Reflections on Shadowing a Sports and Exercise Medicine Doctor in Elite Women’s Golf Introduction Given Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is not currently a specialty offered in the UK Foundation Programme rotations, clinical experience must be gained during ‘taster’ days or during days off. I am very grateful to Professor Andrew Murray and Dr Emma […]
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European Tour Golf: Sports Medicine Opportunities during a pandemic
Part of the new ‘Gateway to Sport and Exercise Medicine’ blog series The impact of the pandemic was fully felt by all professional sports, with many events cancelled or postponed. The European Tour Golf normally runs a very full programme throughout the year, with events on most continents (having not quite reached Antarctica yet!). Therefore, […]
Beyond physical load in golf – the tip of the load iceberg
In many sporting contexts, load management has become a popular topic of discussion amongst coaches, practitioners and athletes alike. Often the focus is on physical load in the form of external (work undertaken by the athlete) and internal (psychophysiological response of the athlete) load [1, 2]. Whilst the physical loads associated with performance and skill […]
Golf – therapy, recreation, competition and passion
Golf, one of the oldest codified sports[1], has for much of the last three centuries had two common entry points; through guidance from a family member, friend or acquaintance, or through informal/formal instruction.[2] A growing body of evidence, however, suggests golf is a health-enhancing physical activity[3], and a way to reduce social isolation, an increasingly […]
The latest on BJSM’s YouTube channel
Our 26.7K YouTube subscribers will be pleased to hear that we now have animations based on BJSM papers coming through. This week’s topic? Golf. Enjoy! Based on BJSM paper (OPEN ACCESS): Murray AD, Daines L, Archibald D, et al. The relationships between golf and health: a scoping review. Br J Sports Med 2017. Based on BJSM […]
#GolfingConsensus: another option to improve mental health and increase physical activity?
By Paul Blazey @blazey85 To coincide with the start of today’s Ryder Cup, this week BJSM published the 2018 consensus statement on golf and health (1). In the paper, golf is portrayed as a means to address current public health concerns over a lack of physical activity, and as a sport with health benefits as […]
Physiotherapy and treating golfers: practical tips and experience based principles
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Nigel Tilley @nigel_tilley Physiotherapist on European Tour/ETPI; Team GB Golf Physio Rio 2016; European Ryder cup team physio 2016 Identifying the cause of an injury is often key to the effective assessment and management of a condition/problem. All too often practitioners jump to the ‘hands-on’ […]
More to win than the Ryder Cup: the health benefits of golf
By Steffan Griffen, Andrew Murray (@docAndyMurray) & Roger Hawkes Golf is played by around 55 million people on 32,000 courses in over 100 countries.¹ With over half a billion homes worldwide tuning in for each day of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, a series pitting Europe’s best against the cream of the American crop. We […]
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 […]
A SACRUM TOO FAR – Tiger withdraws from Ryder Cup. What advice would we offer one of the world’s greatest ever golfers? Guest Blog @NicolvanDyk
Guest blog by sports physiotherapist @NicolvanDyk (Qatar) “If there’s a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra Tiger Woods has officially withdrawn from the Ryder Cup – a move that makes a lot more sense than his starting the PGA last week. It seems like he is now following sound medical advice. A proper […]