Daily Carbohydrate Recommendations for Optimal Athletic Performance
The referenced article can be viewed here.
The Hip in Ice Hockey Part 6: How to Treat Hip Pain and The Impact of Early Sport Specialization on Femoroacetabular Impingement in Young Athletes
Groin pain can have a variety of pathologies. It’s extremely important to identify the root of the pain because the specific cause may drastically affect the appropriate treatment for pain relief and return to optimal athletic performance.
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Supplement Review: Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) and MCT Oil
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are exactly what you would think; triglycerides (i.e. fat molecules) with medium chain lengths of molecules. Some triglycerides have long chains, containing 13+ carbon atoms, whereas others have short chains, containing 5 or fewer carbon atoms. MCTs are right in the middle, and contain 6-12 carbon atoms in their chains [1-4].
Supplement Review: Dietary Nitrate and Beetroot Juice
In the human body, Nitric Oxide (NO) promotes vasodilation, or widening of the blood vessels, which increases blood flow and reduces blood pressure [1-3]. NO is heavily involved with many physiological processes that affect exercise performance, including the regulation of blood flow, skeletal muscle contraction, and mitochondrial respiration and biogenesis [3-5].
The Hip in Ice Hockey Part 5: How to Design the Optimal Hip Screening Protocol and Identify At-Risk Athletes
Designing and implementing testing and monitoring procedures to identify athletes who are at increased risk for suffering hip-related pathology is crucial for sustained, high-level, ice hockey performance.
The Hip in Ice Hockey Part 4: The Cost of Injury
Having healthy hips is an integral facet of sustained, high-level ice hockey performance. Due to their heavy use in the sport, they are frequently injured. The financial, performance, and time-loss costs can be extremely burdensome.
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The Hip in Ice Hockey Part 1: The Role of the Hip and Non-contact Injuries in Sport
Sporting injuries can be caused by contact (e.g traumatic) or non-contact (e.g overuse) mechanisms in nature, with contact injuries more often being associated with extrinsic risk factors, which are out of the control of the athlete in a single, identifiable incident [1-5].
An Overview of Common Dietary Assessment Methods Used with Athletes
The referenced article can be viewed here.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in Sport: A Review of the Research
Most athletes and sport science personnel understand the importance of recovery after exercise, which is defined as the return of body homeostasis after training to pre-training or near pre-training levels [28].
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Practical Nutrition Strategies to Improve Post-Game Recovery
The referenced article can be viewed here.
Beginning Post-Injury Rehabilitation Sooner, Rather than Later, Accelerates Return to Pain-Free Sport Participation in Athletes
The referenced article can be viewed here.
