‘Back pain is youth leaving the body’ – Anon Welcome to the fourth virtual conference blog – a collection of podcasts and blogs that, this time focuses on one of the most troublesome presentations in sports medicine – the athlete with back pain. So if you enjoyed our tendons, shoulder and hamstring collections, kick back […]
Category: General
“I’ve come here for an argument”
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Sam Blanchard I’ve recently made the move from the clinical environment into academia (whilst still getting the occasional clinical fix when I can). Part of this move was to set up some new MSc modules at the University of Brighton. The way we wanted […]
Performing Arts Medicine: How can it add to one’s clinical practice?
By Dr Farrah Jawad The MSc in Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) at UCL provides a great opportunity to appreciate the issues affecting the performing artist and draw on similarities between performing artists and athletes. Performing artists train for many hours, sometimes in suboptimal conditions, and are subject to acute and chronic injury and illness just […]
Conference Highlights from the Concussion in Sport conference at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin
By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) and Dr. Sean Carmody (@seancarmody1) You may have seen @BJSMPlus – our conference twitter handle feeding various clinical pearls from events around the world – going into overdrive at the recent ‘Concussion: Diagnosis and Rehabilitation’ conference at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin early last month #sscConcussion This fantastic event, expertly organised […]
Commentary on UK Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine Position Statement
”Heart Safe” communities – Why public AEDs are a good idea By Steven Poon, MD, and Jonathan Drezner, MD, Center for Sports Cardiology, University of Washington Recently, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM), an organization that promotes the specialist field of Sports and Exercise Medicine in the U.K., released a position statement in favor of […]
The Premier League and the Professional Footballers Association must censure Chelsea: by Professor William Tormey
Medical ethics clashes with team priorities Jose Mourinho’s actions in criticising Dr Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fearn for attending an injured player on the pitch at Chelsea must be vigorously challenged. The General Medical Council’s ‘Good Medical Practice’ states that the doctor must make the care of the patient the first concern and take prompt […]
“Should I have an MRI right now?” – Explaining the role of MRI in new low back pain
A sample conversation explaining the necessity of MRIs – inspired by social media. By Nash Anderson B.Sc. M.Chiro @sportmednews Many people come to see me because they are suffering from a new occurrence of back pain. Globally, pain in the lower back is one of the most common causes of disability. One comment I often […]
Automated External Defibrillators in Public Places: FSEM Position Statement
By Dr Zafar Iqbal & Prof John Somauroo @FSEM_UK Position statement Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a major cause of death in developed Western countries with an estimated 60,000 cases annually in the UK. Every week in the UK 12 young people under 35 years of age die from SCA due to undiagnosed cardiac conditions. In addition, […]
An Illustrated Atlas of Orthopedic MRI: Book review (two thumbs up!)
BJSM Book Review: MRI-Essentials.com An Illustrated Atlas of Orthopedic MRI Fischer, Guermazi, Roemer, Carrino, Crema, Grainger, Kijowski, Steinbach This new sports imaging atlas provides the BJSM community with a wonderful atlas of images (there are 3283 MR case illustrations) and clinically relevant text. Image-based learning is certainly the trend in Radiology, and the authors are to […]
Spotlight on the Patellofemoral Clinical Symposium September 5th, 2015
This symposium is for clinicians who are treating patients with patellofemoral problems. Join leading researchers and clinicians for an informative, practical, and interactive symposium. Better incorporate best practicies for patellofemoral pain into your practice. The 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Clinical Symposium will be held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, UK on Saturday […]