

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What’s new for female hormone health? At the start of the year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) updated the guidelines for the management of bone health in the situation of amenorrhoea with low oestrogen. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is advised, rather than the combined oral […]

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Звернення до «освітніх» рук і сердець

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Автор Енн Б. Гейтс @exerciseworks – with very grateful thanks to Oleksandra Petrauskaite for her translation work Як спільнота спортивної та фізкультурної медицини може підтримати українських студентів-медиків у продовженні та закінченні навчання? Коли суспільна та освітня демократія під загрозою – хто діє? 24 лютого 2022 року[1] Росія напала на мирну, демократичну Україну. Після цього розпочалася […]

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A call to “educational” arms, hearts and minds

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By Ann B. Gates @exerciseworks How can the sports and exercise medicine community support Ukrainian health care students to continue their studies and graduate? When societal and educational democracy is threatened- who acts? A peaceful, democratic country, Ukraine, was invaded by Russia on 24th February 2022[1]. What followed has been a humanitarian and societal catastrophe […]

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Return-to-running following childbirth: When the principles of Sports Medicine and Pelvic Health collide

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Return-to-running following childbirth: When the principles of Sports Medicine and Pelvic Health collide In 2019 a BJSM blog highlighted the pelvic health considerations for return-to-running following childbirth and called for postpartum rehabilitation to align with return-to-sport injury models (Donnelly et al., 2019). We decided to answer its call for female-specific research and we wanted to […]

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For the ‘at-risk’ or vulnerable COVID-19 group: staying or becoming active during social distancing 

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  By Lis Neubeck @lisneubeck, Sheona McHale @SheonaMchale, Chloe Williamson @Chlobobs_, Paul Kelly @narrowboat_paul, Alice Pearsons @AlicePearsons, Steven Hanson @SteveFloatBoat and Coral L Hanson @HansonCoral During COVID-19, the World Health Organisation has defined vulnerable groups as those aged over 60 years (regardless of health condition), and those with underlying health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer. […]

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‘Grab your tartan scarf and trainers and head to Glasgow this November for the BASEM Annual Conference 2019. Can you ‘Go the Glasgow Mile’?

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Dr Kay Brennan @DrSportyKay Join us for the BASEM Annual Conference 2019! Open to all health professionals and students with a passion for Sports and Exercise Medicine, it is being held at The Hilton Hotel, central Glasgow on 21-22 November. Whether this is your first foray into the speciality or you are a seasoned pitch-side […]

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