Authors: Professor Courtney Kipps, Professor Charlie Pedlar & Dr Amy Boalch This year was a special occasion for the Marathon Medicine Conference, as it marked its 40th year. The venue conference saw a change, with the conference held at Central Hall Westminster, and the conference committee welcomed a new member – Dr Amy Boalch. What […]
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Diary blog – Journey to Monaco: A Scholar’s Reflection
Author: Dr Bakare Ummukulthoum (PT), Inaugural 3-B Scholar 2024, Associate Editor, BJSM, @koolboulevard on X and Instagram Saint John, Newbrunswick Canada As I prepared to board my flight en-route for the 7th International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport held in Monaco from February 29th to March 2nd, […]
Diary blog – “Mario in Japan” – Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association
Author: Mario Bizzini, PhD, MSc, PT I arrived in Tokyo on Thursday January 4th after a 12 hour flight from Zürich. With two Japanese long-time friends, I walked around some familiar spots such as the Asakusa district and the Skytree tower, and of course we also visited a couple of fine sushi restaurants. In the […]
Highlights from the 2023 Gaelic Games Sports Medicine and Sports Science Scientific Conference
Author: Dr. Patrick O’Meara (Twitter – @pad_om) – GP Trainee with a special interest in SEM. Final year MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine Student – University of South Wales. The inaugural Gaelic Games Sports Medicine and Sports Science Scientific Conference was held in TUS Athlone on the 2nd of September 2023. The theme of the […]
Upcoming event in Scotland: Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections (SPARC) Conference 2023!
The 8th annual SPARC conference will take place at the University of Edinburgh, UK on Wednesday 8th November 2023 – the first in-person SPARC event since the pandemic. What is SPARC? The Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections (SPARC) was established in 2016 as a network of physical activity researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in Scotland. SPARC […]
Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting with the success of the second conference in Odense, Denmark back in January 25-26, to working with the most productive soccer scientists in the world to advance the field. 2019 ended beautifully for the […]
The World Medical and Health Games — 2019 Budva
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Shona Kohlhardt @ShonaKohlhardt This year Montenegro’s picturesque city, Budva, hosted over 1,200 participants from 45 countries for the 40th World Medical and Health Games – Medigames. Bringing together like-minded people from all over the world with a passion for sports and medicine, Medigames […]
Kicking Groin pain ‘Into touch’
By Helen McElroy (@helenmcelroy) Physiotherapist and Northern Ireland Rep for ACPSEM Hip and Groin pain in kicking sports will be the focus of the 2019 ACPSEM Autumn Study day. This two-day event will be held in Riddell Hall, Belfast on 22/23rd November. We’ve pulled together experts from several kicking sports including international rugby and premiership […]
Highlights from FSEM Ireland Annual Scientific Conference 2019
By Jonny Elliott (@jelliott1989) On 14th September the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) Ireland hosted it’s widely anticipated 16th Annual Scientific Conference (ASC) at the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. The event itself, entitled “Movement is Therapy”, showcased some of the best and brightest from across Medical and Allied Health Professions and […]
‘Grab your tartan scarf and trainers and head to Glasgow this November for the BASEM Annual Conference 2019. Can you ‘Go the Glasgow Mile’?
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 […]