We invited Isi Schneider to share her perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in her home country, Germany. […]
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MEET & GREET THE TEAM … CAROLE OKOTH
I’m a physician and an alumna of the University of Nairobi, where I undertook my undergraduate and postgraduate studies (Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine; Masters in Internal Medicine). I currently work for the Ministry of Health in Kenya. My current work station is the National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital, where we provide rehabilitation services […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … CANDY FOELIX
My background is very different from most sports medicine practitioners and researchers. I am a licensed massage therapist, reiki master, entrepreneur, Hip Hop culture educator, bgirl, podcast host, and spa consultant. I started breaking (better known as breakdancing) in the late 90s with my biological sisters. We broke many gender boundaries as an all-female crew, […]
CLINICAL TIPS … PASCAL EDOUARD ON BONE PERCUSSION
Fortnightly we invite a colleague to share a clinical tip with our community. Today, Pascal Edouard, a BOSEM Associate Editor, is on the stage. […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … NEFELI TSIOUTI
As far as work is concerned, I am a clinical physiotherapist at Advance Medical Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus. I am a breaking/hip-hop dance teacher in dance schools. I also teach strengthening and conditioning for dancers. I am also a safe dance practice assessor for Safe in Dance International and ISTD in Greece and the UK. […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … KARSTEN HOLLANDER
After studying medicine, conducting a PhD in Biomechanics and my clinical training, I have done a PostDoc at the Spaulding National Running Center/Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. After an exciting and instructive time abroad, I followed a call to Hamburg, Germany, where I hold a full professorship for sports medicine at the medical faculty […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … SANDRO VELLA
I am a Maltese physiotherapist working within the Primary health care setting and with the Maltese National football team. I am also reading for a PhD with Cardiff Metropolitan University. I believe that life is all about balance, and therefore I constantly seek to find balance in whatever I do. […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … MOA JEDERSTRÖM
I am a PhD student at Athletics Research Center (Linköping University, Sweden) and a former figure skater. I graduated from med school in 2021 and am currently working as a junior doctor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Linköping University Hospital. Having a background as a competitive figure skater, I also work part-time as […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … LAILA USACKA
I am Laila Usacka, an SEM resident at the University of Latvia. I have worked with ice hockey and floorball teams for more than 10 years. Since my parents are mountain climbers and my mother is a professor in sports physiology, my heart and interest also lie in mountaineering, hypoxic environments and working in a […]
SEM AROUND THE WORLD … PORTUGAL
We invited Dr Miguel Reis e Silva, in his quality of a contributor to the Portuguese National Programme for the Promotion of the Physical Activity of the Directorate-General for Health, to share his perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in his home country, Portugal. […]