BJSM Podcast

Dr David Opar joins us for this BJSM podcast. David is a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne and one of the emerging voices in the field of hamstring strain injuries, having done work on the possible mechanism of injury as well as prospective studies aimed at better understanding eccentric strength as a risk factor for these injuries. His work also investigates the Nordic Hamstring Device, developed by the Queensland University of Technology Hamstring Group, looking into the potential of this device in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of hamstring injuries. Nicol van Dyk, a physiotherapist in the Rehabilitation Department at Aspetar Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Hospital in Qatar, leads the discussion around nordic hamstring exercises, the role of eccentric strength in hamstring strain injuries and the seeing the big picture in prevention and rehabilitation. With hamstring strain injuries continuing to receive much attention in the literature and mainstream media, David Opar elucidates some significant features of this common injury.

Cerebral Palsy (CP) Football in the UK gives players the opportunity to develop individual skills within a team environment, encased in an impairment competitive structure. The football programme contributes to the development of the England Cerebral Palsy Regional and National Squads, through talent identification with the goal to provide player performance pathway for elite performers, and also to provide participation opportunities for players of all abilities. Dr Osman Ahmed (@osmanhahmed) has a PhD in concussion & social media where his research was focused on the use of Social Networking Sites (specifically Facebook) in assisting the recovery from sports concussion. Since 2003 he has been involved with providing physiotherapy services to a range of disability football teams for the Football Association including CP, Learning Disability, Blind, Partially sighted and Amputee squads. Jordan Raynes (@jraynes32) has been involved with England CP Football team for many years now as a goalkeeper and has travelled with the squad to various competitions around the globe (including the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008). To discuss CP football and the medical issues involved with the sport with Osman and Jordan is Dr Liam West (@Liam_West). Liam is a Senior Associate Editor of the BJSM and a junior doctor in Oxford, UK. He also runs the “Undergraduate Perspective on SEM” blog series for BJSM, building on his passion for increasing awareness and opportunities in SEM for undergraduates. See also: http://www.thefa.com/my-football/player/disability-football/play http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2014/mar/cps-world-cup-at-sgp-200314 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/get-inspired/26545892 Enhancing performance and sport injury prevention in disability sport: moving forwards in the field of football http://goo.gl/l8sFs2

Bob Sallis is a family physician and sports medicine expert who encourages his patients to take charge of their health by exercising. With a passion for prevention, he lends his voice to the Every Body Walk Campaign and is an avid supporter and advocate of the Exercise is Medicine initiative of the ACSM. And Bob literally "walks the walk": he walks (or runs) every day! He tells us about the Exercise is Medicine initiative, talks about dosing (and overdosing!) of exercise, discusses the role of the physician and the fitness industry in getting people to exercise, and gives some practical tips on how to prescribe exercises to someone who is injured or has a chronic disease. See also: Sallis RE. Exercise is medicine and physicians need to prescribe it! Br J Sports Med 2009;43:3-4. http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/1/3.full Sallis RE. Developing healthcare systems to support exercise: exercise as the fifth vital sign. Br J Sports Med 2011;45:473-474. http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/6/473.full http://everybodywalk.org/ http://www.exerciseismedicine.org/

Dr Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband is surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of the London 2012 Olympic Team from the Netherlands and is on the Dutch Olympic Committee. Cees-Rein has worked for more than 25 years in soccer as the team doctor of football club PSV and is still responsible for their medical policies. He has been awarded a PhD on diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of inversion trauma of the ankle joint. He is also chairperson of the FINA medical commission and the father of Olympic Champion Pieter van den Hoogenband. He was part of the expert panel responsible for specialist recognition of sports medicine in the Netherlands and is the founder and leader of a four year masterclass for top sport physicians. See also: http://www.topsupport-anna.nl/ http://www.pietervandenhoogenband.nl/ http://www.psv.nl/ Sports injuries and illnesses in the 2009 FINA World Championships (Aquatics). http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/7/522.long Cox GR, Mujika L, van den Hoogenband CR. Nutritional recommendations for water polo. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2014 Aug;24(4):382-91.

