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Nutritional Value: Fueling athletes for game day
The day of a match, game or meet can be hectic and full of unknowns. Athletes have plenty of variables to deal with, so it’s senseless for food choices and eating habits to become another source of stress. Educate athletes to base food and bever...
Illinois Senate Moving Bill to Create Online Concussion Certification Course
From DailyHerald.comA push to create an online certification program to teach high school sports coaches about concussions took another step forward Tuesday when it was approved by an Illinois Senate committee.State Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Park Ridge De...
The relationship of reaction time to injury susceptibility
Reaction time (RT) is a widely used term for the amount of time that elapses from the presentation of a stimulus (i.e., visual, auditory, or tactile) to either the initiation or completion of a specified physical response. Effective performance of sp...
The Athletic Edge, Henry Schein Partner to Provide Training Room Equipment
The Athletic Edge, by Pivotal Health Solutions, a leading manufacturer of premium quality health and wellness equipment for more than 20 years, proudly enters a sales and marketing distribution arrangement with Henry Schein, the world’s largest...
Nutritional Value: Eat well to stay well
How many times have you helped an athlete get into terrific shape, only to have them come down with a cold the week before an important match or game? Or perhaps certain student-athletes seem to get knocked off track every season by strep throat o...
Nutritional Value: Sports dietitians are vital team players
A star female cross-country runner is sidelined with another stress fracture. The basketball team’s top scorer wishes to observe Ramadan by fasting from sunrise to sunset at the height of the season. An overweight football player goes down with cra...
SportsMed: Helping to avoid catastrophic injuries
Injuries are extremely common in high school and collegiate athletics, but the vast majority are not catastrophic. Because catastrophic injuries are rare, complacency about ensuring athlete safety can develop. Is your athletic department doing eve...
Concussed Brains Show Alzheimer’s-Like Abnormalities
RedOrbit.comhttp://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112876682/concussion-patients-show-alzheimers-like-brain-abnormalities/The distribution of white matter brain abnormalities in some patients after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) closely resembles t...
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