Joint replacement crisis – ‘It could take decades to clear Covid backlog’

A study, published in The Bone & Joint Journal, external, looked in detail at the effect of the pandemic on the numbers of joint (hip, knee, shoulder, elbow, and ankle) replacement surgeries carried out in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Data from 2019 to 2022 showed almost three quarters of a year of planned operations […]

I tried doing heel-elevated squats for a month—here’s what it did to my body

I’m a big fan of the traditional squat but doing the same move over and over often results in diminishing returns. So I decided to amp up my squat game by elevating my heels on a dumbbell. This variation allows you to get deeper into your squat—really useful if you have poor ankle or hip […]

INTERPOL and IOC renew partnership to strengthen sports integrity

LYON, France – INTERPOL and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to expand their joint global capacity building and training programme to protect the integrity of sports. So far, INTERPOL and the IOC have organized 30 tailor-made capacity building training events involving 1,000 participants from 46 different countries. Under a recent agreement renewing their partnership […]