Associate Professor Grethe Myklebust, physiotherapist and PhD from the Olympic Training Centre in Norway, was one of the pioneers to investigate the role of exercise for ACL prevention. To discuss her research with her is Jodie McClelland from La Trobe University. Jodie’s experience is in the biomechanics of the knee in the normal and injured state, and she has the knowledge to extract the best information from Grethe about her research and its impact on the clinical management of those with, and at risk of, ACL injury.

Do you struggle to change your own behaviour? Do you find it hard to get ‘motivated’ or to motivate others? The opening keynote lecture at the tremendous Sports Medicine Australia conference (2014) addressed these issues and gave solutions. Prof Stuart Biddle is the Professor of Physical Activity & Health at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. He is a recent ‘Aussie’ and a longtime leader at Loughborough University in the UK. In this podcast you will be exposed to the current day thinking on the balance between internal and external factors on motivation. You’ll learn about influential models that help to change behaviour including ‘Nudge’ and the work of BJ Fogg (Stanford). An elegant combination of evidence and practical application, this is a must listen for those who aim to encourage more healthy behaviours.

Emeritus Professor Renström, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, covers a wide range of topics while talking to BJSM Deputy Editor Babette Pluim. He discusses Lars Peterson's and his book on sports injuries, shares his 24-yr experience with the IOC medical commission, looks back on his time as Professor of Orthopedics in Vermont, explains the importance of periodisation in professional tennis, and analyses the role of the ATP, STMS and ITF in improving the medical care of tennis players and furthering the scientific knowledge in this area. References: Sports Injuries: their prevention and treatment. http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/sports-injuries-3rd-edition The Duke of Edingburgh Prize http://www.basem.co.uk/institute-of-sports-and-medicine.shtml Sports Medicine Hall of Fame http://www.prweb.com/releases/AOSSM/Per_AFH_Renstrom/prweb2574924.htm Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): Consensus statement http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/7/483.long Sports injuries and illnesses during the London Summer Olympic Games 2012 http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/7/407.long Sports injuries and illnesses during the Winter Olympic Games 2010 http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/11/772.long\ Consensus statement on epidemiological studies of medical conditions in tennis http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/12/893.long An interview with Per Renström on his personal perspective of the changes and developments in the sports medicine field over the last 40 years http://www.biomedcentral.com/2052-1847/5/8

Prof Mario Maas is professor of radiology, in particular musculoskeletal radiology, at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam. His focus of research includes joint and tendon disorders, muscle pathology and sports imaging and he is a regular contributor to the BJSM I-test series. Mario Maas explains the essence of sports imaging and what information a sports physician should include to make his referral note even more useful. He describes what he wants his students, fellows and young doctors to learn about sports medicine and what makes a good teacher. Finally, he shares with us the aims and mission of ACES, the Academic Centre for Evidence Based Sports Medicine. See also: Predicting return to play after hamstring injuries http://goo.gl/9uvlVf MRI observations at return to play of clinically recovered hamstring injuries http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/18/1370.long I-test: a gymnast with anterior knee pain: not a typical case of jumper's knee http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/6/476.extract An 11-year-old high-level competitive gymnast with back pain http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/14/929.extract A long-distance runner with lateral knee pain http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/16/1209.1.extract Imaging techniques in sports medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785847

In this podcast James Walsh talks with professional mixed martial artist (MMA) and osteopath Rosi Sexton. They discuss performance enhancing drug use within MMA, the challenges of promoting a new sport to the public, and training and injury within MMA.

In this podcast James Walsh talks with Dr Shabaaz Mughal Tottenham Hotspurs team docor and Dr Ian Beasley Medical director of the FA about head injuries in football. They discuss the new concussion protocols that have come in this season, rule changes and the FA’s “Use your head campaign”. http://www.thefa.com/news/2014/aug/head-injuries-in-football