By Lindsay Davey from Toronto Physiotherapy @Toronto_Physio With aging populations and growing obesity rates, the total number of individuals suffering from chronic joint conditions including osteoarthritis is expected to nearly double between 2005 and 2030, reaching 41 million in the United States alone. This growth coincides with a proportional increase in health care intervention and […]
Category: Guest Posts
UK’s Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine Call: What is the link between Early Onset Dementia and Contact Sports? Plus 4 key messages – ready for immediate action!
The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) in the UK calls for further research into any possible relationship between early onset dementia and contact sports with a risk of head injury/head impacts. Research is needed to better understand the way in which brains may be damaged after a sporting head injury and the time […]
Pedal Power: A Closer Look at Cycling Injuries and Biomechanics: Guest post by Peter Bloomer
By Peter Bloomer from Lilliput Health Cycling has become increasingly popular the world over. Certainly after the successes of Sir Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and now Chris Froome in this year’s Tour De France, it is safe to say cycling will continue to boom in the UK in particular. This can lead to an increased […]
Creation of sport and exercise medicine posts would help ease the burden on A&E
News Release Re: The King’s Fund Analysis of A&E Waiting Times In response to The King’s Fund analysis of A&E waiting times, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine is fully supportive of a co-ordinated response to help ease the burden on our healthcare system. John Appelby, Chief Economist, at The King’s Fund concludes in […]
The legacy of London 2012 – Finding a home for Sport and Exercise Medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Jack Nash (@JackNash58) Delivering a health legacy to get more people physically active was one of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ promises(1). £30 million was earmarked to build three centres and form the national sports medicine centre. A year later, work is well […]
Pushing the Physical Activity ‘Polypill’ – Cardiff Exercise Medicine Symposium 15th June 2013 (@CSEMSExMed2013)
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Bryn Savill (@BrynSavill) The evidence behind exercise as medicine is substantial and it can no longer be ignored.1 Prof. Blair (2009) named physical inactivity the “Biggest public health issue of the 21st Century” after discovering that physical inactivity was killing more Americans than smoking, diabetes […]
@PeterBrukner discusses today’s major headline: Successful antibiotic treatment in a subset of people with chronic low back pain
It is not often that something I read in the medical research literature gives me goosebumps and an incredible urge to tell everyone I know about it (thank god for Twitter!). I had that feeling today when, after an article in this morning’s Guardian newspaper, I read two recent papers published by a Danish group […]
The safest position on a rugby pitch?
By Dr Tim McEwen As an enthusiastic rugby player and a newly qualified Doctor, I am often asked by teammates what is the safest position on the rugby pitch. Is the assumption that playing on the wing is for wimps who don’t want to get hurt? Rugby Union is growing in popularity, yet there is […]
Referring patients for exercise from the emergency department: A pilot study
By James R Griffiths Abstract Background/Aims In 2006 NICE concluded that there was insufficient evidence to recommend the use of exercise referral schemes (ERS) to promote physical activity, other than as part of research studies where their effectiveness can be evaluated. Despite this, there are approximately 600 ERS in the UK that primary care have […]
Introduction to sports ophthalmology – tips and techniques
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr Stan Baltsezak Preface: BJSM readers can access the ‘Online First’ article relating to wicketkeeper Marc Boucher’s serious eye injury here; he was struck by the bails and suffered irreparable visual loss. This paper will be one of 4 relating to cricket injuries […]