What is abuse and how does it manifest itself in sport? In this hard-hitting podcast, Karen Litzy hosts Dr Margo Mountjoy, IOC medical commission, FINA executive board member, and associate clinical professor at McMaster University. Dr Mountjoy explores the various types of harassment, how it can occur, and what safeguards can be put in place to help athletes report abuse. Highlights include: -What does it mean when we talk about abuse and harassment? -Youth sport and why we need to be especiall...
Apr 07, 2017•22 min
In part 1 of two podcasts, Dr Ben Kibler, international shoulder authority, shares top tips on examination and diagnosis of the tennis player. (Part 2 will focus on baseball pitchers) Dr Ben Kibler, orthopaedic surgeon and medical director of Lexington Clinic in Kentucky is a world expert on management of shoulder injuries with a particular focus on the role of the scapula (scapular dyskinesis). He has held regular ‘scapular summit’ meetings of experts in his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, USA...
Mar 31, 2017•16 min
The Society of Sports Therapists was established in the UK in 1990 to address the growing demands from sport and leisure on everyone involved in the management and care of injured participants. In this 2nd podcast with BJSM, Professor Smith highlights hot topics such as: (i) readiness to return to play and how it differs from return to competition, (ii) training load and contribution of new data in the training-injury field. I summarise the program for the 2017 conference “From Pain to Performan...
Mar 24, 2017•17 min
What are the odds? Understanding Risk and Uncertainty. Today we welcome Dr. Rod Whiteley for the first time ever to the BJSM podcast. Rod has done a bunch of work in shoulder injuries (measuring load and strength long before it got sexy). And the rumour is he’s still got a pretty good curve ball. A clinician for well over 20 years, He is the current assistant director of the Rehab department here at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, and he has also contributed heavily in the area...
Mar 16, 2017•17 min
Screening is one of the hottest topics in Sports Medicine, and a topic which is constantly evolving. The BJSM has provided a platform for much of the academic literature concerning screening, but what actually happens at the coalface? In part one of this special podcast with Arsenal FC giants Colin Lewin, and Dr Gary O’Driscoll, we heard about the role of screening in professional sport, and how it ties in with player medicals, which is further elaborated on in this podcast. Other topics that ar...
Mar 13, 2017•19 min
Bruce Forster is the Head of Radiology at the University of British Columbia. He was previously the director of diagnostic imaging at the Vancouver Winter Olympics and has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications. In this podcast, we discuss: -The role of MSK ultrasound in sports medicine and how to learn -Structures that can be imaged and their challenges -What to look for when purchasing an ultrasound machine? -Ultrasound guided injections, including evidence behind PRP, stem cells and cort...
Mar 10, 2017•17 min
Screening is one of the hottest topics in Sports Medicine, and a topic which is constantly evolving. The BJSM has provided a platform for much of the academic literature concerning screening, but what actually happens at the coalface? BJSM Associate Editor Steffan Griffin chats to two giants of the football (and sports) medicine world – Colin Lewin, and Dr Gary O’Driscoll, who both head up the medical department at Arsenal Football Club – about the practical aspect of screening, and what role it...
Mar 03, 2017•22 min
Professor Tim Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) is a best-selling author in the health and popular science domain. He has published over 300 articles into the ethical, legal and health policy of a broad range of topics including stem cell therapies, genetic testing, obesity treatment and the prevention of chronic disease. In this podcast, we discuss: • Genetic testing and its predictive value- what place does it have in sports medicine? • Stem cell therapies- evidence behind it and how it is portrayed b...
Feb 24, 2017•13 min
Professor David Hunter is a leading rheumatologist and researcher working at the University of Sydney. David has over 350 publications in rheumatology and has co-authored several books providing self-management strategies for patients with osteoarthritis. In this podcast, we discuss: • Treatments of OA, what does and doesn’t work • How to take a detailed history and examination from a patient with OA • Cornerstones of patient care: behavioral change, self management and weight loss • Weight loss...
Feb 17, 2017•27 min
Eamonn is a wonderful clinician-scientist who graduated with a 1st Class Honours Degree from the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Physiotherapy in 2003 placing first in his class. Eamonn received a prestigious Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) post-graduate research scholarship. He was awarded his PhD from the UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science in 2006, In this podcast that combines science with clinical application topics include: •...
