By Harvi F. Hart, PhD, @harvihart; and Kay M. Crossley, PT, PhD,@kaymcrossley As a society, we know that excess body weight is not good for our health. It increases the risk of an array of physical and mental health conditions such as hypertension, type II diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, depression, and anxiety. […]
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Return to Learn (RTL) and Return to Sport (RTS) Protocols for Youth Athletes and Our Proposed Coordinated Return Protocol
By Steven Horwitz, D.C. @DrHorwitz, Nash Anderson, D.C. @Sportmednews and Randy Naidoo M.D. @RandyNaidoo Concussions have become the noteworthy safety issue in sports today. Between “1.1 and 1.9 million sports and recreation related concussions occur annually in US children aged ≤18 years”1. With this notoriety comes an unfortunate melange of terms and care standards.2 The term […]
Call for Drs Bermon and Garnier to share anonymised underlying performance data
(This version of the blog was copyedited for clarity and to add an explanatory note below on May 22nd and June 1st by Editor Karim Khan. Previous versions available). We respectfully ask Drs Bermon and Garnier (2017, hereafter BG17) to share the underlying athletes’ performance data summarised in their British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) study.[1] […]
No longer arthroscopy for degenerative knee disease? Potential benefits from a novel technique should not be ignored
Letter in response to BJSM Article: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline Dear Editor, It was with great interest that we read the republished guideline1 entitled “Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline.” Based on the findings from previous studies, the […]
Interview with Rob Hill, Osteopath at UK Athletics
Interview with Rob Hill @osteopathyfirst You’re now working at UK Athletics. Tell us about your career path, how did you come to work there? I qualified in 2005 from the BCOM (British College of Osteopathic Medicine) and from that day, I pursued a career in sport. I wanted to be part of an elite […]
Does the Nordic hamstring exercise prevent hamstring injury?
By Ashokan Arumugam1, Kavitha Vishal2 1Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation – Physiotherapy Section, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden 2Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India PEDro synthesis on the following paper: “Al Attar WSA, Soomro N, Sinclair PJ, et al. Effect of injury prevention programs […]
This June 2018: The World Medical & Health Games
The World Medical & Health Games can be compared to Olympic Games dedicated to health professionals. Annually held since 1978, this year, the 39th edition of the Games will take place on the fabulous island of Malta from 16 to 23 June. Open to all health professions, the event welcomes up to 2,000 participants from […]
My Story: Nils, creator of Trust me, I’m a Physiotherapist Facebook Page.
Hi, I’m Nils Oudhuis, creator of the Facebook page: Trust me, I’m a Physiotherapist. First, I want to thank BJSM for inviting me to tell you all a little bit about myself and my Facebook page. I want to share with you three short stories: (1) my time in school, (2) how I started […]
Active holidays improve cardiovascular health
By Dr Günther Neumayr and Dr Peter Lechleitner We all like holidays, but do they improve our health? We lack knowledge about the potential health effects of holidays. In fact, we know nothing about whether and to what extent the duration and activities of a vacation exert a positive impact on our health. Recently, we […]
Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer
Letter in response to BJSM Article: Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer. Dear Editor, It was with great pleasure that I read the recent review article by […]