Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is arguably one of the world’s most rapidly growing sports and many sports medicine practitioners will be exposed to these athletes. While the sport may seem foreign to some sports medicine specialists and elicit an unsubstantiated negative response, the participants still require quality care, just as any patient would be expected […]
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Is the abuse of medication the next major concern in sports medicine?
By Dr Sean Carmody “Also, be aware of the pills you take. If you take sleeping pills to overcome jet lag, before you know it, you’ll be taking them every night. When your arm is sore and you’re given medication for it, throw that bottle away. Those pills will give you a painful, persistent ulcer. Be […]
Patellofemoral Clinical Symposium & Research Retreat, September 2015: Space is limited, register now!
Researchers and clinicians interested in Patellofemoral Pain have two unique opportunities to strengthen the relationships that drive research evidence to support clinical practice, learn, and advance knowledge: 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat, Manchester, September 2, nd 3rd and 4th, 2015 The Research Retreat is a gathering of scientists who meet every two years to […]
Eight tips to get on an editor’s good side
By Velvet Garvey (@velvetgarvey) Picture a small office, where 3 people sit working on computers. Ping! One of them gets a new email and groans. “Urgh, it’s Dr Jones. He’s got more amends for his paper.” “Let me guess, he’s added more commas!” Have you ever been Dr Jones, pedantically inserting unnecessary punctuation into an […]
The American Dream? Lessons from an elective in Orthopaedics & Sports medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By David Bui (@David_Bui_) I recently had the privilege of undertaking a three-tiered elective in the United States of America (USA). 1) The “Harvard Medical School Exchange Clerkship” program in Paediatric Orthopaedics at Boston Children’s Hospital; 2) The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), Cornell […]
First round of the BJSM Cover Competition 2015 (new format!): great way to review and vote for your faves
BJSM ranked #1 of 81 in Sports Sciences for ‘Immediacy’ – papers cited within a year of coming out. Our 18 member societies guide us to hot topics. Did you miss an issue? Here’s a quick way to scan this year’s archive. Every two months, we’ll revisit 4 previous issues, and invite you to vote. […]
Fortius International Sports Injury Conference (FISIC) – A conference you can’t afford to miss…
Wimbledon is well underway, cricket season is in full flow, football season is commencing and 20 national rugby squads are preparing to compete in the 2015 Rugby World Cup – needless to say it is another exciting summer of sport. With the home Rugby World Cup tournament fewer than three months away, the 50-man England […]
Mental Health in Sport Conference, 28th July 2015: Register now!
Maudsley Learning will host its 2nd annual conference focusing on mental health within the sports industry later this year. Once again we’ll bring together high profile sporting bodies, coaches, medical professionals and others involved in player welfare, safeguarding and performance to discuss key issues around mental health and wellbeing in the sport industry. Speakers Prof. […]
Are the new cricket helmet standards enough: what does the evidence say?
The untimely death of Philip Hughes along with the recent Cricket World Cup and a relatively new British Standard for helmets has fuelled the debate for further research into the role of helmets. World-renowned expert on this subject Andrew McIntosh profiled these issues in a recent BMJ blog. He writes: “It became clear to me […]
Fit to Live? Genotype-positive Phenotype-negative Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective – A BJSM blog series By Dr Christopher Speers At a recent Cardiac Conditions Clinic with Dr William Bradlow (Consultant Cardiologist) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, we reviewed a number of patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM). These consultations produced numerous patient-centered exercise-related discussions, but […]