Dr Simon Kemp is a Sport and Exercise Medicine consultant, and Medical Services Director at the Rugby Football Union. He is a leading researcher in Rugby Medicine, with a wide and high-impact research portfolio. Dr Patrick O’Halloran is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar in the UK who is undertaking a PhD at the University of Birmingham. He also works as a senior medical advisor to Marker. They both join us in this podcast to talk about their recently published paper on the diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes.
 
In this 15-minute chat, we talk about the importance of developing objective measures in diagnosing concussions, how they went about their ground-breaking trial and much more.
 
You can find their paper ‘Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM)’, via the link below: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/09/bjsports-2020-103274

A salivary test to diagnose concussion? We talk with Dr Simon Kemp and Dr Patrick O’Halloran Ep #471

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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&

Top tips from the Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport & Exercise Medicine Journey. EP#552

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/

Breaking the taboo of physical activity and cancer: PACC series. EP#551

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

How to make exercise changes stick using behavioural change theory with Dr Tim Anstiss. EP#550

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.

Mental Health and Shared Decision-Making with Dr. Marcia Faustin EP# 549

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.

A salivary test to diagnose concussion? We talk with Dr Simon Kemp and Dr Patrick O’Halloran Ep #471

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