Prologue: What appears to be an alien communication from deep space was recently found in a NASA vault; it was intercepted and deciphered and then misplaced in 2012. Excerpts, including quotes from humans, are reproduced here. We recently did fieldwork on planet Earth observing Homo sapiens, studying their unusual and intriguing behaviors and language. These […]
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It is safe when coronary artery calcium progresses during exercising?
Part of the BJSM’s Knowledge Translation blog series In this blog we will explain how we used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study to investigate the association between physical activity (PA) and coronary artery calcium progression and subsequent cardiovascular disease events. More details are available in our recently published […]
Do you have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to provide physiotherapy by telehealth for patients with musculoskeletal pain conditions?
Check out this free online telehealth toolkit to find out more…. by Allison M Ezzat PT PhD, Danilo de Oliveira Silva PT, PhD Musculoskeletal pain conditions are a global leading cause of pain, disability, and result in increased all-cause mortality.1 Yet, evidence-based physiotherapy management of musculoskeletal conditions is not universally accessible, especially for people living […]
Teaming up to try and tackle the stigma around mental health in rugby
Written by Dr Steffan Griffin (PhD Student) and Heather Lewis (Mental Health Foundation) Since the LooseHeadz charity was formed in 2017, they have been relentlessly raising money and awareness around mental health and wellbeing in rugby. Through the selling of clothes and merchandise, they have raised thousands of pounds to support various mental health initiatives, […]
A call to “educational” arms, hearts and minds
By Ann B. Gates @exerciseworks How can the sports and exercise medicine community support Ukrainian health care students to continue their studies and graduate? When societal and educational democracy is threatened- who acts? A peaceful, democratic country, Ukraine, was invaded by Russia on 24th February 2022[1]. What followed has been a humanitarian and societal catastrophe […]
Can better communication between medical staff and the coach reduce injuries? Let’s explore the options.
Avoiding injuries ensures high player availability and allows coaches to have the best squad possible available for training and to select their best squad for matches. In the UEFA Champions League (UCL), the unavailability of players to compete in matches due to injury averages 14% but varies between 5% and 20%. Lower injury rates have […]
Mobile App Review for Doping-IAT: A Programme for Testing Implicit Attitude towards Doping
NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION: Doping-IAT (accessible here: http://anti-doping.derwinchan.com/implicitassociationtest.html) CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION: Sport PLATFORM: Android, iOS, Windows, macOS. COST: Free ABOUT THE APP: Doping-IAT is a mobile application that evaluates athletes’ implicit attitude towards doping. This implicit measure aligns with the protocol of the Doping-IAT computer test that Chan and co-workers[1] developed and […]
Shoulder Instability – A Physiotherapist as the Patient
Part of the BJSM’s Young Clinician Blog Series Shoulder injuries. A dread for many physiotherapists and a delight for a few of us less sane. A person with a shoulder injury often presents with a lot of complexity – this is a challenge I tend to relish. What follows is a story of my battle […]
Preparation and mitigation measures for exercising in the heat: what’s done by elite athletes and what’s working?
In our blog, we will explain how elite marathon runners and race-walkers coped with the hot and humid ambient conditions during the 2019 World Athletic Championship. More details are available in two recent open-access manuscripts.[1,2] Why is this study important? Numerous international events are held in the summer, in hot and/or humid ambient conditions. While […]
How to osteoFIGHT bone stress injuries
Application of the 6 principles of training to build ‘fitter bones’ – Part of the BJSM’s Young Clinician blog series Running alone is not a great bone-strengthening activity, partly due to the high occurrence of low energy availability in distance runners, but also because bone cells become “deaf” to repetitive loading.1 3 8 It only takes […]