Institute of Sport Exerise and Health January Newsletter

Institute of Sport Exercise and Health January 2015 Newsletter

The Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) provides excellence in elite sports performance and sports injury prevention and management whilst bridging the gap between elite sport, amateur sports and exercise prescription, for the improvement of the healthcare of the population.

A major health legacy project of the 2012 London Olympic Games the ISEH delivers world-class research, teaching, training and clinical expertise in sport and exercise medicine.

The ISEH is one of three locations forming the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) and has recently been named as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.

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CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS THE HEAT ON TENNIS

As the 2015 Australian Open Tennis tournament gets underway in Melbourne, the organisers have updated their extreme heat policy to "ensure conditions are fair for all players". A roof has also been added to a third court.

The new heat policy takes into account the forecast once the ambient temperature exceeds 40°C, and the Wet Bulb Global Temperature reading exceeds 32.5°C. Above these levels, players are likely to absorb significantly more heat than they give off, leading to a risk of heat exhaustion.

LACK OF EXERCISE MAY CAUSE TWICE AS MANY DEATHS AS OBESITY

A brisk 20-minute walk each day could be enough to reduce an individual’s risk of early death, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Dr Mike Loosemore, Lead Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) commented:

“This is a powerful study. It adds to the growing body of evidence demonstrating the importance of physical activity: even low levels of active movement will benefit your health."

ISEH INTERVIEW WITH TIM HOWELLS, ENGLAND ATHLETICS

Tim Howells is an athlete and coach who works with England Athletics’ Run! Project, encouraging community participation in sport.

Here Tim tells us about the project and his work with the Institute of Sport, Exericse and Health (ISEH).

ISEH CONSULTANT PROFILE: ALI NOORANI

Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) consultant Ali Noorani specialises in shoulder, elbow and upper limb surgery. He qualified from the Imperial College School of Medicine (London) in the year 2000 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2009. Since then he has been awarded a number of prestigious fellowships, including the coveted Annual British Shoulder and Elbow Society Fellowship and the British Orthopaedic Association Fellowship. He used these fellowships to gain further valuable training in upper limb and trauma and sports surgery in the UK and USA.

As well as the ISEH he works at Barts Health NHS Trust, the UK’s biggest trauma centre, where he treats a large number of patients with sports injuries.

Mr Noorani is excited at the prospect of working at the ISEH this year. “It’s an opportunity to work with the best of the best”, he says. “The ISEH has top consultants and physios on site, and a very cohesive, multidisciplinary approach. As well as clinical staff you also get to work with top athletes and coaches.”

As a shoulder surgeon he sees people who have sustained injuries playing rugby, football and, on occasion, cricket. He has also worked with elite netball and basketball players, as well as cyclists and martial artists.

“There are certain conditions where new treatments have the opportunity to benefit patients, but have not necessarily been widely adopted”, Mr Noorani says. “For example frozen shoulder, leads to a painful stiff shouder, which can take six to 18 months to improve. Now it can be managed by a combination of targeted physiotherapy and keyhole day surgery, potentially returning a patient to normality in weeks. Similarly tennis elbow, which was in the past often managed by cortisone injections, can often respond better to platelet rich plasma and physiotherapy.”

He is looking forward to working with GPs, physiotherapists and other professionals via a series of multidisciplinary meetings (MDTs) and evening seminars, to share learning and spread good practice. “We’ve just started a bimonthly Upper Limb MDT group”, this would only be possible at the ISEH.”

TREATING LOWER BACK PAIN IN YOUNG ATHLETES

Adolescents participating in sport are at risk of developing lower back pain, but often the causes are different than with adult sportspeople.

Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) consultant Dr Eleanor Tillett presented at the 2014 British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) conference on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of young athletes with lower back pain.

THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE

The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) forms part of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM). The NCSEM is a major new Department of Health initiative to deliver education, research and clinical services from three hubs in the London, Loughborough and Sheffield.

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