By Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP The decision on how to treat a particular condition is sometimes very clear. For that particular condition e.g. a bacterial infection, there is a treatment e.g. specific antibiotic, that is simple, safe and effective in nearly every case. In musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine, frequently it is not clear which is […]
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Treating Elite Athletes — Challenging Sports Medicine
1. “Should team doctors encourage, discourage or be neutral about treatment modalities with limited evidence?” 2. “Should sports physicians treat their team/elite athletes differently to their regular patients?” BJSM readers will have strong opinions about these questions. Recent BJSM articles by McCrory, Cook and Maffulli and colleagues provide a physician, physiotherapist, and surgical opinion on […]