Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Stefan Kluzek and Rose Penfold UK sports grounds typically have a stock of emergency medications, supplied and prescribed by a club doctor. Recently, a physiotherapy colleague told me that Professional Sport Association pitch- side trainers informed her that medications, especially emergency medications, should […]
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Caffeine/Sleeping pills in sport captures national media attention in Australia
On July 5th, a prominent Australian Rules football player suffered an ‘adverse reaction’ to sleeping pills after a game. Drug testing confirmed that the player had not taken any banned drugs and there was no suggestion of that. The media ran stories of players being on a cycle of caffeine ‘uppers’ followed by sleeping pill […]
E-letter: Are there risk factors in alpine skiing?
This E-letter is in response to Are there risk factors in alpine skiing? A controlled multicentre survey of 1278 skiers. Abstract | Full article We read with interest the article from Hasler et al. (2009) “Are there risk factors in alpine skiing? A controlled multicentre survey of 1278 skiers”. In general, the answer is: ‘yes, there are […]
Time to debate the cost of the war on drugs in sport?
Did you know that it costs $US 3 million to catch one football player using anabolic steroids? The total budget for testing for drugs in sport clearly exceeds $US 250 million – it is probably closer to $US 500 million annually. That’s a fair chunk of change. Good idea? Or is there a better way […]