Key words: #MSKplaybook #Mindthesofttissuegap #frozenshoulder #MSKultrasound #SEM #Hydroditension Introduction Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is a common condition within community musculoskeletal (MSK) interface services, which presents insidiously and significantly impacts patients’ quality of life and function. In this blog, we discuss how a community-based pathway can permit early diagnosis through prompt referral to rehabilitation, alongside access to […]
Tag: injury
The Psychological Impact of Traumatic Events in Sports
Psychological Aftermath of Trauma Extends Beyond Athletes Introduction Risks are inherent in sports. Athletes engage in training and competition with an awareness that injury may occur. Certain sports (e.g. combat, collision, high speed or extreme) are intuitively associated with a greater potential for more severe injuries; however unexpected medical events can occur at any time. […]
The impact of shoulder injuries in rugby: what can we control?
By Sam Blanchard @sjbphysio_sport & Paula Timpson @paulat_physio Asia is not a region that would be traditionally synonymous with Rugby Union… until now. On the 20th September 2019, Japan will host the 9th Rugby World Cup and will see the greatest rugby nations on Earth collide… literally! The impacts reported in professional rugby have been likened […]
Rugby Union injuries: future research
Stuart Bailey @stujohnbailey, Edinburgh Napier University & Scottish Rugby PhD Student As the 2018/19 rugby union season continues, player welfare is (once again) a hot topic amongst pundits, the media, and fans. Rugby at the community level is a form of physical activity and has overall physical health and wellness benefits. But what about elite players? […]
Word gets around: qualitative data and injury research
By Robert McCunn @RobertMcCunn , Neil V Gibson @360CUK, Liam D Harper @lharper89 Qualitative research methods are underused in our field. The prevailing epistemological approach in sports medicine favours the use of objective, numerical data. Indeed, such data and methodology is important; however, it does not always tell the full story. Context and nuance are not easily […]
Mixed martial arts: elite athletes or just street brawlers?
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr Dinesh Sirisena Since the first Ultimate Fighting Championships in the early 1990s, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has gained popularity with regular national and international tournaments [1]. For some it remains barbaric, taking us back to our primal instincts of fight vs. flight. […]
Injuries in Golfers who are not Pros – Suggestions for Innovative Research
By Mr Alexander M Wood, Orthopaedic Registrar Wansbeck Hospital Ashington Mr Andre C Keenan, Orthopaedic Registrar Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Little France Mr Stuart A Aitken Orthopaedic Registrar Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Little France We thank Dr’s Iain and Andrew Murray and Dr Roger Hawkes for their blog1 Getting to Grips with Golf Injuries,which addresses some […]
Cutting edge science at Mo Farah’s Oregon Training Camp
Guest Blog By Nick Smallwood Post script August 11th, 2012 – Congratulations @Mo_Farah for 5K, 10K double – delighted the world! Mo Farah knows the fine line between success and failure. At the World Athletics Championships last summer, he missed out on 10,000m gold by a quarter of a second. A few days later, he […]
IOC partnership: Children and Sport BJSM theme issue
This issue of BJSM – one of the 16 annually – focuses on keeping young people healthy. Many readers are not aware that the IOC and BJSM partner to produce 4 issues of the BJSM annually. These issues focus on the IOC mission of ‘Athlete Protection and Health Promotion’. The special issues, generally appearing in […]
Response to Ian Shrier
We agree with Ian Shrier that the finding of an effect of stretching on risk of muscle, ligament and tendon injuries should be interpreted with caution. That is why we wrote “The finding of an effect of stretching on muscle, ligament and tendon injury risk needs to be considered cautiously because muscle, ligament and tendon injury risk was a […]