| Untrained coaches lead to big injuries
Each year more than 1 million suffer an injury that causes missed school, forces a trip to the hospital or requires surgery. Besides the usual sprained ankles and knees, doctors report a surge of serious injuries from overtraining, poor athletic techniques and rushed recovery from old injuries -- cases that might have been avoided if adults had taken steps to prevent them. Still, many schools and sports organizations require little training or proof that their coaches know how to keep such injuries from happening. "It's a great problem and something we have to address," said Dr. Lyle Micheli, director of sports medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston. "Quality of the adult (coaches') supervision is key." A CNHI News Service survey of coaching requirements found seven states -- Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Virginia -- have no medical training standards at all for school sports coaches.
Doctor Shortage…How Do We Fill the Prescription?
It takes a fair amount of time for growing pains to get worked out when expansion comes to professional sports. The athlete pool is diluted and sometimes importing players from other countries fills the void. Baseball has Japan and Latin America to draw from, hockey has Europe, and soccer has the whole world. These imports remind us that there is plenty of opportunity to hone athletic skill outside of the United States. The medical world is slowly realizing that the U.S. is running out of doctors and a real shortage is looming. Within a dozen years, there is the potential need for 200,000 more physicians and the training may not be available for those doctors in this country. While medical schools are increasing enrollment and 15 new schools of medicine and osteopathy have opened, those newly minted MDs may not have a place to get their graduate training.
Alter-G Forging New Relationships
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Alter-G, Inc., developers of the G-Trainer anti-gravity treadmill, today announced advisor relationships with world-renowned industry experts and an expanded partnership with Woodway, a standards-setting treadmill manufacturer. Alter-G's anti-gravity treadmill, the G-Trainer, enables users to reduce their effective body weight during exercise and has caught the interest of industry experts, including: Dr. Saxena has treated dozens of Olympians (including gold medal winners) and Olympic Trials qualifiers, numerous professional athletes, and many top high school athletes. "The G-Trainer is a valuable tool for my patients to maintain their competitive edge and conditioning during injury recovery and rehabilitation," said Dr.
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She set out as she had done every Sunday afternoon for years. She locked her door, turned to the weather, and held the hand rail as she stepped carefully down from the porch. Once on the ground she adjusted her hat on her gray head. As this was a winter day in the Christmas season, a cold day, she also adjusted her coat. Had it been raining, she would have pulled a large lawn and leaf bag, as if it were a poncho, over her head and upper body. Most times she shouldered her hand bag. This day she also shouldered a bulging plastic shopping bag. She walked along the dirt road that would lead her to the paved road that would lead her to the highway. Her only company was her shadow, small and indistinct at her feet. She walked without the deliberate care of someone unfamiliar with the terrain, but neither was her gait quick.
Coast native dreams of NHL
Despite growing up in the Deep South, Gulfport native Jody Green, 23, has amassed a great deal of professional hockey experience. The Sea Wolves signed Green last Wednesday to serve as backup goalie, marking his third time with Mississippi. He's previously played with the Louisiana Ice Gators and the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL. Green, who graduated on Dec. 15 from Louisiana-Lafayette with a bachelor of science in athletic training, began his hockey career during the Sea Wolves inaugural season in 1996, helping with equipment in the visiting clubhouse. He began playing goalie competitively both on the ice and in in-line hockey at the Harrison County Skate Park that same year. "I really enjoy being around the game," Green said. "I was able to learn a lot at an early age being around in the early years of the Sea Wolves." After graduating from Gulfport High School in 2002, Green enrolled at Louisiana-Lafayette and began working for the Louisiana Ice Gators during that span.
Young Aussies fretting over body image
Ouch! Reducing reading to "borrowing another person's thoughts" is a little rough. You're allowed to have your own thoughts while reading. & indeed are probably more likely to do so than while being bossed around at Boot Camp or buffetted with doof-doof on the gym treadmills. I agree with Puck. A bit more interest in cultural areas would provide a bit of balance, especially in a city like Sydney. Agree (0) Alert moderator Paul: 04 Dec 2007 8:55:12am The interesting twist here is the metrosexual male.The feminists were howling , some twenty years ago, that they were working full time jobs but were still expectedto do ALL the hoursework and still look good for thier men.Now the guys are still expected to bring hime the bacon, do as much housework as the females AND still look good for thier partners.This whole equality business is going too far.
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