How can we most effectively communicate with our athletes to improve their immediate performance and promote long term retention? The language we use dominates how we interact and communicate with each other. The language we use with athletes in order to get optimum performance has been a topic of high interest in recent years. We […]
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Medical Care and first aid: a framework for organised non-elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic
Will you be providing first-aid care to athletes in a non-elite setting? This guidance (in pdf format at the end of the document) defines and rationalises emergency and first aid care during the current time of heightened awareness of contracting and transmitting COVID-19. This follows on from an elite sport framework which uses Public Health England […]
What actually works in the hip and groin? Building on last week’s podcast with Dr Andrea Mosler PhD
Why does screening fail to identify injuries? What actually works? Groin and hip injuries wreak havoc in the sporting population, with significant time loss to the athlete, and financial implications to clubs and organisations. In this BJSM podcast, Dr Liam West talks with Dr Andrea Mosler PhD (specialist sports physiotherapist and research fellow at LaTrobe […]
BJSM Blogs 2.0. Evolution, not Revolution
As our readers and followers will know, we at BJSM have tried to make the ‘journal’ much more than just that, and instead more of a community. At the heart of this approach has been a focus on open access resources such as podcasts, blogs and social media channels, that accompany our more traditional and […]
In the fight for racial justice, the sidelines are no longer an option. By Dr Tracy Blake, PT, PhD
Author: Dr Tracy Blake (@TracyABlake) This blog mirrors Dr Blake’s accepted Editorial that will appear in BJSM shortly (anticipated online first: between July 17 and 24). Updated August 3rd, 2020: Editorial published July 30th, 2020 (FREE) Cite this article as: Blake T. In the fight for racial justice, the sidelines are no longer an option […]
Team sport in a COVID-19 world – a catastrophe-in-waiting, or a disguised opportunity to evolve and contribute further to population health?
By Steffan A Griffin, Amy E Mendham, Peter Krustrup, Andrew Murray, Nick Peirce, Joanne Larkin, Rod Jaques, Charlotte Cowie, Keith A Stokes, Simon PT Kemp Team sport has been widely hailed as a potential morale-booster for the wider society in the current COVID-19 climate (in both a spectating and participating capacity). However, team sport […]
FAI and giving patients confidence in telehealth, Chad Cook gives us the inside track. Episode #432
BJSM Friday Podcast #432 Associate Editor Paul Blazey (T: @blazey85) talks with Professor Chad Cook from Duke University (North Carolina, USA). Chad is a Professor in the Orthopaedic Surgery Division of Physical Therapy, with an interest in the effective diagnosis, intervention, and outcomes assessment of conservative and surgical treatment of orthopedic-related conditions. Today we focus […]
COVID-19 in Singapore: a sports physician at the frontlines
By Dr Mingchang Wang I stood beside my patient in my sweat-soaked personal protective equipment (PPE). It was a sweltering 35 degrees Celsius in the shade and he was attempting to do a standing gastrocnemius stretch while I supervised him. “Hold for 20 seconds, do three sets each leg”, I told him. He nodded […]
Consider the chaos: creating ecological validity in the Return to Sport process
By Dr Matt Taberner @MattTaberner & Dr Daniel Cohen @danielcohen1971 From the spectators who view from afar, to the backroom staff who work on the front-line, the beauty of sport is its unpredictability. Whether it is football played on the lush pitches of the English Premier League (EPL) or basketball on the gleaming courts of […]
Anxiety and Insomnia in Athletes during the era of COVID 19: Part 2– solutions and suggestions
By Dr. Meeta Singh, MD @athletesleepmd1 and Dr. Carla Edwards, MD @Edwards10Carla The enforced societal restrictions over the past three months have left athletes feeling negative, unmotivated, emotionally detached from sport and feel as though they have lost direction—all of which impacts their overall mental health. We both witnessed how athletes’ psychological experiences evolved during […]