The Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport & Exercise Medicine released it's 4th edition in 2023. Dr. Liam West reached out on behalf of the BJSM community to the two editors, Prof. Neil Armstrong and Prof. Willem Van Mechelen, to discuss the journey that led to the 4th edition and get an insight into a few of the top tips inside the book that can help improve your clinical care for this population today! Link to book - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-textbook-of-childrens-sport-and-exercise-medicine-9780192843968?cc=au&lang=en&
Physiotherapist and Lead AHP Physical Activity Clinical Champion Sarah Dewhurst is joined by Dr Lucy Gossage, Clinical Oncologist and co-founder of ‘Move Against Cancer. They discuss the importance of all healthcare professionals supporting people with cancer to be active through brief interventions in clinical settings. They summarise the evidence and share top tips to overcome some of the reported challenges which can make it difficult to bring up the topic to exercise in oncology. They also highlight some helpful resources to share with patients and promote further learning. https://www.cancercaremap.org/ https://www.moveagainstcancer.org/5k-your-way/ https://www.canrehab.com/canrehab-trust/ https://www.macmillan.org.uk/in-your-area/choose-location.html https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/
Behaviour change theory and Motivational Interviewing (MI) principles are often an area cited by healthcare professionals as something they would like more training on. The BJSM has collaborated with the PACC programme to develop this podcast and has invited Dr Tim Anstiss, an expert in this area, to explain some key behaviour change theory and motivational interviewing concepts in this conversation. Tim is a medical doctor specialising in behaviour change and wellbeing improvement. He trained as a trainer in motivational interviewing in the mid 90’s and has trained thousands of health and care professionals, managers and coaches in Motivational Interviewing, health coaching, brief interventions and shared decision making. “The Physical Activity Clinical Champions or PACC programme is a national project delivering physical activity education to professionals working in healthcare to help get patients more physically active. It was previously being led by public health England as part of the moving healthcare professionals programme and funded by the national lottery & Sport England and is now being led by a consortium of The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, The Advance Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University and Intelligent Health and is being re-designed with new resources. This podcast forms part of a series to support physical activity education for professionals working in healthcare. For anyone you would like to get involved with PACC project then please do email us at pacc@shu.ac.uk For further information on behaviour change and MI please go to the moving medicine website: https://movingmedicine.ac.uk A great course run by Moving Medicine that you can sign up to improve understanding in behaviour change and up skill on principles of motivational interviewing is Active Conversations. Books mentioned: Motivational Interviewing in Health Care, Second Edition. Helping Patients Change Behaviour By Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, Christopher C. Butler Motivational Interviewing, Fourth Edition. Helping People Change and Grow. William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick Tiny Habits, Big Results: Your method for success, BJ Fogg
On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast (X: @TheAMSSM), host Dr. Jake Wessels, MD, is joined by Dr. Marcia Faustin (X: @FaustinMarcia) to discuss her main stage presentation about Mental Health and Shared Decision-Making during the 2024 AMSSM Annual Meeting. Dr. Faustin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of California – Davis. She is the Associate Team Physician for the UC Davis Division I Collegiate Athletics team and the co-Head Team Physician for the USA Gymnastics Women's National Team. In this conversation, Dr. Faustin discusses aspects of her upcoming talk in Baltimore, MD, and address the following topics: Her journey to becoming a Division I athlete and working with elite level athletes The factors that led her to work with the US Women’s Gymnastics Team What shaped her shared decision-making process when caring for athletes – even at the highest levels of competition How her personal experiences impact the way she practices medicine The importance of mental health and why it should be a priority for providers Trends she has noticed in mental health care for athletes In-person and virtual attendance options are still available for the conference. Register to attend the 2024 AMSSM Annual Meeting at annualmeeting.amssm.org.
On this episode of the AMSSM (T: @TheAMSSM) Sports Medcast, host Dr. Jake Wessels, MD, is joined by Dr. Peter Brukner, MBBS, DSc (T: @DrPeterBrukner), to discuss his upcoming lectures on the placebo effect and fueling endurance athletes during the 2024 AMSSM Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. In this conversation, Dr. Brukner shares some background on both of his upcoming main stage talks at the AMSSM Annual Meeting, which are titled: Placebo Effect or Something More? How Nontangible Factors May Influence Perceived Outcomes with Injection Therapies Fueling the Endurance Athlete Dr. Brukner is a specialist sports and exercise physician and Professor of Sports Medicine at LaTrobe University. A former President of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, he played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia. He is the co-author of the widely used text book, Clinical Sports Medicine, and has been a team physician for professional football clubs as well as national athletics, swimming, soccer and cricket teams including Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Learn more about his work and publications on his website (www.peterbrukner.com), and register to attend the 2024 AMSSM Annual Meeting in person or virtually at annualmeeting.amssm.org.
