When a football player at Texas A&M University suffered heat stroke last spring, the sports medical staff quickly modeled the correct reaction, in contrast to the recent actions at the University of Maryland.
Optimum Performance
August 17, 2018
As part of emphasizing the importance of rest and mental health, the Peach Belt Conference is distributing sleep masks to all student-athletes at its member schools.
Sports Medicine
August 14, 2018
What happens when the person charged with taking care of student-athlete injuries is injured himself? A high school athletic trainer explains how he has managed the situation.
August 10, 2018
Dr. John Greenleaf, Exercise Physiologist and researcher at NASA’s Ames Research Center, spent over a decade conducting scientific studies to develop and optimize a prepackaged formula for dehydrated astronauts. He replaced much of the sodium chloride (table salt) with sodium citrate, easing the side effects of salt on the stomach, and added a high-intensity sweetener to make the sugar-free formula more palatable.
August 10, 2018
A top concern of athletic administrators and coaches this time of year is protecting their student-athletes from the dangers of heat and related illness. What can be done to ensure tragedy does not strike your campus at this time of year?
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