I'm used to standing on the sidelines. I did it for 16 years as the athletic trainer (AT) for the Denver Broncos. Before each game, I identified where the ambulance was, confirmed all life-saving equipment worked properly ...
Jan 25, 2023
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It's no secret that athletic endurance and strength go hand-in-hand with a healthy heart.
Jan 24, 2023
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When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 3, 2022, NFL football game, much of the public attention was on the pressures athletes face to perform despite the perils they face on the field.
Jan 23, 2023
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A new study suggests that athletes who recover more slowly from concussion may be able to return to play with an additional month of recovery beyond the typical recovery time, according to a new study published in the January ...
Jan 18, 2023
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In a recent study, researchers reviewed magnetic resonance images (MRI) of muscle injuries experienced by athletes during the Tokyo Olympic Games and found that when muscle injuries were characterized by torn fibers extending ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Elite male soccer players have a lower risk of alcohol- and drug-related disorders than men from the general population, but this protective effect was seen only for those who first played in the 1960s and later, not for ...
Dec 21, 2022
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When the Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during sleep, when the brain processes ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Some species of gut-dwelling bacteria activate nerves in the gut to promote the desire to exercise, according to a study in mice that was led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Several new sports and disciplines introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, such as BMX freestyle, karate, and skateboarding, were associated with some of the highest injury rates for competitors, finds research published online ...
Dec 13, 2022
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There were fewer but more serious injuries among athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics than at previous Games, with the newly introduced sports of taekwondo and badminton ranking among the sports with the highest ...
Dec 13, 2022
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