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AHA: Children Less Fit and Fast Today
In an article that will bring mixed emotions to parents and disbelief from children, the American Heart Association (AHA) recently reported children today are not as fit or fast as previous...
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Study Links Nonconcussion Head Impacts in Contact Sports to Brain Changes and...
Repeated blows to the head during a season of contact sports may cause changes in the brain’s white matter and affect cognitive abilities even if none of the impacts resulted in a concussion, according...
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Stop Taking Your Multivitamins
Bet, no one has ordered you to do this before: Stop taking those multivitamins! But now three new studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine by leading experts conclude “enough is enough.” And advise...
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Sport-related Concussions: Tips for the Student-Athlete
Now that concussions have been labeled a public health issue in the athletic community with millions of young athletes experiencing its effects, there is an immediate need for concussion awareness...
View ArticleHair Follicle Testing “no problem” for Sprint King Bolt, He Claims
Usain Bolt has welcomed plans by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to introduce hair follicle testing to catch drug cheats saying he had “no problem” with the new measures. Speaking at an awards...
View ArticleGerman biathlete and Italian bobsledder confirmed as first positive doping...
From: insidethegames.biz The news comes as a bitter double-blow after a Games that until today had been notable for the lack of positive drugs results. Both athletes have tested positive for...
View ArticleCompression Socks Put to the Test
I have to admit, I’ve heard the buzz on knee-high compression socks boosting running performance and improving recovery for quite some time, and have even done a little research on the subject to...
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Prevention and Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis
Low Dye Taping Technique In the last article involving plantar fasciitis (PF) I discussed the anatomy and importance of the foot and the plantar fascia. Also the causes of PF and a concise prevention...
View ArticlePound and Sealy given top recognition in New Year’s Honours lists
Richard Pound and Austin Sealy, two of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s longest-serving members, have both been recognized in New Year’s Honours lists. The 72-year-old Pound, a member of the...
View ArticleKenyan doping
Kip Keino is a long forgotten name in America. Keino, who is from Kenya, is the owner of two gold and two silver Olympic medals from the 1968 and 1972 Summer games in running events. Today Keino is the...
View ArticleBorland’s Retirement at This Point Hard to Understand
Push comes to shove, it’s his choice. Absolutely and unequivocally, Chris Borland had the right to choose against an NFL career and opt for something else, anything else as a vocational path. I don’t...
View ArticleAmerican Medical Schools Aren’t Teaching the Importance of Exercise
“I was surprised that medical schools didn’t spend more time on it” Many doctors are finishing medical school without getting any training in the importance of exercise, a new study shows. Researchers...
View ArticleBucs face $20 million MRSA lawsuit from ex-kicker Tynes
Kicker Lawrence Tynes is suing the Buccaneers for $20 million for creating the unsanitary conditions that allowed him to contract the MRSA infection that eventually ended his career, his attorneys...
View ArticleBrain Scans May Identify Concussion-Related Disease
A brain-scanning technique might one day help identify people with a disease linked to concussions in football and other sports, an illness now diagnosed only after death, a small study suggests. Scans...
View ArticleWADA Sign Agreement with Innovative Medicines Initiative to Increase...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the two organizations collaborate and share knowledge....
View ArticleFootball Players With Vision Training Had Fewer Concussions, Study Shows
At a time when concussions are at the forefront of concerns about player safety at all levels of football, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers are reporting a statistically significant lower rate...
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Concussion Symptoms: Differences in male and female high school athletes
The rate of female participation in high school sports has drastically increased over the past fifteen years. As female sport participation continues to increase at the high school level, the...
View ArticleHealth Sense: Finding Non-invasive Solutions for Injuries
In the last two decades, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) — a non-invasive procedure with virtually no down-time after treatment, has proven effective in treating certain common but troublesome...
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Many College Athletes Feel Pressure to Play Despite Concussion
More than one-quarter of college athletes responding to a survey said they had felt pressured by coaches, teammates, fans, or parents to keep playing following a head injury. Nearly half continued...
View ArticlePsycho-Social Effects of Sports and Physical on the Well Being of Veterans
Military personnel face a unique set of daily challenges and are often placed in harm’s way in life or death situations. These highly charged and dangerous settings can often have devastating effects...
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