“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.“ Sophocles, Greek Playwright
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Valiant Speakers…
“The valiant profit more their country than the finest, cleverest speakers.“ Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Playwright
The Evidence Base for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
According to Stefan Lohmander and Ewa Roos, writing in an editorial in the British Medical Journal, the evidence base for orthopaedics and sports medicine is ‘scandalously poor in parts’. This is what they found: Medicine rests on an uneven evidence base. Some interventions are supported by large multicentre randomised controlled trials that have a low… Read More
British Army Diving (42)
Sales of Sports Drinks Overtaken by E-Cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes overtook sports ‘nutrition’ drinks to become the UKs fastest growing supermarket product sold last year, by both volume and value. Data from the the consumer spending analyst Neilsen highlights that supermarket sales of the devices rose by 50% to 17.3 million units during 2013-2014. In contrast, the sales of other nicotine replacement products,… Read More
Passing on Your Knowledge…
“…just because I have a skill does not mean I can pass it on.“ (Gemmell, 1992, p.56) Unfortunately, not everyone can be a competent teacher/trainer. However, this does not mean that a person couldn’t contribute to the learning of others. A person who may not make a ‘good’ teacher/trainer but has a wealth of knowledge… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 