Feb 10, 2017•24 min
You want the big names on BJSM podcasts and Twitter asked for Dr Graeme Close. Fresh from the UK undergraduate student conference, Graeme shares pearl after pearl on this top podcast. What do you do in a first consultation? How does nutrition in team sport vary from individual sport? What’s the key to a successful pre-game routine? How should nutrition change when an athlete is injured? Supplements? Coffee? Sleep? Take home tips – all in this 16 minute gem. Graeme has a great CV for his role in ...
Feb 03, 2017•17 min
A world leader in sportsphysiotherapy, Associate Professor Dr Kristian Thorborg is from Copenhagen University. He is renowned for his studies and clinical workshops related to patients with hip, groin, hamstring and knee related injuries. Here he outlines: - the paradigm shift for the use of exercise to treat conditions such as tendinopathy and hamstring strains. He addresses questions such as ‘What is the ideal type of exercise?’ and ‘Does the body know if the exercise is concentric or eccentri...
Jan 20, 2017•23 min
How does a leading shoulder physiotherapist approach patients in the clinic? What are 3 fundamental principles that guide every consultation? Hear from extended scope practitioner Adam Meakins on how his approach to the patient with shoulder pain has changed over the past years. Learn how you can provide exercises for your patient without needing sophisticated video equipment or cameras. Listen to tips on how to tell if the patient is fearful, perhaps at greater risk for a central contribution t...
Dec 09, 2016•18 min
The Berlin Concussion in Sport Consensus Meeting was held in October 2016 and the experts are currently writing the systematic reviews and agreeing on the final statement from this event. In the meantime, various panel members are sharing some key messages the world over. The knowledge translation needed from event such as this is extensive. The experts are Dr Jon Patricios, sports physician and former President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) and Paul McCrory, Associate...
Dec 02, 2016•19 min
Rugby is often maligned in the press for its inevitable relationship with concussion, with numerous high-profile incidents only compounding the issue. If your reading is restricted to the newspapers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that a culture of denial is in place, however when you delve deeper, there are numerous examples of innovative and powerful research, all of which is already leading to law and policy changes. One leading light in the sport is the Rugby Football Union (RFU), who are ac...
Nov 25, 2016•15 min
Professor Lars Engebretsen is the Head of Scientific Activities in the Department of Medicine and Science at the International Olympic Committee. An orthopaedic surgeon, he is a strong advocate of the multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Among his many awards are the Nordic Prize in Medicine and the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine Hall of Fame. He is the Editor of the BJSM’s Olympic-supported issues (4 per year, usually numbers 1, 7, 11 and 17). Timeline: 0:40 mins - Surgi...
Nov 11, 2016•17 min
Do you consider the first 10 seconds of a consultation to be important? Have you looked at your clinic space and how that might affect your patients? In this podcast Steve Aspinall (BASRaT) speaks to Richmond Stace @painphysio about the importance of compassion and active listening in the treatment of pain. Richmond is presenting at the BASRaT symposium on the 18th of November in London. Our Symposium this year will focus on pain; with unmissable keynote speeches from experts in the field and pr...
Nov 04, 2016•21 min
Over the last 20 years across the western world the increasing toll of sedentary behaviour on young peoples physical and mental wellbeing is a well-documented phenomenon. Many different piecemeal policy initiatives have failed to tackle the problem. In this podcast Steve Aspinall (BASRAT) speaks to head teacher Elaine Wyllie about the daily mile initiative. This simple game changing initiative provides massive public health benefits though a simple philosophy of non-competitive outdoor fun that ...
Oct 28, 2016•22 min
Rugby is often maligned in the press for its inevitable relationship with concussion, with numerous high-profile incidents only compounding the issue. If your reading is restricted to the newspapers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that a culture of denial is in place, however when you delve deeper, there are numerous examples of innovative and powerful research, all of which is already leading to law & policy changes. One leading light in the sport is the Rugby Football Union (RFU), who are ...
Oct 25, 2016•20 min
Phil Glasgow is the head of sports medicine at the Sports Institute, Northern Ireland. A vastly experienced physiotherapist, he has worked at 3 Olympic Games, and has just returned from Rio. In this podcast, we discuss a case history of a football player with hip pain, from assessment to RTP. We look at the sensitivity vs. specificity of various tests, how to explain the symptoms to patients, and any co-existing pathologies there may be in the athlete. Finally, the discussion moves to treatment,...
