“Fitness Friends” youth volunteer role: to improve mobility, physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in a UK hospital setting

  By Liz Charalambous @lizcharalambou Volunteers provide an extra something special to patient care. They provide a complementary service which supports both patients and staff members. You could say that volunteers embody the principles underpinned by Atul Gawande in his excellent book Being Mortal, “how we seek to spend our time may depend on how […]

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Updated guidelines for sports and exercise cardiology – The Brazil Society of Cardiology and Brazilian Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine

  In 2013 The Brazilian Society of Cardiology and Brazilian Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine published The Brazilian Guidelines for Sports and Exercise Cardiology.1 This year, these same societies updated the guidelines in keeping with the latest evidence in the field. You can view the update here: The Updated Guidelines for Sports and Exercise […]

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8 health benefits of tennis

  Video by Jennifer Duncan @JenniferDunca10⁩ and Babette Pluim @DocPluim  Tennis is one of the most popular sports throughout the world, with approximately 75 million participants worldwide. Watch the below video to find out the health benefits of playing tennis: Based on BJSM Infographic: Pluim BM, Groppel JL, Miley D, et al. Health benefits of tennis. Br J Sports Med 2018;52:201-202. Watch our […]

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I guess that’s positive: soft-embalmed cadavers and a medical student’s journey towards physical exam competency

  By James Ross Bailey During the first two years of medical school, students are taught physical exam maneuvers by either practicing on each other or by using Standardized Patients (SPs). These SPs are paid actors that act out a variety of medical conditions. They play an important role in medical education. But, what SPs […]

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Japan Sports PT – Road to #Tokyo2020

日本のスポーツ理学療法- #東京2020 Japan Sports PT – Road to #Tokyo2020 Dr Mario Bizzini @SportfisioSwiss reporting from Japan  Jan 16 This January, I visited Japan to see what’s happening in the sports Physical Therapy (PT) world in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. After landing in Tokyo, I made the trip north to Sapporo, […]

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What’s the deal with the BJSM Approved stamp?!

Predatory conferences are widespread so #TeamBJSM introduced the BJSM Education Stamp of Approval to help you recognise credible events in Sports Physiotherapy and Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM). How do we determine quality education? Is the organising society/ research agency/ institution real? Credibility of Scientific Planning Committee (SPC) members and faculty members Sex balance: Scientific Planning […]

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Twisting Somersaults, Triple Axels, Tours en l’air, The Firework, Silks

  By Alexander McKinven @ACPSEMdance Aerialists, performers, divers, gymnasts, acrobats, dancers, figure skaters, medics, physios and support staff in the artistic athlete world are all invited to the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Scotland on March 30th for a unique opportunity. The Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Sports and Exercise Medicine, the International Association for Dance Medicine and […]

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