Sports Medicine

I will briefly discuss acute injury management, and highlight that injury management philosophies and acronyms such as ICE, RICE, RICED are outdated and potentially detrimental to the recovery process regarding rest, ice and drugs (medications). The acute injury management model proposed by Dubois & Esculier (2020) primarily draws on research on lateral ankle, muscular soft-tissue, and low back injuries but can be generalised to acute musculoskeletal injuries such as ACLs.

Rational thinking and logical deduction are essential life skills that facilitate understanding, purpose, and happiness in lived human experience. They are fundamental skills required for health professionals to make reasonable, ethical and informed decisions. Yet many health and medical professionals still fail to grasp the most basic physiological truth of the human experience, thereby violating the primary ethical ethos of do no harm on a daily basis. What is this truth?

I cannot think about stress fractures of any type without considering Finestone & Milgrom (2008), who investigated various interventions over 25 years and the impact they had on the incidence of lower limb stress fractures in military recruits. Ultimately, concluding that the most effective way to reduce the incidence of lower limb stress fractures in military recruits was to ensure a minimum of 6 hours of sleep a night and reduce cumulative marching and running volume.

Ankle injuries and taping are frequently discussed, particularly given the prevalence of ankle injuries in most field sports and the widespread use of various taping methods across sports. Today, I reviewed a mix of papers that unintentionally focused primarily on the use of kinesiology tape in chronic ankle instability. This is by no means a comprehensive commentary on the use of tape in chronic ankle instability. Rather, it is a simple summary of some of the findings I revi

Whether you work with elite athletes or average Joes, you probably get asked about supplements in one form or another, as everyone is always looking for an easier way to get a slight edge. Standard advice in this space is almost always to prioritise whole foods for nutrition, as you should get the basics right before we even start talking about supplementation. Some medical conditions require supplementation, and at the elite level, this may mean applying for exemptions. I