Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A monthly series on the BJSM blog) With the countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ‘Test Events’ have started to take place throughout the UK. These are an integral and essential part of the preparation for any games — the London Prepares Series is a comprehensive […]
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HYMS Society for Sport and Exercise Medicine: Reflections and Moving Forward
Guest blog by Sean Carmody Committee and guest speakers from HYMS launch night (left to right): Aysha Bibi, Rebecca Marshall, Uche Oduoza, Matt Murray, Dr John Moroney, Sean Carmody and Chris Ashmore “Where are all of the other students?” This was the question posed by opening speaker Dr. John Moroney at the official launch of […]
Two related blog posts – Clinicians and scientists crazy to ignore social media
Last weekend I spoke for our local Sport and Exercise Medicine coordinating body – SportMedBC. Its mandate is to coordinate education and advocate for all the various professions that make up our diverse community. Interestingly, they chose to focus on the role of social media in sports medicine. Then on Tuesday I was alerted to […]
CSEM — 30 years old, and going strong! Guest Blog by Professor Nicola Maffulli
The Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine (CSEM) at Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, has just held its 30th Anniversary Scientific Meeting. Started by John B King in 1981, CSEM has graduated close to 500 alumni. The Diploma Course in Sports Medicine became the Master of Science Course […]
Short clips on benefits of walking – easy!
Given it’s the weekend, BJSM is allowed to have a bit of fun and show the 5-min video of ‘smokadiabesity‘ being introduced to last week’s Walking Summit in Washington DC. More importantly, Robert Sallis and Doug Van Zoeren provide helpful evidence and compelling stories as to the benefits of walking. The link for Every Body […]
Every Body Walk! week – great concept, practical tips
Just 30 minutes of walking, five times a week, is enough to improve your overall health. Every Body Walk! is an very practical online educational campaign. The core message is that walking 30 minutes a day, five days a week can substantially improve health and prevent disease. A recent BJSM paper shows that benefits might […]
Chronic Compartment Syndrome and Surgery — Are patients being tested correctly for this condition? How are your patients tested?
The authors respond to Dr van Rensburg’s letter published in the blog post below. Letter from Dr. Hislop: Dear Christa, The 2 articles were written as a Head to Head– (see link to papers on how to test for compartment syndrome). Dr Hutchinson and I contrast our approaches to the case of the patient with […]
Letter to the editor: Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome articles – clarification needed!
September 19, 2011 The Editor British Journal of Sports Medicine Dear Prof Khan Re: Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome articles I was very excited to receive the September issue of your journal and observe that there were a number of articles on chronic exertional compartment syndrome. As Hutchinson quite rightly states in Chronic exertional compartment syndrome: “key […]
Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde (VSG) Sportmedisch Wetenschappelijk Jaarcongres
Op donderdag 1 en vrijdag 2 december 2011 organiseert de Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde (VSG) voor de zevende keer het toonaangevende Sportmedisch Wetenschappelijk Jaarcongres. Het congres biedt een multidisciplinaire ontmoetingsplaats waar onderzoekers en zorgverleners elkaar ontmoeten. Nieuw is de bijzondere locatie die door de VSG is geselecteerd: de Efteling in Kaatsheuvel. Dit is een park met […]
Vitamin D: The stuff of Super-heroes – Guest blog by Dr. Ade Adejuwon
Elite athletes are revered for their ability to repetitively perform feats that push the human body to its physical and physiological limits. In the eyes of many they are superhuman. If we consider fictional superheroes many demonstrate the same abilities, albeit exaggerated, that we admire in athletes such as strength, speed and agility. Sports scientists […]