ARRMS, the American Road Race Medical Society, brings together all medical professionals:  physicians, EMTs, nurses, physical therapists, physican assistants, and others who work or volunteer at any road race from the 5k to the ultramarathon. Many of the founding members of ARRMS have been at the forefront of “running medicine.” They helped usher in medical services to road



races. Today, runners find aid stations along the course and a hospital-like setting emergency room triage at finish lines. Their leadership has helped standardize protocols and operational planning at major running events across the world. Join this group and help shape the medical education, training and care for road race events for many years to come.


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Runners race the final yards on Boylston Street at the Boston Marathon and its top-flight medical operation.

 


Recent ARRMS Meetings
• January 16, 2010
View the meeting summary.

2008 Election Results
• View details.

2006 World Congress
Proceedings Now Available
Proceedings from the 2006 World Congress: Science and Medicine of the Marathon are now available for only $39.95, plus S&H. This four-day event, presented by ARRMS and ACSM, brought together leading experts to discuss important topics related to road race management and running medicine.

• View the program.
• Download the order form (Word document).





The ARRMS website development was brought about by the support of Gatorade and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. Their strong support has been critical to the success of launching this new running medicine organization.


ARRMS and the American Medical Athletic Association are both sports medicine divisions of the American Running Association.


• LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS LESS LIKELY TO HAVE METABOLIC SYNDROME
Regular long-distance running can help prevent the metabolic syndrome says a study published in the March 2009 edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®.

In a National Runners' Health Study that monitored more than 62,000 men and 45,000 women, decreases in high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol – the triad that comprises the metabolic syndrome – correlated with increases in average number of marathons ran per year. (Source: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, Vol. 41, No. 3, pages 523-529)

• The Winter 2004 (January) issue of the AMAA Journal ran a story on the early beginnings and genesis of ARRMS.  Open the following PDF to read the entire story.