Guest Blog by Dr Sarah Davies Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A monthly series on the BJSM blog) “The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.” Hippocrates It’s that time of year when the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future […]
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Don’t miss Richard Budgett’s Olympics podcast…
Just a quick alert that Richard Budgett, the Chief Medical Office for the London Olympics, shares his very special insights. He was an Olympic Gold medal winner in Los Angeles before serving the UK and now the world! Click here for the podcast And remember, the IOC, through its Medical Commission, supports the 4 of […]
23 and a half hours video passes 2 million views!
Mike Evans circulated this to his hockey team of kids early in December 2011. #1 educational video on YouTube. Remember that low fitness (<30 mins of physical activity daily) kills more Americans that smoking, diabetes, and obesity combined (smokadiabesity). Click on this link. Watch it, share it. Do it yourself. Encourage patients to watch it […]
Less than 5% of children met the recommendation for physical activity during school PE.
Not surprisingly, the US senator who suggested that the one compulsory PE class per week in middle school should be made optional made news last week. However, many folks fail to distinguish ‘phys ed’ from ‘physical activity’. The former is a structured class that may , or may not, involve much of the latter. Just […]
The old and the young: Ideal targets for injury prevention
Guest Blog by @CarolineFinch Cross Fertilising ‘Injury Prevention’ journal (IP) and BJSM The December 2011 issue of Injury Prevention, BJSM’s sister journal, highlights that musculoskeletal and activity-related injuries occur in both the old and the young. These are great targets for sports medicine professionals to ensure high quality of life through lifelong functionality and sustained active […]
Big Success: 7th Annual Dutch Scientific Congress
Guest blog by Adam Weir The 7th Annual Scientific Congress of The Netherlands Association of Sports Medicine recently took place on December 1st – 2nd,, 2011. This congress was held for the first time at the Efteling, the largest attraction park in Holland. The atmosphere was great; the fairy tale surroundings gave the congress a […]
Methods for identifying repeat treatment episodes and adjusting for risk factor transient exposures
Guest Blog by @CarolineFinch Cross Fertilising ‘Injury Prevention’ journal (IP) and BJSM Sports injury epidemiologists with a methodological bent will benefit from two papers published in the October issue of the BJSM’s sister journal, Injury Prevention. In the first paper, Davie et al. discuss how to identify re-admissions for the same injury from hospital discharge data. […]
Moneyball: Rewarding excellent sports medicine care. But check your indemnity limit. You may need more if treating elite professional athletes.
UKsem was the first conference to have a ‘Moneyball’ panel session; attendees voted with their feet that this should happen again. What’s ‘Moneyball’? The unabridged term refers to Michael Lewis’ book of that name. It’s about a baseball team who performed much better than they should have by recruiting cheap players who didn’t have the […]
Day 2 UKsem…bare feet, public health crisis and tennis elbows. Oh my!
I learned that about 12% of high fit 80+ year olds die annually. Seems a bit unfair. But 27% of low fit 60-69 year olds die annually! No typo. High fit 80-yr olds are HALF AS LIKELY TO DIE as low fit 60-yr olds. Are we talking about 80-yr old Olympians? Nope. High fit is […]
ACL update…first day at UKSEM 2011, London
Reporting from UKsem 2011 – the largest Sports and Exercise Medicine and performance Conference in Europe. London’s Excel conference centre 23rd November – no downtime for the BJSM blog! Richard Frobell opened with 3 major revelations. #1. ACL injuries are associated with arthritis – whether you have a reconstruction or not. (citation classic, 103 citations […]