Karim Khan calls mechanotherapy “the most important fundamental concept that underpins rehabilitation exercises”.

Listen to Karim explain that all exercise-based rehabilitation relies on the cells of the injured tissue sensing the exercise stimulus, converting that signal to protein synthesis, and repairing tissue. He explains why ‘rest doesn’t work’ and argues that mechanotherapy has substantial evidence in its favour. The process applies to all body tissues – to injuries / pathology in bone, muscle, tendon and cartilage.

Read the review article, which has had over 32,000 full-page views since 2009:

Mechanotherapy: how physical therapists’ prescription of exercise promotes tissue repair - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/4/247.full

Welcome to the Sports Medcast, brought to you in association with the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

In this episode, hosts Dr Scott Young and Dr Cole Taylor discuss the practical considerations of concussion evaluation and management with Dr Jeffrey Kutcher, a neurologist at the University of Michigan, and the Director of Michigan NeuroSport.

Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] regarding this or any other Sports Medcast

Further reading:

Zurich consensus statement on concussion http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/5/250.full

This podcast comes together with the Dutch Sports Medicine Association edition of BJSM.

Guest editor Hans Zwerver talks with Prof Ron Diercks, head of the Sports Medicine Center of the University Medical Center in Groningen, about the development of sports medicine research in the Netherlands and the Groningen Sport Science Institute. Ron discusses the impact of the expected recognition of Sports Medicine in the Netherlands and also comments on the shoulder consensus statement and of course the cover photo of the Dutch BJSM edition...

See that great cover, and all the content from the special edition, here: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/14.toc

It is currently widely accepted among clinicians that chronic tendinopathy is caused by a degenerative process devoid of inflammation. The evidence for non-inflammatory degenerative processes alone as the cause of tendinopathy is surprisingly weak.

In this podcast, Jon Rees a rheumatologist at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust tells Jill Cook why the role of inflammation offers potential opportunities in treating chronic tendinopathies and should be explored further.

Read the article online: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2013/03/08/bjsports-2012-091957.full

Adam Weir talks to Ben Kibler from the Shoulder Center of Kentucky about the 2013 consensus statement on scapular dyskinesis in shoulder injury.

Read the editor's choice article for free online: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/14/877.full

The second international consensus conference on the scapula was held in Lexington Kentucky. The purpose of the conference was to update, present and discuss the accumulated knowledge regarding scapular involvement in various shoulder injuries and highlight the clinical implications for the evaluation and treatment of shoulder injuries.

We'd very much like to hear your feedback on this episode, email us at [email protected].

David Pope (@DavidKPope) is a practicing physiotherapist in Australia and a pioneer in social media for physio education. His podcasts via ClinicalEdge (www.clinicaledge.com.au/pages/podcast) with stellar guests such as David Butler and Jill Cook have had many tens of thousands of listeners.

In this podcast, BJSM turns the microphone around and asks him to share the secrets of contemporary clinical teaching methods and clinical reasoning.

In questo Podcast, il Prof Antonio Pelliccia, esperto a livello modiale nell’ambito della Cardiologia dello Sport, parla della prevenzione della morte improvvisa nello sportivo. Campo in continuo sviluppo, la cardiologia dello sport trova nell’Italia uno dei paesi pionieristici, sia in ambito clinico che nella ricerca scientifica.

You can listen to an English version of this podcast here: http://goo.gl/4VgAfC

In this podcast, Prof Antonio Pelliccia, Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy, an international expert in sports cardiology, talks about the prevention of sudden death in athletes. In a field in continuous development, sports cardiologists in Italy are leading the way, both in clinical and scientific research.

This podcast is also available in Italian: http://goo.gl/5fweGj

Dr Peter Brukner has been looking at nutrition for health, both of athletes and in the wider population. In this podcast he speaks to Professor Tim Noakes, author of The Lore of Running, originator of the central governor theory, and a strong exponent of the low carbohyrate-high fat diet.

Tim talks about his views on carbohydrate, and how his experience of a very low carb diet has changed the way he views the decades old advice of low-fat intake - particularly when it comes to treatment of patients with type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They discuss this diet in the specific setting of sport - long distance and football codes. Professor Noakes has over 21,000 followers on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ProfTimNoakes) and his most recent book, Challenging Beliefs, includes an introduction to his thoughts on this topic.

Peter Brukner's editorial on this topic is in the July 2013 issue of BJSM - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/11/663.full