Craig Rosenbloom

Thanks to @andy_massey @aserner @seancarmody1 for their help with this (and Kat and Kerry who aren’t on twitter). Thank you @FIFAMedical for supporting the recruitment. jsams.org/article/S1440-…

How is this behaviour still being applauded and commended? The care of an unconscious player should only be delivered by an appropriately trained medical team. Player education and media training needed before someone loses their fingers, or a player is paralysed.

@celsofitness @SebSB @AlasdairGold We aren’t talking about first aid here though. We are talking about the acute management of an unconscious professional athlete, in an environment where a fully trained medical team are never more than 30 seconds away.

@CraigRDoctor @SebSB @AlasdairGold Judging by this then there should be few scenarios if any where the recovery position should be used incase there is a spinal injury? First Aid Training wouldn't last too long!

@celsofitness @SebSB @AlasdairGold You are trusting footballers to be able to clear a cervical spine injury? A players airway can be easily maintained with a simple “jaw thrust” manoeuvre that does not require moving the players spine. Leave the medical management to the medical staff.

@SebSB @CraigRDoctor @AlasdairGold Surely this advice depends solely on the situation? If the players had no suspicion of a spinal injury then the common sense approach is to treat the main issue, which is putting the hurt player in the recovery position?

@SebSB @AlasdairGold The doctors are wrong. I can assure you. It’s a constant cycle of misinformation that will eventually paralyse or kill a player. Would be well worth you trying to change the narrative. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33080482/

@CraigRDoctor @AlasdairGold That’s very interesting. Okay - you’re the doctor. Really at odds with the response from the respective clubs and the doctors who have commented in the local press.

@SebSB @AlasdairGold Sorry Seb but a player can’t “swallow his tongue”. What they did is endanger the players life, and education is needed rather than commendation. As a journalist this might be a good topic for an education piece?

@CraigRDoctor @AlasdairGold Might be worth finding the footage if you can, Craig. Maybe i haven’t described it well enough - the concern seemed to be that he was suffocating and had potentially swallowed his tongue (which LV and DHF freed).

@DrRobgalloway Nothing has changed…

Pain doesn't last forever Renal failure does NSAIDs tablets like voltarol when running marathons can cause renal failure.

Well done @phoebejeanr an important topic now a bit better understood @OkholmKryger @ritan_mehta @ElenaJobson Menstrual cycle performance barriers experienced by elite women football players and their management strategies applied: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Lovely to receive a copy of this yesterday in the post. Thanks to all the co-authors for their input in getting our concussion chapter written @Drccowie @ritan_mehta @DrDanielBroman @seancarmody1 @OkholmKryger @Mdawg1bright @robertscm @JackyForsyth

Check out part 2: Knowledge, attitude and behaviour around concussion at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: part 2 – coaches, performance staff and players Full text here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @CraigRDoctor

Well done @Carolina_Wilke, @andy_massey, @aserner, @OkholmKryger, and the other authors on getting this project out. Part 2 coming soon! Knowledge, attitude, and behaviour around concussion at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: part 1 - medical staff tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@MattAllenSpSci Congrats Matt!!

❓ What are the CONCUSSION knowledge and attitudes of SUPPORT STAFF in elite women’s football ⚽️ CHECK out our LATEST paper here 🙏🏿 @drdanielamifsud @pbennett67 @CraigRDoctor @OkholmKryger @seancarmody1 @jonathanpower3 shorturl.at/cDL48

@DrDionisioIzq @DrRobgalloway @DailyMailUK This should have come with a trigger warning.

@DrRobgalloway @DailyMailUK @CraigRDoctor

Non steroids are known to be incredibly dangerous when running a marathon. I am incredibly grateful to @DailyMailUK for publishing my advice on this. Please share the article so others know about the risks. There is no doubt that gels are less dangerous than tablets but that does not mean that they are guaranteed to be risk free. They get absorbed into the body and so theoretically they can cause the same issues if taken in large amounts. The absence of conclusive evidence is not evidence of an absence of an affect. That’s why for the Brighton Marathon, an @LondonMarathon organised race, we made it clear people should not take the risk of use the gels before the race. Crucially there are significant risks of an association and partnership between any race organisers and any manufacturer of NSAID products – key being because people may not realise the difference and think if a gel is partnered to a race then the NSAID tablets are safe. NSAIDS are more than running. They can cause heat stroke, kidney damage and gut damage. They may help you get to the start line. They may stop you getting to the finish line. There 100% is a role for NSAIDS and NSAID gels. I prescribe them and think Voltarol gel is a great product in the right situation. Its just I strongly believe the role is not just before a marathon race. Please comment, share, like etc if you agree or have anything to add to the debate.

@studentdrdemon I was told by my school not to apply to medical school because I would “lower the application of the other students applying”. Unsurprisingly I declined an invitation a few years later to go back and speak about getting into medical school.

I want to hear some underdog stories. Tell me about your 12th grade advisor who said you wouldn’t get into college, your premed advisor who said you wouldn’t get into med school, etc. tell me all the ways you’ve turned their doubt into fuel 💪

It’s been a pleasure working with @DrDionisioIzq this year at @NHSBartsHealth and congratulations on finishing SEM training. Genuinely a top bloke, despite having worked tor Arsenal.

@LondonMarathon theconversation.com/running-ibupro…

Just to be clear: DON’T TAKE ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES BEFORE OR DURING ENDURANCE EVENTS. That’s the message that has been missed here. Awful optics from @LondonMarathon

What an awful decision. No idea how this has been given the green light. Marketing money over participant health. Organisers should be discouraging NSAID usage not promoting the brands. VERY disappointing.