Rugby: Player Preparation and Monitoring with Nigel Jones

Dr Nigel Jones is the England Rugby Senior Team Doctor, and a hugely respected figure in the UK Sport and Exercise Medicine scene. In this podcast with Steffan Griffin, you will hear about everything from being involved as part of the home team at a major sporting event, to the state-of-play in UK Sport and Exercise Medicine training. Timeline: 00:45m – Working at the 2015 Rugby World Cup 01:30m – Preparing an elite team for competition 03:05m – Conditioning vs collapse – how to avoid the latter! 05:15m – Player monitoring at the top table 06:30m – Getting coaches to buy-in to player monitoring/injury prevention – TOP TIPS 08:30m – Concussion – what’s in place to ensure gold-standard care? World Rugby Online Concussion Resources http://playerwelfare.worldrugby.org/concussion 12:00m – Sport and Exercise Medicine Training Pathway in the UK – where’s it heading? 16:20m – British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine & the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine - What can we expect at the BASEM/FSEM 2015 Conference? Find out more about the BASEM/FSEM 2015 Annual Conference – November 12/13 http://bit.ly/1Woxmpn