sports medicine
May 26, 2021
UConn Sports Medicine Adds Foot & Ankle Program
With backgrounds in athletics and 25 years in private practice, married podiatrists Drs. Karla and Michael Scanlon joined the Foot and Ankle Program at UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in February 2020, seeing patients in Storrs and Willi...
May 24, 2021
Study: Sports Help Disadvantaged Kids in School
According to a recent study in England, disadvantaged children experience stronger benefits from sports than their more affluent counterparts. The long-term study, entitled Investigation of the Associations Between Physical Activity, Self-Regulati...
May 14, 2021
Ohio Bill Could Expand ATC’s Role in Injury Treatment
An Ohio bill, designed to expand an athletic trainer's ability to render care, received overwhelming support last week. According to a report from WCPO.com, House Bill 176 would allow certified athletic trainers the option to enter into a collabor...
May 13, 2021
See-Worthy: Seek Scan Helping Athletics Return
As the country embarks on a return to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, how can athletic facilities ensure the health and safety of its staff and spectators? With athletics returning on a wide-spread level and spectator capacity, as well as in-per...
May 11, 2021
Q-Collar Corrals Next Step in Concussion Safety Tech
With all of the increased attention paid to concussions in all sports — particularly at the high school level — and the rate of concussions during gameplay continues to rise. That’s, at least, according to a November 2019 study published i...
May 7, 2021
The Relationship Between Vision & Sports Performance
With more than 80 percent of perceptual input coming from the eyes, vision plays a significant role in an athlete’s performance. Every decision an athlete makes can be broken down into visual, perceptual, cognitive, and motor responses. We are well...
April 28, 2021
New UMass Degree Option Provides Another Path for Exercise Science Students
A new UMass Lowell course of study for students interested in pursuing a career in fitness and sports management is already proving to be a popular option. Students enrolled in UMass Lowell’s Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences as exercise sci...
April 15, 2021
NH High School Student-Athletes & Parents Push to End Mask-Use During Sports
Since a New Hampshire high school track and field coach left his position due to not making his student-athletes wear masks during competition, local student-athletes and parents and coming to his side, according to recent reports. Brad Keyes was ...
Since athletic directors do, and should, have a different vision of athletics, consider the following items when measuring the success of your program.
Measuring the success of your athletic program
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For high school and college athletic directors, measuring the success ...