What updates are presented in the IOC consensus statement on RED-S 2018? Prevention Awareness is the key to prevention, yet RED-S continues to go unrecognised. Less than 50% of clinicians, physiotherapists and coaches are reported as able to identify the components of the female athlete triad. In a survey of female exercisers in Australia, half were […]
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Your patient has an ‘exercise associated wheeze’… it might not be asthma!
Undergraduate perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Katie Marino @krmarino1 Sports and exercise medicine (SEM) is a broad speciality that overlaps a number of different areas. Perhaps one of the more overlooked aspects of SEM is cardio-respiratory physiology and the vital role it has on performance. To gain more knowledge in […]
Top tips from around the globe: Undergraduate medical electives in SEM
Undergraduate perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series A medical elective is a placement undertaken away from medical school usually in the fourth or fifth year of study. Although it can be very tempting, this shouldn’t be viewed solely as an opportunity to lounge in the sun, dipping your feet in the pool […]
Internal Biological Clocks and Sport Performance
By Dr Nicky Keay A Nobel Prize was awarded two weeks ago to researchers who uncovered the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm: our internal biological clock. These mechanisms rely on negative feedback loops found in many biological systems where periodicity of gene expression is key, such as the Endocrine system. Internal biological clocks allow for […]
Big Game, Little Needles: Acupuncture in Professional Football
Note from the Karim Khan, Editor BJSM: I expect this blog to generate a lot of discussion. On the one hand will be the folks who argue that if there are no RCTs for a treatment then it shouldn’t be discussed on the BJSM blog. If we extend that argument then Jenny McConnell’s taping for […]
It is time to stop wasting time and money debating graft types and surgical approaches for ACL injuries: The secret probably lies in optimising rehabilitation
By Adam Culvenor, PT, PhD, @agculvenor; and Christian Barton, PT, PhD, @DrChrisBarton Last month, Professor Lars Engebretsen expressed concern on this blog regarding the potential return to popularity of synthetic grafts for cruciate ligament deficient knees in an attempt to optimise outcomes. There has been a great deal of research attempting to identify the optimal […]
Common misconceptions about back pain in sport: Tiger Woods’ case brings 5 fundamental questions into sharp focus
By Dr Peter O’Sullivan, Curtin University, West Australia @PeteOSullivanPT The enormous media interest over the demise of Tiger Woods’ golf game because of his back pain disorder highlights that current approaches to management are fuelling rather than reducing the burden of back pain (Deyo, Mirza et al. 2009). (PS: You can listen to the related […]
Tendinopathy – rehab progression – part 1
Originally posted on RunningPhysio By Tom Goom, Senior Physio at The Physio Rooms Brighton. Follow Tom on Twitter. Funny what an injury does isn’t it? A few months ago I developed a hamstring tendinopathy and since then I’ve become a total tendon geek! The upside of all this is I have new knowledge that can help others […]