Mark Sircus
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 A whole new world of sports medicine is going to explode onto the scene when athletes and coaches find out that magnesium chloride from natural sources is available for topical use. In this new and exciting breakthrough in sports medicine coaches can now treat injuries, prevent them, and increase athletic performance all at the same time.
Magnesium chloride, when applied directly to the skin is transdermally absorbed. Transdermal magnesium chloride mineral therapy is ideal for athletes who need high levels of magnesium. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 The American College of sports medicine promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life. It provides publications, audiotapes, and videotapes on physical fitness and weight loss to health professionals and the general public.
AFAA — Aerobic and Fitness Association of America www.afaa. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 We believe that the best warm-up method to use before exercising—and closely guarded Eastern bloc sports medicine research from East Germany and the former Soviet Union supports this idea—incorporates joint mobility and dynamic stretching. Joint-mobility exercises and dynamic stretching use the three "Ms"—Movement, Momentum, and Muscular effort—to warm up your joints and muscles to help prevent or decrease the risk of joint trauma and muscle tears and strain. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Dan Hamner, MD, sports medicine physician and owner and founder, Peak Energy Program, New York City.
What's New in Arthritis? Diagnosis.. .Treatment... Living Well
John D. Clough, MD, rheumatologist, The Cleveland Clinic, and publisher, The Cleveland Clinic Press. He is author of Arthritis: A Cleveland Clinic Guide. Cleveland Clinic.
New developments in medications and improvements in surgery have brightened the outlook for people who have arthritis. While most forms of arthritis remain incurable, many can be made bearable or better. |
| Cure May Be as Simple as Breathing
Daniel Hamner, MD, sports medicine physician, and owner and founder, Peak Energy Program, New York City. He is coauthor of Peak Energy: The High-Oxygen Program for More Energy Now. St. Martin's.
Every cell in the body requires oxygen to function properly. The brain alone uses at least 12% of the total oxygen inhaled.
Problem: The breathing habits of most people don't always provide all the oxygen that the brain and body need. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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| He is also the president and founder of Apex Fitness Group and the CEO of the National Academy of sports medicine (NASM). Charles Damiano, who has been a leader in the health and fitness industry for more than 25 years, has provided additional input. He is the founder and CEO of J.A.B. Fitness, a bodybuilding champion and has a degree in nutrition. Among his many personal accomplishments was being voted 2004 Grand Master Champion of the Body for Life contest over hundreds of thousands of contestants.
Getting It from Food? |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 A study published a few years ago in the American Journal of sports medicine showed that cross training—combining thirty minutes of weights with thirty minutes of stationary cycling— improved anxiety levels, but the study was designed in such a way that it was impossible to know what caused the change. And almost all of the studies on this topic have used populations of older adults, who are prone to pronounced improvements because their muscles are naturally diminished when they start.
One factor clearly affected by strength training is HGH. |
| In a recent study in the British ]ournal of sports medicine, researcher Arne Dietrich wrote that the way people describe runner's high is "similar to the claims of distorted perception, atypical thought patterns, diminished awareness of one's surroundings, and intensified introspective understanding of one's sense of identity and emotional status made by people who describe drug or trance states."
We've been on the case of the runner's high for three decades, and in the last few years the focus has expanded beyond endorphins to include endocannabinoids, a class of neurotransmitters. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 People often ask whether my field is a new branch of health care, along the lines of modern subspecialties such as sports medicine, genetic counseling, and bariatrics (the treatment of obesity). That such issues could even become the stuff of popular song only serves to further reinforce the impression that occupational medicine, so topical, must also be novel, too. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 In a report published in the British Journal of sports medicine, twelve patients with depression underwent ten weeks of training on a treadmill for thirty minutes a day. There was a statistically significant six-point drop in depressive symptoms as measured on the Hamilton Depression Scale. The authors concluded, and I agree, that exercise could be at least as effective as drugs in treating mild to moderate depression. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| For example, in a study published in the International Journal of sports medicine in 1997, people with type 2 diabetes who completed a three-month strength-training program using weights two days per week experienced a significant improvement in blood glucose control and an increase in muscle mass. By improving glycemic control and reducing the potential for glycation, such training also decreases the risk of developing diabetic complications. In another study published in 1998 in Diabetes Care, people with type 2 diabetes were divided into two groups. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Expert advice from sports medicine professionals, including dietitians, psychologists, and physicians, is important in the early detection and management of problems related to body composition and nutrition.
