BJSM Podcast

Over the last few years, rugby medicine has been somewhat mired with controversy. From ‘Bloodgate’, to concussion, there have been many back-page features in the press, often calling for quite sensationalist measures. Against this backdrop, and away from the gaze of the press, World Rugby have been busy synthesising an evidence base, and adapting the game to try and maximise player welfare. Such e...

Embedding physical activity in the undergraduate healthcare curriculum is an important step to building capacity in the future workforce to promote physical activity, every contact. This podcast features two UK medical schools and schools of health describing their approaches to upskilling tomorrow’s healthcare professionals, in physical activity, for tomorrow’s patients using the #MovementForMove...

Professor Stanley Herring is a clinical professor at the University of Washington (UW) in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, and Neurological Surgery. He is director of the UW Medicine Sports Health & Safety Institute, medical director of Sports, Spine and Orthopedic Health for UW Medicine, and co-medical director of the Sports Concussion Program, a partn...

Die Evidenz basierte Medizin ist ein Grundpfeiler medizinischen Handelns und ist im täglichen Leben des Arztes und Physiotherapeuten nicht mehr wegzudenken. Dr Andreas Waltering (IQWIQ) gibt uns eine Einführung in die Evidenz basierte Medizin (EBM). Anfangen mit der Entstehungsgeschichte der EBM. Die EBM wurde im Gegensatz zu Deutschland von der Ärzteschafft selber gefordert. Im deutschsprachigen...

Dr. Michael Makdissi is a Sports & Exercise Medicine (SEM) Physician based in Melbourne. He has pursued a career that blends both clinical and research roles. His research is mainly based around concussion and it is this area where he has become a globally respected voice. Liam West poses the questions in this podcast that sees Dr. Makdissi discuss the new Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT)...

Professor Lorimer Moseley (PT, PhD) is Chair of Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia and a professor of Clinical Neurosciences. http://people.unisa.edu.au/lorimer.moseley He combines Oxford rigour with a laconic and very popular Australian style of communication. In this podcast he addresses the questions: What’s new in our understanding of the spinal cord? What should we be telling...

Allyson M Pollock is professor of public health and Director of Institute of Health and Society in the Medical Faculty of Newcastle University. She is a public health doctor and has been researching injuries and rugby injuries for more than ten years. She takes what she describes as the ‘child’s perspective’ and asks – Do children know the risks of playing school rugby? Do all schools have appropr...

Why are groin injuries so difficult to manage? How has rehabilitation advanced over the years? In this BJSM podcast, we interview Professor Michael Callaghan, Professor of Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan University and Head of Physical Therapies at MUFC. We discuss the pressures of dealing with groin injuries in a team environment, the use of 1%ers, and surgical options for dealing with t...

This episode takes place from Surrey Sports Park, the training base of Harlequins Rugby Union. During the podcast, performance nutritionist David Dunne delves into the following topics with Dr Sean Carmody: -Managing weight loss safely in weight dependent sports (eg boxing, MMA) -Developing muscle mass appropriately in rugby union players -Nutritional considerations in the professional golfer In a...

Michele Verroken is the founding director of Sporting Integrity, a consultancy which advises governing bodies about identifying, adopting and managing best practice procedures relating to risk, ethical and integrity standards and issues in sport. Formerly Director of Ethics and Anti-Doping at UK Sport, Michele has worked in elite sport for over thirty years. She currently works as an Anti-Doping a...

Respiratory conditions are often neglected in the world of sports medicine, so we’ve got two world leaders on a podcast, recorded at the famous Centre for Health & Human Performance in London, to enlighten us on respiratory conditions in sport. Our guests Dr James Hull is Consultant Respiratory Physician with a specialist expertise in assessing athletes with unexplained breathlessness. He is an in...

Professor Jon Drezner is a family medicine physician from Seattle, USA with expertise in sports medicine and sports cardiology. He shares the new international criteria for electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation in athletes - these lead to a lower false positive rate while maintaining sensitivity. He clearly defines the key changes and what to look out for on an ECG. You can access the Internation...

