Keywords: Health Promotion, Equity-informed Research, Social Determinants of Health Health disparities are present in all areas of clinical care, including sports and exercise medicine (SEM), and they can have profound and complex effects on health outcomes. However, efforts to understand and address their causes and effects in SEM have not been widely examined – specifically […]
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Two days. Ten events. The need for a decathlete to optimise their training and health for sports performance
By Pascal Edouard, MD, PhD, @PascalEdouard42 and Jacques Pruvost, MD 9126! The total points Kévin Mayer, a French decathlete, scored just two weeks ago at the Decastar meeting in Talence, France, breaking the decathlon world record with 4563 points on the first and 4563 on the second day. Mayer’s win illustrates the important and delicate […]
Can national swimming federations be agents for health promotion?
By Clarence Perez-Diaz and Juan Carlos De la Cruz-Márquez. In this blog we capture the essence of what we may also submit as a research paper to a journal outside the BJSM. Background: Participation in international swimming events have increased significantly over the last 20 years. While only 46 national swimming federations (NFs) participated in […]
A Movement for Movement: what’s art got to do with it? A lot.
By Ann Gates @exerciseworks The newly published “Movement for Movement” editorial (Gates et al) heralds a new era of framing and dealing with the deeply entrenched life style issues that contribute to the rise in the global burden of diseases (1). It uses physical activity as a case study and identifies areas where the physical activity […]
Glasgow Medical School leading the way on physical activity education: our three steps to success!
By Dr John Paul Leach Like many clinicians and medical educators, I am convinced of the need to energetically promote physical activity to all strata of society, but especially students and patients. I am lucky, in that my joint role as an educator and clinician, I have a chance to do just this – promote […]
Lifestyle Medicine – helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors : A practitioner’s unexpected Journey
By Dr. Bobby Masocol I’m a new sports medicine doctor, fresh out of training and now in academic practice teaching family medicine residents and sports medicine fellows. Prior to this job, I was asked by one of my mentors to develop a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic to compliment the unique curriculum at the University of South […]
#MakeYourDayHarder campaign launch: who, what, when, where, and why?
By Dr. Mike Evans What: on June 11 we are launching #MakeYourDayHarder campaign where people make their day harder (get off a stop early, park at the back of lot, take stairs, have a walking meeting, ride, walk to lunch, etc..) and then share +/- pic/video on social media (twitter, FB, instagram) with the #MakeYourDayHarder […]
Experts present at Exercise Medicine Conference, June 20 2014
While sports medicine gets a lot of attention, exercise medicine is also an important topic that impacts millions of people. Now in its second year, the annual Exercise Medicine Conference brings together a wide range of individuals from all areas of healthcare to discuss the important topic of exercise. The conference programme includes experts from […]
Physical inactivity in Nigeria: A short analysis (part 1 of 2)
Guest blog by Damilola Alawode (@DAlawode) I usually ask my patients: are you physically active? The response I receive the most is: I don’t have time to exercise doctor. Shocked? Don’t be. It is a common misconception among the general populace, doctors inclusive, that physical activity and exercise are synonymous. A brief informal survey in […]