Care of sports team and endurance athletes, exercise Rx in primary care, and anti-doping: stellar line-up of pre-conference courses May, 2016 in Victoria, Canada – register now!

There is still time to sign up for the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) Pre-conference courses held the 3 days before CASEM’s annual scientific meeting May 18-21, 2016: “High Performance on the Pacific Edge”.  All courses are now accredited. Mon 16th/Tues 17th May 2016 – Team Physician Course This two-day course, chaired by […]

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Trust me, I’m a football doc – What do they think of us?

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Dr. Natalie Shur (@NatalieShur) The Royal Society of Medicine’s new meeting “Football Medicine: A matter of perspective”, featured a star-studded line-up of individuals involved in professional football. It was not just an opportunity for audience members to directly ask players, coaches and media […]

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The 7 most common injuries and illnesses seen at major multisport games

LIVE FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY! By Team England Sports Physicians: Paul Dijkstra & Noel Pollock (@DrPaulDijkstra / @DrNoelPollock) **Podcast with Dr Paul Dykstra sharing the UKAthletics Model for providing integrated (clinicians & coaches/S&C) – click here) Tonight is the closing ceremony of what has been an amazing 20th Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow; the most […]

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic – The passionate football star on physical health and team doctors

This interview was published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. For information about the Aspetar Journal or for a complimentary hard copy email journal@aspetar.com INTERVIEW With Zlatan Ibrahimovic Not every athlete has had their name entered into the dictionary. Zlatan Ibrahimovic […]

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Don’t miss Richard Budgett’s Olympics podcast…

Just a quick alert that Richard Budgett, the Chief Medical Office for the London Olympics, shares his very special insights. He was an Olympic Gold medal winner in Los Angeles before serving the UK and now the world! Click here for the podcast And remember, the IOC, through its Medical Commission, supports the 4 of […]

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