Athletes and team staff members are often required to travel vast distances to compete, putting them at increased risk of acquiring infectious disease during air travel – how can we overcome this? The coronavirus pandemic has brought to light the risks of infection transmission associated with air travel. In the recent podcast episode #446, BJSM’s […]
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Building on a BJSM podcast – and celebrating good news! #WomensFootball
Why are females more at risk of ACL injuries in football, and what can we do to reduce the risk for our athletes? In this podcast, we are joined by Brooke Patterson and Dr Ben Mentiplay to discuss their latest review of injury prevention programmes reducing the risk of injury in women’s football. Brooke (T: […]
Building on last week’s podcast – finding comfort in discomfort #448
On last week’s episode, crowd favourite Dr Alex Hutchinson PhD returned to discuss the difference between effort and pain in the world of endurance. A former Canadian national team middle- and long-distance runner and Cambridge-trained physicist, Alex is an award-winning author and columnist who writes for Outside magazine and The Toronto Globe and Mail. Alex […]
Empowering patients to take control of their back pain #Podcast
Building on last week’s podcast with Dr Mary O’Keeffe On last week’s episode, we were joined by Dr Mary O’Keeffe to discuss how clinicians can better manage patients with low back pain. Mary is a physiotherapist and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. Mary was awarded her PhD in 2017, in which she examined multidimensional rehabilitation […]
Patellofemoral pain – the lower back pain of the lower limb? #Podcast
Elaborating on last week’s BJSM podcast In this week’s BJSM podcast we were privileged to have Dr. Mark Matthews and Professor Bill Vicenzino discussing a recent clinical trial they have undertaken researching the management of patellofemoral pain. What is patellofemoral pain? The speakers gave the following key points to know about patellofemoral pain: Key Clinical […]
Are we allowing injured athletes enough time to biologically recover from injury?
Building on last week’s podcast about biological healing with Professor Erik Witvrouw Are injury recurrences due to a return to sport prior to adequate biological healing? Can we accurately measure stages healing with imaging or blood tests? On this BJSM podcast, Dr Liam West discusses the importance of respecting biological healing in musculoskeletal injuries with […]
Are you communicating with your athletes/patients in a way that optimises their performance? Learn top tips from an expert in the field!
How can we most effectively communicate with our athletes to improve their immediate performance and promote long term retention? The language we use dominates how we interact and communicate with each other. The language we use with athletes in order to get optimum performance has been a topic of high interest in recent years. We […]
Building your athlete mental health toolkit during COVID-19 with Olympian Dr Jane Thornton. #433
Top podcast for athletes suffering mental health issues during COVID […]
Using data science to support medical team decisions & return to play post COVID- 19. Episode #430
BJSM Friday Podcast #430 Dr. Ben Sporer (T: @ben_sporer) is the current director of performance strategy, research and innovation at the Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS). He trained as an exercise physiologist and worked with the Canadian Sport Institute, supporting multisport, cycling and snowboarding athletes across three full Olympic cycles (summer and winter games). He brings a […]
FAI and giving patients confidence in telehealth, Chad Cook gives us the inside track. Episode #432
BJSM Friday Podcast #432 Associate Editor Paul Blazey (T: @blazey85) talks with Professor Chad Cook from Duke University (North Carolina, USA). Chad is a Professor in the Orthopaedic Surgery Division of Physical Therapy, with an interest in the effective diagnosis, intervention, and outcomes assessment of conservative and surgical treatment of orthopedic-related conditions. Today we focus […]