OUT NOW: ‘football medicine & performance” – Issue 48
The first edition of 2025 brings together world class professionals working in elite football. As we are halfway through the 2024/2025 season various challenges are imposed on the medical and performance staff.
Andrew Mitchell from RB Leipzig and colleagues, Mark Palmer and Mo Gimpel discuss the Return to Play pathway as well as recommendations for the multidisciplinary team on how to recondition an injured footballer back to performance. On the other hand, Adam Paxton, Head of Medical at West Ham United Football Club discusses semimembranosus rupture return to play.
Craig Hagan, Newcastle Jets A-League Sports Trainer touches upon the need for early athlete screening and the impact it has on performance, development and how it can be a gateway to developing elite habits. First team physiotherapist at Cardiff City FC, Liam Donovan explores the route for two separate incidences of sacroiliitis in professional footballers at the same club.
As the physical demands are increasing in the beautiful game, Paul Bradley explores the contextual and tactical factors that influenced the physical match demands at the FIFA Men’s and Women’s World Cups. The rise in demands poses a greater emphasis on medical departments to deal with an increased workload related to injuries. For this reason, Richard Porter, Adam Drummond and Rishi Dhand discuss prescribing trends and practices in professional football.
Dan Fitzpatrick, an academy doctor at West Ham United and Member of the UK Heat Illness Advisory Group provides an overview on exertional heat illness and its impact on Football Medicine. This follows on from recent work in the prehospital care space.
Recovery modalities are a consistent hot topic in performance medicine. Olivia Greenhalgh explores the role of cryotherapy in elite football.
Nick Metcalfe continues from his article in the previous edition on hamstring injuries by discussing the importance of Gluteus maximus strength and activation.
We hope you find this edition useful and applicable to your everyday practice. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the new year.
