It has been 12 months since Rowan Atkinson plonked the piano with his umbrella to Chariots of Fire in the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Wikipedia says he is worth 85 million pounds, loves cars, has retired ‘Mr Bean’ and has been married to Sunetra Sastry for 23 years. But I digress already. Now, Professor […]
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What my 13-flight & 4-country sports medicine elective taught me: 5 lessons for success in sports & exercise medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Liam West (@Liam_West) 13 flights. 4 countries. One very battered and bruised suitcase. The most incredible 3 months of my life. My medical elective enabled me to experience sport and exercise medicine (SEM) outside of the United Kingdom for the first time. A […]
The NHS Choices ‘Couch to 5K’ Programme: a powerful and inexpensive tool to improve physical activity and overall health
By Dr. Sophie Bates Background The NHS Choices ‘Couch to 5K’ Programme, is a nine week scheme, consisting of three runs per week, which trains novice runners to run continuously for thirty minutes[1]. NHS Choices has promoted the scheme since 2010. The accompanying free podcast series, is currently the 8th most popular UK podcast on […]
Tendinopathy – rehab progression – part 1
Originally posted on RunningPhysio By Tom Goom, Senior Physio at The Physio Rooms Brighton. Follow Tom on Twitter. Funny what an injury does isn’t it? A few months ago I developed a hamstring tendinopathy and since then I’ve become a total tendon geek! The upside of all this is I have new knowledge that can help others […]
“Do you even lift, Bro?”
By Ann Gates The recent viral videos and ‘outtakes’ of the responses to this pertinent (and yes, hilariously funny) rhetorical question got me thinking… what a great question to trend in the fight against the type 2 diabetes epidemic. Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable and treatable with the right medicines, a healthy, balanced diet and […]
Getting to grips with golf injuries
By Iain R Murray, Andrew D Murray and Roger A Hawkes Golf is played by over 55 million people worldwide and is now a multi-billion dollar industry, with events attracting vast sums in sponsorship and prize money.1 Recreational golfers benefit from a 5-year increase in life expectancy compared to non-players2. Although recreational and professional […]
A responsible key-holder: is it time for legislation on medical provision for athletes at the sports ground?
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Stefan Kluzek and Rose Penfold UK sports grounds typically have a stock of emergency medications, supplied and prescribed by a club doctor. Recently, a physiotherapy colleague told me that Professional Sport Association pitch- side trainers informed her that medications, especially emergency medications, should […]
Even players at the highest level get it wrong sometimes…the attempted tackle by Christian Lealiifano on Jonathan Davies
by Dr Sharief Hendricks (@Sharief_H) On Saturday 22 June 2013, the British and Irish Lions recorded a historic win over the Wallabies in the First Test (of three) in Brisbane. As the score suggests, it was a fiercely contested match, and made for some entertaining rugby with debutant Israel Folau crossing the try-line twice, George […]
Be The Change Project
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) BeTheChange (1) is the product of many months spent personally discovering the unparalleled health benefits of regular physical activity. With no other alternative known to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as hypertension by such astounding rates (2) […]
Managing hamstring tears – a physiotherapist’s personal story as a patient
Originally posted on Running Physio a handy information resource (for both runners and physios) created by @tomgoom Hamstring tears are incredibly common, so common in fact that occasionally us physios get them! Richard Norris knows hamstring injuries inside out, partly because he’s a clinical specialist in lower limb injuries and partly because he recently pulled his hammy! […]