Tennis is one of the most exciting individual sports there is to watch: it can be a battle fought out in front of a crowd loudly cheering at the US Open or applauding gently in Wimbledon. Both men and women go all out as the momentum shifts rapidly due to the quirky scoring system. Tennis […]
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Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference 2019: reflections from an early career physiotherapist aspiring for a career in SEM
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Connie Briggs @conniebriggspt Yes: I attended the Isokinetic Conference this year, worked with the SoMe team (short for social media – yes, I did learn that expression there!), and I had a blast. The theme this year was “Football Medicine Meets the Universe […]
Empowering female athletes in 2019
“When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They’re weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.” In 1967, 20-year-old Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to complete the all-male Boston Marathon as an official entrant. Registered as ‘K.V. […]
Feedback from the 1st British-Swiss student exchange!
Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series By Anne Cornevin @anne_cornevin, Giuseppe Loggia, Chloé Joray @chloejoray, Laurène Niederhauser and Tej Pandya @PandyaTej Foreword: Tej Pandya At the 2017 British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) Conference, we were delighted to see Justin Carrard, a junior doctor working in Switzerland […]
World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy: return to sport/ screening
By Christina Le @yegphysio Return to sport, it’s so hot right now. That’s right Zoolander, move aside for one of the most heavily researched and discussed topics in sports medicine! It seems like a new paper is published nearly every day that tackles some aspect of return to sport (RTS) in athletes who have undergone anterior […]
#FootballMedicine meets the Universe of Sport
Interested, or working within #FootballMedicine? We’d suggest you get to Wembley for the end of April! The Isokinetic Medical Group’s annual #FootballMedicine conference returns to another iconic sporting arena in London having recently held at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Wembley Stadium will host three days of top Sports Medicine CPD, this year looking outside the […]
June 2019: The 40th World Medical & Health Games
40 years running (yes, since 1978), the Medigames are back! Open to all health professionals and medical students, the event welcomes up to 1,500 participants from more than 40 different countries gather to watch and play up to 25 sports (individual or collective). And, in addition to this, the event offers an International Sport […]
Twisting Somersaults, Triple Axels, Tours en l’air, The Firework, Silks
By Alexander McKinven @ACPSEMdance Aerialists, performers, divers, gymnasts, acrobats, dancers, figure skaters, medics, physios and support staff in the artistic athlete world are all invited to the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Scotland on March 30th for a unique opportunity. The Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Sports and Exercise Medicine, the International Association for Dance Medicine and […]
Gunning for cutting-edge Sports Medicine CPD? Join us at #AFCSEMS19
Are you looking for a conference that combines cutting edge content, world-leading experts & an inspiring setting? Over the years, the Arsenal Performance & Research team have consistently delivered practice-influencing events, as well as a great insight into Sports Medicine practice at the top table of elite sport, with blogs, podcasts, & scientific papers […]
Bircher muesli, FAI and monitoring load: a recap of the 1st Swiss Sportfisio & Sports Med Conference in Bern #SportSuisse2018 [Part 2] & Hip pain consensus meeting
By Daniel Friedman @ddfriedman It was hard to believe the outstanding quality (and quantity) of the speakers and presentations at the 1st Swiss Sportfisio & Sports Med Conference in Bern in November. After an exciting first day of engaging talks in the Swiss capital, hundreds of conference attendees couldn’t help but to come back for more on […]