We are excited to be supporting the first International Conference on Upper Extremity Injuries. Take a look at the leaflet link below and book now, the conference takes place in London from 17th to 19th of January. If you are interested in exhibiting at this event the please get in touch.

Diagnosis, Management and Rehabilitation of Injuries in elite upper extremity injuries.

Hear from world renowned experts working with elite athletes at this first international conference on Upper Extremity Injuries and benefit from:

• US and UK experts providing international perspectives from elite sport in their field
• Pathology insights along with exercise rehabilitation practice pearls
• Presentations and panel discussions covering contemporary treatment of upper extremity injuries
• Networking with international colleagues from a variety of sports and exercise medicine settings
• Over 18 up to-the-minute presentations and 7 relevant breakout sessions on diagnosis, management and rehab.

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New evidence review concludes that adults should do strengthening and balancing exercises twice a week alongside aerobic exercise.

In older adults, poor muscle strength increases the risk of a fall by 76%. Strengthening and balance activities help to prevent this and also help improve mood, sleeping patterns, increase energy levels and reduce the risk of an early death.

The evidence review commissioned by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better found that activities of most benefit for muscle and bone strengthening include:

• ball games
• racket sports
• dance
• Nordic walking
• resistance training (usually training with weights, but including body weight exercises which can be performed anywhere)

Jess Kuehne, Centre for Ageing Better said:

"Equal weighting is needed for activities that boost muscle and bone strength and improve balance rather than simply focusing on aerobic exercise. There is significant potential to make health savings if we promote muscle strengthening and balance activities to keep people healthy and independent for longer, particularly as they age.""

Falls are responsible for 95% of all hip fractures, costing the NHS over £1 billion a year. For employers and the economy, musculoskeletal health conditions are the second most common cause of sickness absence in the UK, accounting for 30.8 million days lost in work.

By building on aerobic activities such as brisk walking, strengthening and balance activities such as dancing or tennis can help adults to prevent these health problems and enjoy ageing well.

BASRaT is delighted to announce the appointment of Oliver Coburn as Registrar today. The role will be expanded to oversee all membership applications, alongside managing internal administration processes and ensuring best practice.

As registrar, Oliver will work with members to help with professional standards and CPD. The role will monitor Fitness to Practice processes to ensure transparency and robust regulation, develop regulatory processes and manage BASRaT’s annual accreditation with the Professional Standards Authority.

"I am very excited to be working in my new role as Registrar and hope to see the organisation continue its substantial growth as a high quality regulator and membership organisation. The future of Sport Rehabilitation in the UK is bright, our registrants have a wonderful and fundamentally important role in improving the health of the nation and I am delighted to be a part of that future.”

Oliver has worked for BASRaT for over four years as BASRaT Administrator and previously graduated from Salford University with a first class BSc in Sport Rehabilitation, he has since gained an MSc in Public Health. Oliver will also continue to see clients at his Sport Rehabilitation practice in a new, purpose-built facility in Cheshire.

Oliver takes over from Colin Johnson as Registrar. BASRaT would like to thank Colin Johnson for all his hard work in this role, over the previous few years.

During mental health awareness week, we consider what clinicians can do to help support mental health. Dr John Morgan, BASRaT Executive Committee Member and GP, recently presented on Mental Health: Using exercise to treat depression.

Many of us exercise simply to feel better, in a study by MIND, 83 per cent of respondents said they exercised to help lift their mood or reduce stress, while 70% of gym users with no mental health issues thought their mental wellbeing would suffer if they didn’t exercise.

The benefits of physical activity go far beyond this simple feel good factor: it’s now known that exercise has a significant and measurable impact on preventing and treating depression and other mental health issues.

The ethos of John’s clinical practice is that he works towards raising the profile of physical activity for the prevention, treatment and management of long-term conditions. The innovative model of 'Exercise on Prescription' at his Medical Centre has received national recognition, it incorporates a gym with cardiovascular equipment and an aerobics studio, available for use by his patients.

John is an Executive Committee Member of BASRaT.

Sport Rehabilitator, Danny Fishwick, shares his joy at being part of the support team for newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers. How was the atmosphere on Sunday? The atmosphere at Sunday’s match with Birmingham was immense, the fact we were already promoted helped but to be able to win the game and celebrate promotion after, it was an extremely memorable day. Getting promoted to the Premier League is an amazing feeling, especially to have contributed my own small part to it.

Why do you think they have done so well this season? There was a big change in the summer with a new manager bringing new coaches and new ideas to the table. The changes were new to me and the ideas they have brought have been exceptional, the players have adapted and the staff have too.

The players play an amazing style of football in each game and have a clear plan which they stick to through thick and thin and ultimately this has brought us to where we are today. The addition of some real quality players has also been a great help to the cause too and lack of injuries this year also.