Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series A specialized athlete’s body constitution is often distinctive to their sport. Thus, one would probably never mistake a distance runner for a weightlifter, nor a figure skater for a swimmer. Body composition changes through sport-specific training to match the needs of the […]
Tag: featured
to pin posts to the top of the blog homepage.
Group Telerehabilitation in the COVID-19 Era: a new Approach
Person-centred experience for telerehabilitation following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction – part of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine’s blog series The rationale for this project is to co-design (1) alternative ways of engaging with patients using telehealth frameworks (2) and provide person-centred rehabilitation post-surgical reconstruction for anterior cruciate ligament injury (ACL-R). […]
Is it time to mandate mouthguards use in all contact sports?
Injury prevention vs Performance – Do mouthguards prevent injury or are they just an unnecessary burden to aerobic performance? Since the design of the first mouthguards in the late 1890’s, they have been commonly used as a way to prevent oro-facial injuries and protect athletes during contact sports. Although widely available, there are large variations […]
What is the role of eccentric exercise in resistance training?
Eccentric muscle contractions happen when the muscle lengthens under tension. By contrast, concentric contractions happen when the muscle shortens under tension. Eccentric contractions perform negative work through ‘braking’ and elastic storage of energy 1. During walking, active muscles shorten via their contractile proteins, myosin and actin, but ‘just as often, resist lengthening’ 2. Eccentric work […]
Schools need more than just a policy, they need support too
Schools can be supported to implement compulsory physical activity policies. Compulsory school physical activity policies exist in China, Denmark, England and several Australian, United States and Canadian jurisdictions. ‘Compulsory’ doesn’t mean policies are adhered to, often they are not. For example, less than half of Canadian, and only 1 in 4 Australian primary schools, adhere […]
Proposing a #DREAM approach to musculoskeletal medicine
A proposed holistic and interdisciplinary model of care When it comes to musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries, most clinicians will be familiar with the acronyms ‘RICE, POLICE and even PEACE & LOVE(1)’, but how does knowing that help in the grander rehabilitation process? Whilst they may provide a structure for the acute management of MSK injuries, they […]
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis; Pushing Muscle to the Limit
What can athletes do to prevent themselves being exposed to muscle breakdown after exercise? Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a condition that can impact athletes, patients and military personnel alike, causing an excessive breakdown of muscle after exercise. In some patients, this can be due to intense exercise well above the normal levels of fatigue, while […]
Book Review: A Practical Guide to the Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests
Overview Authors? Dr William Kinnear and Dr James Hull, two Consultant Respiratory Physicians based in the United Kingdom who are both widely published in respiratory physiology. Publication Date? January 2021 Price? £29.99 + shipping cost Where can you buy it? There are various websites selling the book (including but not limited to): Foyles Oxford University […]
Sleep within the NBA bubble
The impact of COVID on sleep & mental health Coping with COVID in the NBA A significant consideration by the performance staff heading into the NBA Bubble was the potential accumulative increase in player stress and anxiety associated with adhering to the daily NBA Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols,1 2 environmental transition into the Bubble (quarantine […]
The leader within us
What is the problem? Sports injury monitoring systems have adopted an increasingly scientific approach to monitoring players’ health through standardised consensus-based guidelines.1 2 Within these systems, athletes are usually instructed to report their injuries based on a delineated injury definition. Then medical staff review the data and determine the required necessary actions. Yet, injury monitoring […]