Dr Mark Ralfe

The new Sports Medicine Australia /University if Sydney heat tool shows extreme heat stress risk in Adelaide over Saturday. Uses location and sport type to estimate chance of heat illness. Remember you can be well hydrated and still get heat stroke. Useful for administrators /cuaches and parents

sma-heat-policy.sydney.edu.au

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Dr Dan Bastock was a UK medical student here last year doing a sports medicine elective at Wakefield Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic. Dan just had an article published in the BASEM newsletter. Thanks for the mention, Dan. We've had a lot of local med students too and take extended skills registrars, so if sports medicine/MSK/exercise medicine interests you, give Wakefield a ring.

After doing a talk for SASMA to PE teachers and Sports coordinators a question came up about soccer limiting heading practice. See the below link to the USA soccer guidelines U11 no heading. U13 max 20 headers per week in practices. UK no headers U13

https://usclubsoccer.org/headinjuries/

Scotland - no headers for anyone the day before and after a game.

Great article in https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/body-and-mind/world-cup-cte/ as well

Head Injuries - US Club Soccer Website CONCUSSIONS AND HEAD INJURIES U.S. Soccer announced the U.S. Soccer Concussion Initiative, which provides guidelines that were implemented beginning in January 2016. US Club Soccer clarified the following implementation guidelines as it relates to concussion initiatives and heading for youth players...

Looking forward to talking at the Australian Podiatry Association on Friday. Thanks for the invite Damir.

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