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Force Plates A Force in Athlete’s Rehabilitation & Training
Force plates are used in testing and training to help people achieve their performance goals while avoiding injury. They use sensors to detect differences in forces exerted onto the ground that therapists may not be able to see with the naked eye. ...
Mizzou Launches Innovative Ticket Sales Opportunity For Student-Athletes
The outbound ticket sales staff for the University of Missouri Department of Athletics just increased in size exponentially thanks to an innovative sales initiative that will benefit all MU students as well as enhance the home gameday atmosphere for ...
Gators Football Unveils Heavener Football Training Center
The Florida Gators football program got a sneak preview of their brand new $85 million Heavener Football Training Center over the weekend. The Gators entered the 142,000-square foot, $85 million Heavener Football Training Center, a facility the sc...
IOC Launches Long-Term Study of Olympians to Help Physical & Mental Health
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote athletes’ safety and well-being, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the University of Edinburgh, has launched the IOC Olympians Health Cohort, a new long-term research project aimed at re...
IV Nutrition Becoming the Norm for Athletes, Despite Any Evidence It Works
Intravenous (IV) nutrition, which used to be considered a treatment of "last resort," is threatening to become the norm for competitive athletes, despite no scientific evidence that it works or that it is safe, warn experts in an editorial, published...
Vanderbilt Using Motion Capture Technology to Assess Movement Patterns
It starts as persistent and irritating pain in the foot or lower leg, then it gets more intense, maybe with swelling, and soon a runner knows she’s being sidelined by one of the most common running injuries: a stress fracture. These tiny cracks in ...
Georgia High School Football Players Save Woman Stuck in Car Crash
A Facebook post highlighting the good Samartianship of a Georgia high school football coming to the aid of a woman in a car accident has gone viral. Players from the Rome High School football team in Georgia acted fast after witnessing a two-car c...
Study: High School Seniors Playing Contact Sports Are 50% More Likely to Future Misuse of Prescription Stimulants
High school seniors who play sports were suggested to be more likely than non-athletes to misuse prescription stimulants in young adulthood, according to a recent study. Researchers from the University of Michigan also found that high school senio...
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