Sports Medicine NE Blog
Sports Medicine NE is a private clinic dealing with all musculoskeletal, sporting and non-sporting injuries. We aim to provide the professional sports medicine care that elite athletes have become accustomed to everyone. Along with a professional sports medicine and musculoskeletal doctor we work closely with physiotherapists, sports nutritionist, sport scientists and strength and conditioning coaches as well as other doctors from other specialties including surgeons.
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Articles from Sports Medicine North East covering sports medicine, exercise, injuries and treatment.
Get up and Stay up!
Research undertaken by Medical student Oyaverere Ikogho from Newcastle Medical School under the supervision of Dr Glen Rae of Sports Medicine NE has produced some interesting findings.
Which sports fans are the most active?
It is well recognised that an active lifestyle helps to prevent early death and illness. Whilst back in 2011 over £800 million pounds was spent on admission tickets to attend live sporting events and 1 in 3 people reported attending a live sporting event in the preceding year and 51% of the population watching either live sport on TV. The challenge to encourage the population to actively participate in exercise themselves is more difficult. The NHS have claimed that only approximately 30% of the population will exercise on a regular basis sufficiently to achieve exercise targets as set by the Department of Health (DOH).
Hydrodistension – The Indian Summer for a Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder- the condition
Running Stitch – Dont let it be a pain in your side!
“Beep”, a quick look down confirms another mile has been conquered and now I’m past halfway, but unfortunately geographically the next 5 miles aren’t downhill but my performance is certainly heading that way…..
Hyaluronic Acid – WD40 for your joints
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative problem of joints. Whilst a combination of professionally advised strengthening exercises and weight loss to reduce the force the diseased joint has to endure is certainly beneficial to most patients some patients will still require further medical treatments.
Sportsman’s hernia
Over the last few decades many names have been used to describe the problem of chronic groin pain in athletes. The wide range of conditions that cause groin pain may cause confusion. However, the fact that one specific diagnosis has numerous names can be equally confusing.
Winter’s a pain!
Vitamin D is produced in the human skin from ultraviolet sunrays light so it is no real surprise that Vitamin D deficiency is common in the UK!
Exercise intake, how much do you think is reasonable?
The amount of exercise that will help prevent chronic disease and improve quality of life for those of us with many types of medical problems has been discussed widely.
Cramp – from the World Cup to Wimbledon…. but why me?
Amusingly, I had already half written this blog on “cramp” or as it’s known within sports medicine circles,“EAMC” (Exercise Associated Muscle Cramping). The high number of professional footballers currently applying their trade on the premier stage of the FIFA World Cup in Brasil being felled with cramp triggered my thoughts to write this blog. Cramp can be recognised by acute pain, stiffness, knotting or even a visible bulging of a muscle with soreness that can remain for a number of days. It isn’t however unusual that once initial symptoms ease the athlete can continue to participate with little if any effect upon performance.
Give Tennis the Elbow
Wimbledon 2014 will be without the Ladies British number 1 due to injury whilst last year’s championship suffered the most injury hit second round in its history. It wouldn’t sound unreasonable to presume that a number of tennis players may have had their seasons or championships effected by struggling from the well known condition “tennis elbow”.
Master Golf Injuries
The 78th Masters winner will look out at Augusta National and don the famous green jacket but the world’s number 1 player won’t be involved due to injury!
We need a pre-signing medical
My mobile rings, as usual, waking my wife before it wakes me. However as soon as I hear the ring I am fully aware it will be for me, and it will be work.
At home rather than at Old Trafford this time
It seems quite appropriate that I am posting my first blog of my new Sports Medicine clinic, 7 months since resigning from Sunderland AFC, the night before SAFC play in the second leg of a League Cup semi-final. During the decade I worked for SAFC I never experienced the thrill of a semi-final of a cup competition however I am not complaining as I have been very lucky to experience being part of the backroom staff on the bench at Old Trafford on numerous occasions.