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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.

Click Here to view the full leaflet and book through This link

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.

BASRaT members can now complete a foundation course in Western medical acupuncture. The British Medical Acupuncture Society has recently voted to welcome BASRaT members onto their foundation courses and can now become members of the society.

BASRaT is working with the BMAS to look at developing post foundation training in acupuncture which targets the specific interests of BASRaT members. We will update you once these courses become available, in the meantime please click to view BMAS 2018 course dates, locations and costs

http://www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/RegisterForCourses/tabid/137/Type/7/Default.aspx