Five Questions with Brian Krabak, M.D.

November 24, 2017 by

Dr. Brian Krabak, part of the medical team covering the 4 Deserts Race Series

For our recurring column, we are asking Brian Krabak, M.D. to answer ‘five questions’ about his new book (and more):  “The Long Distance Runner’s Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment:  How to Avoid Common Problems and Deal with Them When They Happen.” 

Dr. Krabak is a sports medicine physician at the University of Washington Medical Center.  He and his colleagues, Grant Lipman, M.D. and Brandee Waite, M.D., co-edited this new book, which includes many authors known to the readers of CJSM, including Tamara Hew-Butler, who has been featured previously in these blog pages. And though this is a first time appearance in the blog for Dr. Krabak, he has been an author for CJSM before — just one of the many things you’ll learn from this interview.

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1)    CJSM: Congratulations on the new book, “The Long Distance Runner’s Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment: How to Avoid Common Problems and Deal with Them When They Happen’” which was just published. It was edited by you, Grant Lipman, and Brandee Waite.  How long did this project take to come together and what were the most significant challenges you faced in completing this project?

BK: Thank you. We are very proud of our new book.  The concept for the book started years ago, in a desert far, far away. Seriously, we were in the middle of a desert at an ultramarathon race! The editors met while traveling the world coordinating and providing medical care for long distance running athletes of all ages and abilities.  During these adventures, athletes would frequently ask for advice about issues unique to the long-distance runner. Often, they inquired about how they could learn more about preventing and treating their injury and illnesses.   They wanted a high quality and informative book with the most up-to-date information written for the runner. Though there are some wonderful books on running, we felt there was an opportunity to educate runners.

Unfortunately, it seems the publishing world had a different view. Read more of this post

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ACSEP 2018 — Surfer’s Paradise is around the corner!

November 11, 2017 by

 

Open invitation to Sport and Exercise Medicine professionals to attend the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians Annual Conference.

By @Hamish_Osborne Associate Editor @CJSMonline and Vice President @ACSEP_

Drs. Hamish Osborne (far R) & Brendan O’Neill (far L) — ACSEP fellows — and guests, at ACSEP Black Tie Gala

I had a great time earlier this year at the @CASEMACMSE conference at Mont Tremblant, in Quebec, and it’s now the turn of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (@ACSEP_) to warmly invite you to the biggest SEM Conference on the 2018 calendar down-under from February 10-13 on the sunny Gold Coast, just before the Commonwealth Games (@GC2018). This will be the largest sporting event in Australia in 2018 and our theme “High Performance Medicine” recognizes the need to provide the best care we can to our patients whether they be elite athletes or #weekendwarriors, whether they have injury or are trying to stave off non-communicable disease.

We have a fabulous international faculty and home grown experts – Professor Lorimer Moseley (@bodyinmind) will deliver the Vince Higgins Lecture – 18 Years of Explaining Pain – Past, Present and Future. Pain and performance: Current concepts and future directions.

@DrLJLee,well known for her total body function models of pain will challenge your minds and understanding of optimal whole body treatment approaches.  Prof @PaulwHodges, internationally recognised for his work in low back pain completes the trio of excellence in the areas of pain and function in the back.

ACSEP advocates strongly for equality, diversity, mental health of its members and patients and workplaces free of bullying, harassment and discrimination. Dr Eva Carneiro will give a unique insight into her world of sports medicine with our own Dr Martin Raftery, CMO of World Rugby giving his version of the challenges involved. (Is this where I fit in the bit about the New Zealand All Blacks being back to back reigning World Champions?)

Finally, last but certainly not least, really looking forward to seeing our friends from the USA @DrBobSallis and Dr Kate Ackerman who aside from their keynote talks may also be able to share some interesting insights on bullying, harassment and discrimination.

A new feature this year will be our poster session and we especially would like to welcome new and emerging researchers to submit their work and attend – a great opportunity to fast track your work.

Special Dates:

6-8 February

ACSEP Registrar Conference – our ACSEP trainees present the best of their research to date. Read more of this post

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