Sports Medicine Corner I’m not ashamed to admit it. I hurt after I play. I hurt in the initial hours and over the next day or two. And I’ve been known to take a painkiller for comfort. They don’t speed healing, they just make the coming hours a bit less uncomfortable. F-MARC, FIFA’s medical research […]
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List Of Suggestions For NSCAA Convention Sessions
Sports Medicine Corner My (nearly) annual trips to NSCAA/USYS (convention and workshop) are always a highlight of the year because it takes me to the sidelines, so to speak, where I get to talk with practicing coaches of all levels (and see some long time friends, too). I also take advantage of some of the […]
Testing For Agility With Good Results Not A Simple Task
Testing For Agility With Good Results Not A Simple Task. By Dr. Don Kirkendall The concept of agility has always fascinated me. In a college class called ‘Tests and Measurements” we did all kinds of physical tests, including agility. A number of athletes from many teams were sprinkled in amongst the rest of the students. […]
Early Release Of Injury Research On Grass vs. Turf
Early Release Of Injury Research On Grass vs. Turf. Most medical journals will publish findings online ahead of the actual print version of the journal becomes available. Subscribers get an email listing new papers weeks ahead of the print version. These prerelease emails from the orthopaedic corner of sports medicine are largely surgical (“Fixation of […]
The High Ankle Sprain
The High Ankle Sprain. Most players view an ankle sprain as a nuisance — a few days off then back to play. I always say that a traditional ankle sprain needs to be treated with greater respect by players, as the consequences of returning to play too early can be considerable. Most ankle sprains that […]
Using All That Oxygen
Using All That Oxygen. Last month, I introduced the topic of oxygen delivery. This month, I’ll talk about how this oxygen is used once it gets to the muscle. How We Use Oxygen Once oxygen is delivered to the muscles, the muscles need to make use of the delivered oxygen. Oxygen moves from one place […]
Where Do We Get All That Energy
Where Do We Get All That Energy. Most coaches don’t understand or chose not to understand where energy come for physical labor. And that is science, specifically biochemistry. Exercise physiology is essentially two concepts: the DELIVERY of oxygen to the working muscles and the USE the delivered oxygen (I’ve just summarized eight years of college). […]
Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention. Regular readers of this column know that probably the best way to prevent injuries is simply to improve the level of fitness of the team. I’ve written about reasons why and how to improve endurance, speed, flexibility, proper methods of warm-up and strength training. I discussed ankle and head injuries, head and muscle […]
FIFA Fair Play
FIFA Fair Play. Before every international match under the auspices of FIFA, you see the teams enter the field, sometimes escorted by children and led to the center of the field before kickoff. Behind the players there will be a large yellow flag with the insignia of the FIFA Fair Play for all to see. […]
Research You Can Use – Further refinements in sport drinks
Research You Can Use – Further refinements in sport drinks. When new sports science information is published that might be pertinent to the game, I like to alert the coaches because new data typically is published in a place that is advantageous to the author (promotion and tenure considerations), but not in a place where […]