Research Paper Title Sports and Training Injuries in British Soldiers: The Colchester Garrison Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Centre. Purpose To record and analyse the injuries and conditions requiring referral to the Colchester Garrison Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Centre over a three year period, with special reference to type and site of injury, aetiology, and outcome.… Read More
Infantry Soldiers & Incidence of Injury
Research Paper Title The Incidence of Injury in Light Infantry Soldiers. background US Army soldiers lose substantial training hours as a result of musculoskeletal injuries. Most military injury data have focused on basic trainee populations. This study examined activities associated with injuries in operational infantry soldiers. Methods The researchers conducted a randomised, retrospective medical record… Read More
Physiotherapy Records to Characterise Musculoskeletal Injuries: Any Good?
Research Paper Title Review of Physiotherapy Records to Characterise Musculoskeletal Injury in Australian Soldiers in the 16th Air Defence Regiment. Background There is scant information on the types of musculoskeletal injuries, their causes and injury patterns that are sustained by Australian garrison soldiers (a permanent military post or place where troops are stationed). Rigorous physical… Read More
Medical Downgrading: Prevention & Rehabilitation Facilities vs. Secondary Care Investment
Research Paper Title Reducing Medical Downgrading in a High Readiness Royal Marine Unit. Background This 3 year retrospective observational study aimed to determine the diagnoses causing medical downgrading in a high readiness Royal Marine Commando unit (trained rather than recruits), and to direct future investment to reduce numbers downgraded. Method Medical and administrative records were… Read More
The Operational Effectiveness of Hunter Company
Research Paper Title Investigation of the Operational Effectiveness of Hunter Company, Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines. Background The aim of the study was to investigate the operational effectiveness of Hunter Company, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (RM) in rehabilitating injured RM recruits, through the collection of demographic, medical, and performance data for 1 year’s intake… Read More
Military Fitness: An Award-winning Bloggers View
The link below leads to an article, written by writer and award-winning blogger Alastair Coleman, which gave me Cognitive Dissonance (having two opposing thoughts at the same time), I wanted to both heartily laugh and angrily shout: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alistair-coleman/military-fitness-just-say-no_b_1817045.html I shall leave it to you to decide how you feel about it.
New Sub-section
A new page ‘Fitness Training Licences’ can be found under the main page heading of ‘Regulations and Qualifications’ along with three associated pages: Fitness Licence Application: General Process; Terms & Conditions for Personal Trainers & Group Fitness Registration & Use of Park-Venue; and Code of Conduct for Outdoor Fitness Training
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 