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May 29, 2014 by 1 Comment

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Poster session ACSM 2014, Jimmy Onate and Darin Padua show that OSU and UNC can get along!

With ACSM 2014 winding down, I’m already in a reflective mood.

I have three of the four talks I am giving behind me; my resident’s research talk and my own poster presentation are also in the rear-view mirror.  Tomorrow I have the day to enjoy the conference purely as an attendee, and then Saturday I have one more talk to give, with my friend Jon Patricios:   “Social Media for Sports Medicine Clinicians:  R U Ready 2 Go Viral?”

@cjsmonline has been spreading the news on twitter, but the CJSM social media feeds are not the only ones giving the #ACSMAnnualMtg hashtag  a workout:  take a look at these twitter analytics for the meeting courtesy of Symplur.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the conference so far, and my only complaint is that in committing to so many talks, I have found my schedule has made it difficult to attend sessions I would surely have enjoyed.  I missed a symposium on femoroacetabular impingement of the hip given by the Boston Children’s Hospital group this morning, and yesterday I missed a talk from Maria Fiatarone Singh of the University of Sydney….formerly of Boston, which is where I first learned of her seminal work with resistance training in the elderly.

I was pleased to find my poster yesterday next to Jimmy Onate’s.  Jimmy is a Professor at Ohio State, and our lives are so busy I only see him at conferences.  I never cross paths with him in the city where we both live (Columbus, Ohio).  Jimmy (aka @JimmyOnateFPPE) was visited by another ACSM expert in exercise and sport science, Darin Padua (aka @DarinPadua), and it was a pleasure meeting him.  Follow them on twitter, you’ll be happy you did!

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Clockwise from left: Drs. Pierre d’Hemecourt, Michael O’Brien, Peter Kriz, myself, Lyle Micheli, and Andrea Stracciolini

Between talks I got to catch up with the people who made me a sports medicine clinician:  Drs. Lyle Micheli, former president of the ACSM, and Pierre d’Hemecourt, both from Children’s Hospital Boston.  Pierre and I are busy working out the details on a project looking at bracing and spondylolysis, and so I hope to have some data published and ready to share with you some day…via the blog, and if passing peer review muster, via the journal.

There are two more days to go, and there’s plenty of action.  I will be tweeting form the sessions I attend tomorrow, so be sure to stay tuned to twitter and keep an eye on that hashtag: #ACSMAnnualMtg

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Peter Kriz and I on the podium, at our question and answer session after our talk. (photo: Reno Ravindran)

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“Live, From Orlando”

May 28, 2014 by 3 Comments

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@cjsmonline has 4500+ followers on twitter; where are YOU on this map? Picutre: tweepsmap.com

This week I’m going to be busy down in Orlando, Florida, where I will  be working and enjoying the 2014 meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

#ACSM2014 #ACSMAnnualMtg– hashtags that are getting a work out this week!!!

I will be involved in five talks, two of which are accessible on Scribd.  I wanted to make sure that attendees to the talks had access to the content as handouts…..so go ahead and download them (see below)!  And if you’re in Orlando come to the talks:  the Social Media session with @jonpatricios (Dr. Jon Patricios of S. Africa) will take place on Saturday a.m., and my lecture on patient outcome measures takes place on Thursday afternoon.

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Novak Djokovic: Gluten-free and Gumbyesque

May 24, 2014 by 2 Comments

The season for Grand Slam tennis is upon us, and at CJSM we are duly excited!

The draw for the French Open is set. We’re looking  forward to the Men’s and Women’s competitions at Roland Garros, which begin tomorrow. The top two seeds in the Men’s draw (Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic respectively) have had some difficulty in the run up to Roland Garros.  Is it Nadal’s knees?  Is it Djokovic’s wrist?

Tennis is a sport for which I have great admiration, and is a regular subject on this blog.  It’s a regular subject in the journal as well (take a look at the May issue’s epidemiologic study on tennis-related injuries in the United States).

Today, we re-visit a post from 2013 where I explored some factors which might account for Djokovic’s supreme athleticism and give you all a chance to weigh in on the poll:  gluten-free diets, helpful, harmful, or neutral for the athlete?

Have a great weekend.

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The Wimbledon Championships end tomorrow, with the Gentleman’s Singles Final pairing now set:  either Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray will raise the Championship Silver Cup by day’s end, barring rain delay or marathon tennis match…..

It has been another great fortnight of tennis, highlighted by Djokovic’s historic semi-final win over Juan Martin del Portro yesterday.  Djokovic seems to get involved in these epic five-set Grand Slam matches, having just been on the losing end of such a match at the French Open.  His opponent that day, Rafael Nadal, was quoted as saying:  “‘I learnt during all my career to enjoy suffering, and these kind of matches are very special….I really enjoy suffering.” This statement was given, mind you, by the victor!

I remain impressed with Djokovic’s supreme athleticism and his ability to inflict suffering on others on the tennis court!…

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CASEM and FIMS: Coming Up!

May 21, 2014 by

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Pierre Frémont, President of CASEM, Jim MacDonald, CJSM Associate Editor, and Kivmars Bowling, CJSM Publisher: Quebec City, here we come.

The time for CASEM/FIMS approaches:  The Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) and the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) are jointly having their 2014 conference in Quebec City in less than a month. From June 18 to 21 attendees, including the CJSM editorial board, will be enjoying the best of international sport medicine and the longest days of the year in beautiful Quebec City.

CJSM has always had a very close relationship with CASEM:  the academy was the founding organization for the journal.  We now have affiliations with several of the most prominent sport medicine societies around the globe:  the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM); the Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP); and the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine (AOASM).  Members of all those organizations will be on hand for the CJSM editorial board meeting we’ll concurrently have with the conference.  It’s a great time to catch up with far-flung colleagues with whom I communicate for most of the year by email, twitter, or Skype/FaceTime.

I’m looking forward to the conference on so many levels.  First, as an attendee, I am excited to sit in on several of the highlighted lectures; I’ll definitely be attending the symposium on “The Growing Athlete,’ the speakers for which include Dr. Lyle Micheli of Boston Children’s Hospital, the man I trained under.   Second, I am very much looking forward to participating in the CJSM Seminar we are offering as a pre-conference course which is free for FIMS 2014 attendees.  We are offering the seminar as a way for attendees to better understand the process behind getting their manuscripts published and to better understand the direction that medical publications, ours included, is taking in the new millenium. Come join us, it will be a productive and fun afternoon.  You can register on-line or on-site.

I will be presenting some original research in poster form on a pediatric back outcome measure, the Micheli Functional Scale (MFS); the original paper validating this measure was published in CJSM in 2012.  As a pediatric sports medicine specialist who sees a lot of back injuries, I use the MFS in my clinic frequently.  Stop by the poster if you get a chance (Friday morning):  we’ll take a selfie and I’ll put you in the blog!

As ever, one of the strongest attractions for such a meeting is the chance to socialize with professional colleagues and make new connections.  I have several friends who will be in attendance, and I am looking forward to the good times we will have together.  Late night crepes will be enjoyed, I’m sure.

If you haven’t had the chance yet, check out the abstracts for the CASEM/FIMS session which we just published in the May issue and are freely available.  If you’re coming to Quebec City, the abstracts will serve to whet your appetite. And if you can’t make it, you’ll get the chance to catch up on the diverse and original research that will be presented.

I’ll be blogging from the event and tweeting (@csjmonline )……so stay tuned!

 

 

 

 

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