Soccer icon Brandi Chastain agrees to donate brain for concussion research
How to Handle Pain (and Stress) via @LashindaDemus
+ACY-nbsp+ADs Ever since I starting running track at 5 years old, pain has accompanied me in my training and my competitions.??So I decided at an early age that: Pain is something that I can???t avoid. I am??capable of overcoming it. A lot of people think that the best??athletes have a ???high … [Read more...]
NCAA dreams of database tracking concussions for every college athlete
Five Ways To Heal A Torn Muscle
Torn muscles are terribly painful, and more often than not, they require some sort of immediate treatment. These injuries are quite common, especially among those that play intense sports. Torn muscles occur when there is too much strain inflected upon a particular muscle, causing the muscle to pull … [Read more...]
The Many Benefits of Soaking in a Hot Tub After a Sports Injury
http://www.womentalksports.com/images/image47694.jpg Thanks to our loves of heels, women already suffer from more foot and leg injuries than men, according the Georgia Podiatric Medical Association, and sports injuries take longer to rehab than a simple sprained ankle. Whenever you have an injury … [Read more...]
The Lady Trainers
Earlier this week Sue Falsone announced via twitter that she was resigning from her position as the head athletic trainer (AT)+ACo of the LA Dodgers.+ACY-nbsp+ADs In 2011, Falsone had become the first female head AT of a major league male professional team in the United States.+ACY-nbsp+ADs It took until 2011 to … [Read more...]
Never Ever Give Up a blog post inspired by @diananyad
I don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.+ACY-nbsp+ADs I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limped her way up the Florida shore.+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- … [Read more...]
Never Ever Give Up a blog post inspired by @diananyad
I don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.+ACY-nbsp+ADs I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limped her way up the Florida shore.+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- … [Read more...]
Pregnant for Gold
With all the talk lately about+ACY-nbsp+ADs-doping, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve naturally been thinking about female athletes and performance enhancers.+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-Ladies want to win just as much as men do, so it should be no surprise that women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s sports are replete with doping scandals.+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-So, I decided to … [Read more...]