This BJSM podcast discusses ACL reconstructions and when they may not meet the minimal important change (MIC) for the knee injury & osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) and quality of life (QoL). Dr Janina Kaarre and Dr Eric Hamrin Senorski discuss their latest research of ACL reconstruction outcomes from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry database and explain who may not benefit from surgical ACL reconstruction intervention. Hosted by Dr Shona Kohlhardt. Link to Paper: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/9/528.abstract
In this BJSM Podcast Dr Brooke Patterson hosts Dr Shefali Christopher and Dr Rita Deering. If you are a clinician who sees women runners this podcast is for you. Get up to date with the latest clinical and research recommendations for return to running post-partum. Dr Christopher led a recent consensus which combined expert opinion of a large range of clinical and exercise professionals with the current evidence. This is part 2 of a 2-part podcast, where we discuss developing a return to run program in more detail. Links Consensus (Christopher) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/12/26/bjsports-2023-107489 Return to running (Deering) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/01/08/bjsports-2023-107490 Other resources: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1065 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/18/1164 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/22/1286 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/20/1285 https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2020.0607 https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/04000/rehabilitation_of_the_postpartum_runner__a_4_phase.3.aspx https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/07000/running_during_pregnancy_and_postpartum,_part_b_.3.aspx https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/07000/running_during_pregnancy_and_postpartum,_part_a_.2.aspx
In this BJSM Podcast Dr Brooke Patterson hosts Dr Shefali Christopher and Dr Rita Deering. If you are a clinician who sees women runners this podcast is for you. Get up to date with the latest clinical and research recommendations for return to running post-partum. Dr Christopher led a recent consensus which combined expert opinion of a large range of clinical and exercise professionals with the current evidence. This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast, where we will focus on the consensus recommendations. In part 2 we will discuss developing a return to run program in more detail. Links Consensus (Christopher) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/12/26/bjsports-2023-107489 Return to running (Deering) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/01/08/bjsports-2023-107490 Other resources: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1065 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/18/1164 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/22/1286 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/20/1285 https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2020.0607 https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/04000/rehabilitation_of_the_postpartum_runner__a_4_phase.3.aspx https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/07000/running_during_pregnancy_and_postpartum,_part_b_.3.aspx https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2022/07000/running_during_pregnancy_and_postpartum,_part_a_.2.aspx
Prof Jon Drezner and Dr Nonhlanhla Mkumbuzi talk to Dr. Liam West about the important backstories to the BJSM achievements in 2023 and share with the listener the aims for 2024.
In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Roald Bahr, a Professor of Sports Medicine and the Chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. In addition, he is chair of the IOC Medical Commission Games Group, and has been overseeing the organisation of the 7th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport. To find out more about the conference, check out this link or to follow Prof Bahr directly, you can follow him on Twitter/X here
On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast, hosts Dr. Corinne Rivard, DO, and Dr. Taryn Ryan, MD, are joined by three experts to discuss several key factors regarding mental health in athletes. The panel of experts includes Chelsea Morales, PsyD; Samantha Morris, PsyD; and Andrew Toce, MEd, MBA, LPC, CMPC, and in this conversation, they address the following topics and questions about athlete mental health: Explaining some of the roles and stressors that contribute to mental health injuries in athletes How physicians can play a role in improving an athlete’s mental health Who should be part of the mental health team supporting athletes? What are some go-to mental health resources that student-athletes can utilize? Examining the link between physiological response to physical injury or illness What language can physicians use to address trauma and underfueling in athletes? Beneficial advice on how to navigate the complex world of social media Additional Resources Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance and Prevention: AMSSM Position Statement—Executive Summary Mental Health Best Practices from the NCAA Sport Science Institute 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)
In the last of this BJSM mini-series on the REDS (relative energy deficiency in sport) consensus statement, Dr Georgia Cahill hosts Monica Torstveit, a sports scientist who specialises in REDs and Dr. Kate Ackerman, sports medicine physician and director of the Female Athlete Program in Boston, USA. They discuss their paper, soon to be published in BJSM, regarding primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies for identifying and treating REDs. Kate provides tips for clinicians involved in athlete care while Monica outlines screening tools to identify at-risk athletes. You can access their paper using the link below: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1119
Professor Margo Mountjoy and Dr Trent Stellingwerff discuss the latest clinical assessment tool for REDs. They introduce the new International Olympic Committee Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Clinical Assessment Tool - IOC REDs CAT2 – including how and when it is best to use it. Hosted by Dr Shona Kohlhardt, this podcast is part of the BJSM REDs Podcast Series. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1068