Angela Smith is an attending orthopaedist at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for children, and Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics and Paediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She is the past president of the American College of Sports Medicine, and acts as a member of the Executive Committee of FIMS. She draws upon her extensive clinical experience of working w...

AMSSM Podcast host Dr. Krystian Bigosinski is joined by Dr. Alessio Fasano, the W. Allan Walker Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and Director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as Dana Lis, RD, PhD, owner of Summit Sports Nutrition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Topics of conversation include the definition of gluten and FOD...

A respected global voice within Sports Physiotherapy, Phil Glasgow returns to the BJSM podcast to share his thoughts and expertise on loading for injury prevention and treatment. Phil has worked at numerous major international sporting events and was the Chief Physiotherapy Officer for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics. As Former Head of Sports Medicine at Sports Institute, Northern Ireland, he has...

One of the most influential cardiologists in Britain and a world leading expert in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, Dr Aseem Malhotra is a brave advocate for public health initiatives. An award-winning NHS cardiologist, Dr Malhotra has successfully motivated leading academics, the media and politicians to make sugar reduction a health priority in the UK. His academic publi...

Ian Needleman is a Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the Centre of Oral Health and Performance, University College London (UCL) Eastman Dental Institute. Prof Needleman is on a mission to combat poor oral health in athletes. Alongside his research team, he has proven oral healthcare at the elite level to be poor, that this leads to a decrease in performance and has suggested that oral health s...

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) podcast is hosted by Dr Devin McFadden (Sports Medicine Fellow, Washington D.C) is your host. He chats with Dr Bert Fields (Sports Medicine Physician, Greensborough, North Carolina), Dr Robert Oh (Sports M edicine, Fort Benning, Georgia) and Dr Chad Asplund (Athletic Sports Medicine, Georgia Southern University). In this podcast (part 2 of 2...

Dr Boris Gojanovic (@DrSportSante) is a specialist sports medicine physician and a board member of the Swiss Sports Medicine Society. In addition to his Sports Medicine training, he is certified in Internal Medicine (General Medicine). In this chat about paediatric sports development, training and injuries he shares tips on interdisciplinary management of concussion, knee injuries. He tackles hip...

Andy Nicholettos @sportinjuryandy is co-founder and head of sports medicine at Prevail Golf Performance, a specialist academy that blends golf coaching, sports medicine and strength and conditioning practice. Andy is also the author of “a movement in golf performance”. Aside from golf, Andy is the clinical lead at the Pain Clinic Oxford. He has lectured nationally and internationally on the applic...

New York physiotherapist Dr Karen Litzy @KarenLitzyNYC, host of physio podcast 'Healthy Wealth and Smart' poses the practical questions to Dublin’s Dr Marie-Elaine Grant. Dr Grant has been Ireland’s Olympic Team Chief Physiotherapist since 1992 and Chief Physiotherapist with the IOC Medical Commission for the London 2012 Games. The discussion includes: •Whether to tape or brace or not •For how lon...

Prof. Roald Bahr is the Head of the Aspetar Sports Injury & Illness Prevention Programme, Chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and a member of the IOC medical committee. Prof. Bahr’s main research area is the prevention of injury and illness in athletes, and has published more than 200 papers and book chapters. In this podcast he talks to BJSM's Dr. Liam West about his views on musculos...

Jo Gibson is a Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist at the Liverpool Upper Limb Unit based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, UK. She lectures both nationally and internationally about rehabilitation of the shoulder. Her research interests are shoulder instability and motor learning. Jo is currently Squad Physiotherapist for the Great Britain Endurance riding Team.

Dr. Jeremy Lewis is a Consultant Physiotherapist and Professor of Musculoskeletal Research (University of Limerick, Ireland). Originally born in New Zealand, he trained in Australia before moving to England where he now works in both the Public (NHS) and Private sectors. Dr. Lewis has distinguished himself and become a globally respected voice in the area complex shoulder issues in both clinical a...

Assistant Professor Dr Fiona Wilson is a Chartered Physiotherapist in the discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College, Ireland. She has over 25 years of clinical experience in the UK, South Africa and Ireland. She has worked with elite and international athletes throughout her career and was Lead Physiotherapist for Rowing Ireland for 10 years. Her research has focused on sport and exercise medic...