III. CARBOHYDRATE REQUIREMENTS FOR ATHLETES
Carbohydrate fuel plays a major role in the performance of many types of exercise and sport. The depletion of body carbohydrate stores is a cause of fatigue or performance impairments during exercise, particularly during prolonged
(>90min) sessions of submaximal or intermittent high-intensity activity. |
Mark Sircus
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| Many in sports medicine think that supplements should only be taken when there is proof that the diet cannot provide the quantities of nutrients needed and that supplements require a proper medical diagnosis and should only be prescribed by the sports physician and dietician in writing. Some go as far as insisting that fitness coaches and conditioning staff should not prescribe any supplements. But trainers need to be aware of anything that would enhance or help reduce the amount of time for rehabilitation due to an injury. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| Many of these respond to strategies that improve iron status or prevent a further decrease in iron stores.
A sports medicine expert should evaluate and manage iron status on an individual basis. Prevention and treatment of iron deficiency may include iron supplementation, with a recommended therapeutic dose of lOOmg/day of elemental iron for 2 to 3 months. However, the management plan should include dietary counseling to increase the intake of bioavailable iron and appropriate strategies to reduce any unwarranted iron loss. |
John E. Sarno, M.D.
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 Margaret's Memorial Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a primary care sports medicine fellowship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently, he practices nonoperative orthopedics/sports medicine in Duluth, Minnesota, where he is the team physician for the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the Duluth Huskies baseball team. Dr. Hoffman enjoys sports, including Nordic skiing, cycling, and kayaking.
As you will see, Dr. |
Mark Sircus
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| In this new and exciting breakthrough in sports medicine coaches can now treat injuries, prevent them, and increase athletic performance all at the same time.
Magnesium chloride, when applied directly to the skin is transdermally absorbed. Transdermal magnesium chloride mineral therapy is ideal for athletes who need high levels of magnesium. Oral magnesium is much less effective than transdermal magnesium in the treatment of injuries and tired worn out muscles. |
| James Thor, National Director of Extreme sports medicine. "Several reasons, one is if you are working out in a gym, or continual stress excessive amounts of lactic acid in the muscle have been linked to higher levels of anxiety," Dr. Thor adds. Large amounts of magnesium are lost when a person is under stress.
The combination of heat and magnesium chloride increases circulation and waste removal and this principle can be applied during breaks in competition as well as after the game in deeply relaxing baths similar to Epsom salt baths, but much stronger. |
KC Craichy
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 The American College of sports medicine suggests that you ensure proper hydration by drinking about 16 ounces of water two hours before exercising. This gives your body plenty of time to regulate its fluid levels prior to exercising and helps to delay or avoid the effects of dehydration during exercise. Second, during exercise they recommend that you drink before becoming thirsty as well as to drink at regular intervals to replace fluids that are lost through sweating. It takes approximately eight fluid ounces of fluid to replace each pound of body weight lost. |
John E. Sarno, M.D.
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| My training is in family practice, primary care sports medicine, and nonoperative orthopedics. The majority of my practice is treating patients with musculoskeletal disorders. The year following my own cure from a chronic pain disorder, I observed and experimented with Dr. Sarno's theory in my practice. And still to my surprise, I found that what he theorized was true. Many of the common musculoskeletal disorders are not well explained by our conventional teaching and are frequently psychosomatic in origin. I wanted to learn more, so I went to New York and worked with Dr. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| In: Strauss RH, ed. sports medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. 1984: p 307-322
106. American College of sports medicine. Position Statement on the prevention of thermal injuries during distance running. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1987; 19: 529-533
107. Bangs CC. Cold injuries. In: Strauss RH, ed. sports medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. 1984: p 323-343
108. Sheppard D. What does exercise have to do with "exercise-induced" asthma? Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136: 547-549
109. Noriski N, Bar-Yishay E, Gur I, Godfrey S. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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 Nathan Smith, Professor of sports medicine, University of Washington)
• "A potent carcinogen, Malonaldehyde (a chemical that begins to form in flesh soon after death), has been identified in beef and smaller amounts in pork, chicken, and fish" (Dr. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 The applications of acupressure are too numerous to list here, but let's consider a few. sports medicine, for example, often incorporates acupressure to relieve the damage caused during a game or in practice. Many of these techniques date back to Chinese battlefields, when warriors noted that certain types of body contact would actually relieve some chronic pains.
