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SPORTS MEDICINE :
PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS:
Dr Mydin Wants Better Physical Fitness For Malaysians
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Dr Mydin Wants Better Physical Fitness For Malaysians
November 23, 2011 11:29 AM
By Ravichandran D.J Paul
Bernama
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsfeatures.php?id=629117
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- Datuk Dr Mohd Mydin Mohd Musa, a well
established medical practitioner in the city has certainly come a long way
as a pioneer of sports medicine in the country.
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Dr Mydin believes sports medicine not only helps in reducing sports
related injuries and in improving an athlete's performance but also
greatly benefit the general public in leading a healthy lifestyle.
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Since establishing the Society of Sports and Exercise Medicine (SSEM) in
2010, he has moved ahead in earning a recognition for the field and in
creating a pool of qualified sports medicine practitioners.
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Though he received both accolades and brickbats for his endeavour, the 69
year old Dr Mydin continues to advocate sports medicine with an athletic
fervour.
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The defining moment for sports medicine in the country came when SSEM
successfully concluded the International Sports and Exercise Medicine
Congress (FIMS-ICSEM 2011) last March, the first sports medicine congress
in the country sanctioned by the International Federation of Sports
Medicine (FIMS).
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Dr Mydin not only proved his critics wrong but went to earn more
accolades.
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In July 2011, he became the first Malaysian to be conferred the honorary
doctor of medicine degree by the University of Bath in United Kingdom, a
recognition for Dr Mydin's long standing endeavour in sports medicine.
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GETTING THINGS MOVING
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As for Dr Mydin, with the help of sports physicians even those with
diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases and obesity can learn to
exercise safely and improve their health.
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Additionally for the established athletes, sports medicine can help
optimise the human and genetic potential in them, through scientific
methodology, strength training, nutrition, psychological aspect of an
athlete, biomechanics, sports sciences etc.
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However, like pointed out by Dr Mydin previously, there is a dearth of
sports medicine physicians in the country and therefore SSEM has started
the ball rolling by helping to train more sports medicine physicians.
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"So far, under the MoU signed between SSEM and the University of Bath, we
have worked out a distant learning programme with University of Bath. So
far, about nine have signed up.
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"It is a 18 month intensive training course with research and
assignments," he says.
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TRAINING LOCALLY
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SSEM has gone further in encouraging more Malaysians to take up this
relatively new specialty by seeking partnership with University of
Malaya's (UM) Sports Medicine Department.
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UM has produced about 15 sports physicians with Masters degree since 2005
and going by this rate Dr Mydin believes by 2010 the university could only
produce another 10 of them.
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"This is certainly not an impressive figure but if the government provides
financial help we can garner about 10 candidates per year till 2020, which
will amount to about 90 more specialist doctors in this field.
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Being armed with the masters degree will definitely benefit the sports
fraternity especially as sports medicine is a different field
encompassing, sports administration, sports sciences, sports psychology,
nutrition, biomechanics, sports injuries etc.
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