Many people think of injury prevention as a purely medical endeavor: a method for keeping patients, athletes and teams healthy. And whilst this is certainly part of it, there are many other important aspects to consider! For example, if a medical team can keep your athletes on the field, injury-free, that gives you a huge performance advantage. […]
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5 Questions to Understanding how NIOSH is Working to Decrease Workplace Violence Among Healthcare Employees
Healthcare employees, such as Registered Nurses, dedicate their careers to the treatment and care of patients, sometimes even risking their own health and safety to help others. Working in a hospital sometimes lends itself to a unique and unpredictable nature. In 2013, more than 67% of nonfatal violence-related injuries across all workplace industries occurred among healthcare workers; […]
Risky opinions
“If you are a parent, you know that kids love to keep making circles” ~ Takaharu Tezuka This charming Ted Talk from architect Takaharu Tezuka captured my imagination. It beautifully illustrates how architecture can positively influence physical activity levels – and we all have heard that sitting is the new smoking – however, I could not […]
A walking aid can be a sign of an active senior
I recently got back from vacation with some of my extended family, a really cool group of people between the ages of two and 92. At age 92, my grandmother still goes for long walks every day (that’s her in the picture below, in the pink jacket, with my mom and brother). Prevention of injury […]
A potential “home run” for Little League Elbow Prevention? Check!
Major League Baseball season is now in full swing. As an Australian, I was only properly introduced to Baseball earlier this year on my medical elective, and I’ve quickly come to love “America’s Game”. But of course the major league players of today didn’t get there overnight, they’ve thrown thousands of pitches, spent hours in batting […]
On sharks and media advocacy
This week saw some of the most dramatic footage yet of a near-miss ‘shark attack’ on a surfer. Interestingly, this incident will be picked up on – not only by marine biologists and conservationists – but by sports injury prevention researchers too. It can easily be re-framed as a near-miss, potentially catastrophic injury in a sporting […]
If you are texting you are not driving
There is increasing concern about the risk associated with distracted driving and more specifically with the manipulation of cell/smartphones while driving. Adolescents are a population at high risk given that approximately 50% of youth age 16 and older (U.S. data) admits texting/e-mailing while driving in the past-month. A recent study by Klauer et al., Distracted […]
Athletic Injury Rates during Ramadan
Ramadan began on June 18th and will likely end on July 19 this year. For those who don’t know, Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Muslims believe this month to be when the first verse of the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. As an act of devotion and self-control, […]
Management of sports-related concussion: is research making a difference yet?
Sports-related concussion is currently, arguably, the most heated topic in sports injury prevention. Sensationalist media headlines and stories about the toll of concussive hits, particularly in contact sports, are all-too-common. Recently, during the FIFA Women’s World Cup, we saw this head-knock between Alexandra Popp and Morgan Brian, which once again called into question protocols around the […]
Media and injury prevention
As an injury prevention researcher, I am often dismayed at the way in which injuries, risk, and injury prevention efforts are portrayed in the media. I clearly recall being disgusted as an idealistic teenager, having read a newspaper article regarding the untimely death of a peer who had been killed during a police chase. The […]