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Less than 2 weeks to go until @UndergradSEMS National Sports and Exercise Medicine Conference - Check out our incredible speakers below. A few tickets are still available. Don't miss out!
Tickets available here:
yoursu.sheffield.ac.uk/group…
Got any Sports Medicine Research laying around for the world to see 👀
Get involved in USEMS first virtual poster competition!
#virtualconference #virtualposter #eposter #getyourresearchoutthere #SEM
**Competition Announcement**
USEMS (in association with
@basem_uk
) are running a poster competition for undergraduates with some great financial prizes and opportunity to publish!! Check out the brief below :)
USEMS next webinar with two Olympic Rowers, who are also Junior Doctors - who swapped their summer Olympic plans to join the hospitals during the covid-19 pandemic
Being adaptable like this is a great attribute to both athletes and doctors #USEMS2020
🚣🏽🚣🏽 ➡️ 🦠🩺🧑⚕️
** FREE SPORTS MEDICINE WEBINAR **
Swapping the Olympic SingletS for the ward scrubs
Hear first hand from Dr Polly Swann and Dr Philip Doyle how their summers changed
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#GBRowing #Rowing #SportsMedicine #USEMS2020
CAREERS TALK NEXT MONDAY.
Excited to be a hosting our annual careers talk with talks from @rjprobinson and andrewthogg
Great opportunity to learn more about a career in SEM and ask consultants lots of questions.… instagram.com/p/B9T4IzZnvOg/…
FREE event in Sheffield
*** Exercise & Diabetes ***
Whether it’s starting exercise or training for your next big event - Learn from & chat with professional athletes & academic experts
📅 18th Jan. 2020
📍 @PondsForge
💡 @movemoresheff
#diabetes #exercise #sheffieldissuper
Just under 2 weeks until this event! A brilliant FREE event and will be held @PondsForge on the 18th January!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/move-more…
An exercise medicine conference not to be missed! 🏴
Don’t miss out on a ticket
#ExerciseMedicine #WEMS2020 #WEMS #SEMConference
With less than 4 weeks to go until #WEMS 2020, get your tickets now before it’s too late.
Start the new decade with new knowledge about SEM.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/wales-exe…
@basem_uk @FSEM_UK @UndergradSEMS @RCPLondon @HEIW_NHS @FSEM_IRL @exerciseworks
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Anyone from @sheffielduni Medical School tempted?!
@SUMedicsFC @ShefMedWFC - fancy entering a GB Medics football team in 2020? ⚽️⚽️
Who’s planning on coming to Medigames 2020?! 😄
blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2019/12/2…
@Medigames @ChandyTom #Medigames2020 #sportsmedicine #2020 #sportsdoctor #swimming #Portugal #GB #Australia
Event not to be missed 🤩
STOP THE PRESS!!!
Tickets for the Wales Exercise Medicine Symposium 2020 are available now!!
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eventbrite.co.uk/e/wales-exe…
@basem_uk @UndergradSEMS @BJSM_BMJ
#WEMS
#WEMS 2020 Tickets are available now 🤩
Don’t miss out
Great event and very affordable- check it out if you are in the london area this weekend! #sportsmedicine
If you want to experience more SEM fun, join us at our conference this Saturday! facebook.com/events/53052602…
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Thank you to everyone who came to #USEMS19. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks to our speakers, stands and sponsors - non of it would have been possible without you. Keep an eye out for our future events. #movementformovement
Dr Michael Lee telling the story “Locked In Syndrome to Running”: how a patient was rehabilitated from Locked In Syndrome to running in 8 months...
#USEMS19
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Chris and Kas from @Strength4_Life next with their presentation entitled “STRENGTH SAVES LIVES” 🏋️♀️🏋️♂️
@Strength4_Life aims to deliver research-based exercise to patients and education to training professionals
#USEMS19
Graph shows the decline of strength after 45 years of age 📉
... which can be alleviated with strength training 🏋️♂️
Importantly half of physical decline associated with ageing is due to inactivity and is NOT a normal ageing process
#USEMS19
Dr Rebecca Robinson @rjprobinson SEM Consultant talking about physical activity in oncology.
Exercise reduces the risk of developing cancer, especially breast and colon cancer ✅✅ as well as lung, prostate and endometrial cancer ✅
#USEMS19
Cancer-specific barriers to physical activity:
- Cancer related morbidity 🦠
- Side effects of treatment 💊
- Pain & fatigue 💤
Thank you @rjprobinson for exploring special considerations for promoting exercise in cancer patients
#USEMS19
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Ann Gates from @exerciseworks discussing how to increase physical activity in patients #movementformovement #MECC #USEMS19
Physical activity is interconnected with 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs
WHO aim to reduce physical inactivity by 10% by 2025 and 15% by 2030 📉
#USEMS19 #movementformovement
Thank you @TheFoodWorksSHF for dropping of the food for our delegates. All food today has been made from 'food waste' helping to reduce the 1/3 of food produced currently being wasted globally. It looks delicious. #USEMS19 #Repurposeyoursurplus
Ankle inversion injuries:
➡️ Need to wait few days until swelling has improved to perform an accurate examination
➡️ USS and MRI are useful imaging techniques
➡️ Surgical vs conservative management debate; examination and imaging helps guide this decision
#USEMS19
Prof Christian Schmied from Switzerland 🇨🇭 talking about common injuries in alpine skiing ⛷
#USEMS19
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Knee injuries represent ~35% of alpine skiing injuries in both elite and amateur skiers #USEMS19
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Max Litchfield’s @maxlitch1995 key points about injury from an athlete’s perspective...
#USEMS19
Lessons learn from his injury journey: 1/
➡️ Can be a very long process with multiple flares along the way
➡️ Injuries may remain “silent” for a while before flaring up
➡️ Sensible and gradual approach to rehab is best - data can be used to monitor workload
#USEMS19
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Dr Lee Herrington @leehphysio discussing the role of a physiotherapist in elite sports ⚽️🏀🏉🎾
#USEMS19 @eis2win
Important concepts of physiotherapy in elite sports:
1. BRILLIANT BASICS
- Realise that elite athletes are very different to the general population!
- Knowledge dissemination and teamwork within a MDT is vital
#USEMS19