Prof. Sundgot-Borgen and Dr. Therese Mathisen draw on their personal and professional experiences to take the listener through the new consensus statement in body composition measurement in athletes. Packed full of clinical pearls, this podcast is part of the BJSM REDs Podcast Series. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1148 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1073
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) can cause various health and performance consequences for physically active individuals. BJSM’s Dr Liam West poses the questions to our topic expert Prof Margo Mountjoy to give you the overview of the changes to the recent IOC REDs Consensus Statement Papers. Margo has a wealth of knowledge in the area both in a clinical and research capacity so is perfectly placed to help guide you through the top take home points and how to improve the care you offer your patients! https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1073
In this episode of the AMSSM (T: @TheAMSSM) Sports Medcast, host Dr. Jake Wessels, MD, is joined by Dr. Margot Putukian, MD (T: @MPutukian), and Dr. Siobhan Statuta, MD, to discuss the AMSSM Position Statement on Mononucleosis and Athletic Participation, which was published earlier this year. This position statement updates the Evidence-Based Subject Review on Mononucleosis by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine published in 2008 and reviews the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, laboratory assessment, and management including RTS for the athlete with IM. It also addresses complications, imaging, special considerations, diversity and equity considerations, and areas for future clinical research. A Past President of AMSSM and the CMO of Major League Soccer, Dr. Putukian served as the co-lead author, and Dr. Statuta, sports medicine physician and team physician at the University of Virginia, was a co-author on the statement. Additional Resources: American Medical Society of Sports Medicine Position Statement: Mononucleosis and Athletic Participation https://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Fulltext/2023/07000/American_Medical_Society_of_Sports_Medicine.1.aspx
This BJSM podcast dives into the launch of 'Swimming as Medicine' with Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi (GP, RCGP Lifestyle & Physical Activity Lead and Clinical Advisor for Swim England) and BJSM's host Dr Shona Kohlhardt. This podcast explores the benefits and practicalities of the 'Swimming as Medicine' campaign and both how patients and clinical practitioners can benefit and get involved. The following links are mentioned within the podcast: https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/health-fact-sheets-relaunched/ https://www.swimming.org/poolfinder/ Coming in September 2023: The NHS England eLearning on Aquatic Activity and Swimming for Health - and burning questions can be sent to health@swimming.org
In this episode of the AMSSM CRN Spotlight Podcast (T: @TheAMSSM) host Dr. Jeremy Schroeder, DO, (T: @thejschro) is joined by Dr. Dusty Narducci (T: @NarducciDusty) to discuss the updated AMSSM Position Statement regarding Athletes With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Dr. Narducci served as a co-author on the position statement, and in this conversation, she addresses the following topics: Why the position statement, which was originally published in 2011, was updated The recommended approach for diagnosis and management of athletes with ADHD Identifying the most common doppelgangers for ADHD and how to diagnose them Some of the key points related to the new diversity, equity, and inclusivity section Pharmacotherapy and the various medical treatment options for athletes with ADHD The role of exercise in the treatment of ADHD The relationship between ADHD and concussions Regulatory issues Resources: Athletes With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Position Statement of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Athletes: More Than Self-Rating Scales and Stimulants – Key Messages from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement
This podcast is a part of a BJSM mini-series on concussion in sport following the release of the 6th International Consensus Statement. In this episode Brooke Patterson hosts Prof Grant Iverson and Prof Bob Cantu to discuss the systematic review which evaluated the later-in-life health risks associated with participation in collision sports, repeated head impacts and concussion. The podcast will help clinicians have evidence-informed conversations about the risks with athletes, coaches, parents, sporting, and community organisations. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/810 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/822
This podcast Brooke Patterson hosts Prof John Leddy and Dr Margot Putukian, as a part of a BJSM mini-series on concussion, following the release of the 6th international consensus statement. They discuss the latest evidence on risks and benefits of physical activity, rest, cognitive activity, and sleep after sports related concussion. It will help clinicians guide athletes to return to exercise, school, and sport following concussion. Links to reviews Rest and exercise https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/57/12/762.full.pdf Targeted interventions and their effect on recovery https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/771 Persisting symptoms and defining recovery https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/780 Defining recovery & role of technology https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/789 Clinical recovery from concussion: Return to school and sport https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/12/798 Social media posts Tag: John Leddy and Margot Putukian, Jon Patricios, Kathryn Schneider When can I exercise? Return to sport? Go back to school? How much rest? How can I progress physical activity? All the latest on the risks and benefits of physical activity, rest, cognitive activity, and sleep after sports related concussion.