This section encompasses various aspects of injury identification, prevention and management, including on-field acute rugby injuries, acute spinal cord injuries, and concussion, specific injury prevention programs, rehabilitation and return-to-play guidelines, and specific practical guidelines for a coach or referee on when an injury is serious enough to remove a player from the field of play, or when to seek specialist medical opinion. The primary focus of this section and also on the instructional DVD is the appropriate identification and management of potentially serious concussion, head, neck and spine injuries, and BokSmart provides detailed clinical best practice guidelines in these areas. Detailed injury prevention programs are provided on the BokSmart website; the most relevant being on preventative neck and shoulder conditioning. An instructional portion on neck conditioning is further provided on the DVD resource.

Acute Injury Management

• BokSmart 2010-Acute on field Injury Management
• BokSmart 2010-On-field Airway Management Techniques
• BokSmart 2010-New Treatment Modalities in Soft Tissue Injuries
• BokSmart 2010-Early Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries

Acute Spinal Cord Injuries

• BokSmart Medical Management Of Suspected Serious Acute Spinal Cord In Injuries In Rugby Players
• ASIA Chart
• BokSmart 2010-The 4-6 hour window of ASCI Treatment

Injury Prevention Programmes

• BokSmart Core Stability Exercises and Program Guidelines
• BokSmart Lower Back and Core Injury Prevention Practical Guidelines
• BokSmart Lower Back and Core Injury Prevention Review
• BokSmart Lower Limb Injury Prevention Practical Guidelines
• BokSmart Lower Limb Injury Prevention Review Article
• BokSmart Neck Injury Prevention
• BokSmart Shoulder Injury Prevention Practical Guidelines
• BokSmart Shoulder Injury Prevention Review Article

Rehabilitation After Injury and Return to Play

• Phases of Rehabilitation Practical Guidelines
• Phases of Rehabilitation Evidence-based Literature Review
• BokSmart Coach Accountability Position Statement
• BokSmart Return-to-Play position statement

When to Remove a Player Following Injury

• Guidelines following a Foot and Ankle Injury
• BokSmart Guidelines following a Knee Injury
• BokSmart Guidelines following a Shoulder Injury
• BokSmart Guidelines following a Spinal Injury

Specialised Topics

• BokSmart 2010-Age vs Weight Category Rugby
• BokSmart 2010-Skeletal development the associated risk of catastrophic head, neck & spine injury
• Hygiene infection control and prevention of infection

• Head, Neck and Spine Management (low res)
• Head, Neck and Spine Decision Making (low res)
• Treatment flow diagram for trained medical professionals (low res)
• Treatment flow diagram for lay persons (low res)
• Safe Necks (low res)