Acupressure is an ancient form of beauty therapy as well. Certain facial massages can relax your features, easing old worry lines and preventing new ones from forming. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| In: Strauss RH, ed. sports medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. 1984: p 57-75
17. Paffenbarger RS, Jr, Hyde RT, Jung DC, Wing AL. Epidemiology of exercise and coronary heart disease. Clinics in sports medicine 1984; 3: 297-315
18. Morris JN, Heady JA, Raffle PAB et al. Coronary heart disease and physical activity of work. Lancet 1953; ii: 1111
19. Paffenbarger RS, Jr, Hale WE, Brand RJ, Hyde RT. Work, energy level, personal characteristics, and fatal heart attack: a birth-cohort effect. Am J Epidemiol 1977; 105: 200-203
20. Taylor HL, Klepetar E, Keys A et al. |
| In: Strauss RH, ed. sports medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. 1984: p 457^167
13. Beaulieu JE. Developing a stretching program. Phys Sports Med 1981; 9: 59-65
14. Bassler TJ. Athletic activity and longevity (letter). Lancet 1972; i: 712-713
15. Bassler TJ. Marathon running and immunity to atherosclerosis. Ann NY Acad Sci 1977; 301: 579-592
16. Haskell WL. Cardiovascular benefits and risks of exercise: the scientific evidence. In: Strauss RH, ed. sports medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders. 1984: p 57-75
17. Paffenbarger RS, Jr, Hyde RT, Jung DC, Wing AL. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 Rubbing alcohol is rubbed into the skin to induce local hyperemia for muscle and joint pain, muscle soreness, strains, or bruises; it is also used in sports medicine and for connective-tissue massage. German rubbing alcohol is sold in various strengths (38-45 % v/v) and may be pure or blended with camphor or spruce needle oil. In the United States, rubbing alcohol consists of denatured 70 % ethanol or 70 % isopropanol.
Jojoba wax (liquid) Peanut oil Purified water to Mix and use externally.
4.0 30.0 50.0
Ethyl Nitrite Spirit Rhatany tincture Ethanol (90 vol. %) Distilled water to
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The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 An article in the British Journal of sports medicine described a study of athletes during an intense training period before the 1992 Olympics (Kingsbury et al. 1998). The athletes were divided into three groups that differed in training fatigue and were considered separately. Group A (21 track-and-field athletes) had no lasting fatigue; group B (12 judo competitors) reported heavy fatigue at night but recovered overnight to continue training; group C (18 track-and-field athletes and one rower) had chronic fatigue and had been unable to train normally for at least several weeks. |
Attaining Medical Self SufficiencyDuncan Long
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| The Physician and sports medicine 21(1) 125-132, 1992.
128 "Does exercise boost immunity?" The University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter 8(6) 6, 1992.
129 "Step up immunity: exercise gets body's defenses rolling," Prevention 44(1) 9-10, 1992.
130 Nieman D.C., Nehlsen-Cannarella S.L., Markoff P.A., et al. "The effects of moderate exercise training on natural killer cells and acute upper respiratory tract infections," International Journal of sports medicine 11(6) 467-473, 1990. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
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 The Kidnetic program has excellent content and was designed with the input of a number of professional organizations (American College of sports medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, and National Recreation and Park Association, as examples). It has helpful information, cute characters, a way for children to discuss important issues, and more.
Also launched in 2002, Coca-Cola has a Step With It! program that encourages children to be more physically active. It was developed with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. The Step With It! |
Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D.
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 Organizations
* The American College of sports medicine, 401 West Michigan St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46202-3233; Web site: www.acsm.org.
* The American Council on Exercise consumer hotline, 800-234-9229; Web site: www. acefitness. org.
* The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1900 Association Dr., Reston, Va. 20191; Web site: www.aahperd.org.
* Aerobics and Fitness Association of America consumer hotline, 800-YOUR-BOD; Web site: www.afaa.com.
* Fitness Products Council, 200 Cas-tlewood Dr., North Palm Beach, Fla. 33408. |
| The American College of Sports Medicine's statement "The Female Athlete Triad: Eating Disorders, Amenhorrea and Osteoporosis" is available to persons who send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to ACSM, P.O. Box 1440, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206.
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HEALING MOVES TO STRENGTHEN MUSCLES AND BONES
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^Jack in the aerobic 1980s, legions of Americans laced up their athletic shoes to exercise that most important of muscles— the heart. Today we continue to appreciate the importance of cardiovascular fitness, but it's clear that the body's other muscles deserve equal time. |
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