To Strike or Not to Strike? That’s not the only question (for running and injury prevention)

Running biomechanics and footwear’s (from bare feet to orthotics) relationship to injury generates lively debate.  And not just among sports clincians. A recent NY times article boldly asked – Does Foot Form Explain Running Injuries? The article profile’s the running professor, Daniel Lieberman’s (Evolutionary Biologist, Harvard) and Mr. Daoud’s (Medical Student, Stanford) research on 4 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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Learning from Injury Prevention Researchers

The August 2011 issue of Injury Prevention (sister journal to the BJSM ) included an editorial from me with my views on an apparent unfortunate divide between sports medicine and injury prevention researchers.   The two groups rarely meet at the same conferences or read the same journals and so there is somewhat of a lack […]

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Rapid return to activity after ankle injury

The topic of a new BJSM podcast is Ankle sprains and rehabilitation, with human movement specialist Evert Verhagen. He addresses accurate diagnosis, whether to tape or brace (and when), principles of return to sport, and issues of cost-effectiveness. This podcast is geared to clinicians treating patients after ankle sprain  — and preventing these injuries in the […]

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Does stretching reduce injury?

Stretching, or not, has been a controversial issue. This month’s BJSM helps to unravel (or add to) this puzzle. In an entirely web-based study (that gained awareness through media coverage), 2377 physically active adults were recruited in an effort to determine whether stretching modifies injury risk and soreness. The verdict? In the short-medium term stretching reduces the risk […]

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