Oct 21, 2016•26 min
“A few years ago, like most doctors, I was pretty ignorant on the topic of food and medicine” is how Peter Brukner, Professor at Latrobe University’s Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre opens this podcast. He summarises 4 years of engaging seriously with nutrition for health and in sport. His comments apply to the general public, the recreational athlete and he shares his experience from elite level sport. Peter has been involved in an international nutrition educational leadership group...
Oct 14, 2016•17 min
In this podcast, Steffan Griffin of the BJSM speaks to Dr Andrew Murray – SEM consultant & adventurer (amongst other things!), who is currently undertaking a PhD looking into ‘Golf and Health’. We talk about how the Golf and Health project was born, and some of the notable findings from his recently published scoping review. This is a must-listen for any SEM professional/student, not only due to some of the clinical pearls, but due to the fact that this is a shining light of what other sport...
Oct 07, 2016•17 min
Dr Clare Ardern is a sports physiotherapy researcher at Linkoping University in Sweden. She carries Australia’s prestigious NHMRC’s top scholarship for clinician researchers – the 4-year Fellowship Award. You may know of her publications that highlight the relatively low return to play rates after ACL reconstruction. In this podcast, she addresses return to play more broadly. From 12-15th October this year she will be a keynote speaker at Sports Medicine Australia’s conference. You can follow th...
Sep 30, 2016•16 min
Professor Peter O’Sullivan is among the top 3 most popular physiotherapy voices on podcasts and here he focuses on myths and harmful beliefs about back pain. He takes a swing at clinicians who rely excessively on imaging findings to attempt to explain the source of pain. He shares the story of a clinician who told a patient his spine was ‘shredded’. Prof O’Sullivan emphasizes the importance of history taking, finding factors that can sensitize neural tissue and gives an overview of treatment. He...
Sep 23, 2016•15 min
Professor Damian Griffin talks about the Warwick Agreement, an international consensus on the management of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. This podcast brings you right up to date on the most current thinking about hip impingement or FAI. 0.38 Aim of the consensus 1.36 Consensus methodology 2.26 What is FAI syndrome? Symptoms, clinical signs, and imaging findings. 3.40 How should FAI syndrome be diagnosed? 6.26 What is the appropriate treatment for FAI syndrome? 8.26 What is the prognosi...
Sep 15, 2016•16 min
Leicester City’s league title was widely seen as one of the biggest upsets in sporting history. But was it really that surprising? Christian Barton (La Trobe University) talks to Dr Paul Balsom, the Head of Sports Science at Leicester City and analyst with the Swedish National Football Team. In this podcast, Paul explains how teamwork and culture led to players avoiding the medical room. We then go on to discuss the role of evidence-based medicine in sports, and how the ideas employed by Leicest...
Sep 09, 2016•14 min
ACL injuries are some of the most common and debilitating injuries in athletes. In this podcast, Tim Hewett and Kate Webster talk about the biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury, the role and potential of screening, and the use of ACL prevention programmes. Tim Hewett is an expert in biomedical engineering work at the Mayo Clinic and Kate Webster is an associate professor at La Trobe University. They are both speaking at the upcoming Sports Medicine Australia Conference-more details can be f...
Sep 02, 2016•19 min
Often tendinopathy will be resistant to even the best traditional rehabilitation methods. Liam West chats to Dr Ebonie Rio, a PostDoctoral Fellow at La Trobe University’s Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre in Melbourne. Dr Rio’s research aims to explain the role of the primary motor cortex in tendinopathy. She discusses tendon neuroplastic training (TNT) and how it might help your tendinopathy patients regain pain free function in the clinic. Timeline 0.40 – Why traditional rehabilitat...
Aug 26, 2016•8 min
Most clinicians who manage patients with tendinopathy will have encountered the situation where the clinical picture and imaging findings do not match up. Sean Docking, researcher at La Trobe University’s Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre in Melbourne, has been using Ultrasound Tissue Characterisation (UTC) to visualise changes associated with tendinopathy in 3D detail. In this podcast he talks to Liam West about how UTC may help us explain this discrepancy between current imaging and...
Jul 28, 2016•14 min
Damian Griffin is the Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Warwick. He trained in Cambridge, Oxford and the United States, and worked as a Consultant in Oxford before taking up the Foundation Chair in Warwick and helping to establish Warwick Medical School. Damian’s passion is the diagnosis and treatment of hip and groin pain in young adults. His clinical practice and research are all around joint-preserving surgery for early arthritis, hip arthroscopy, the management...
Jul 22, 2016•12 min
