Elite athletes endure intense pressure to perform and often contend with fierce public scrutiny while competing in a culture that historically discourages them from seeking help for mental health concerns. From an early age, these competitors are coached to be invincible, to be physically and mental...
Professional athletes pay a high price for their pursuit of excellence and glory. Training to the limit tears muscles and wears out joints. Gymnasts often need hip replacements when barely into middle age. Few footballers make it to the end of their careers with their knees intact.But many als...
A program to reduce stigma toward mental Illness and promote mental health literacy and help-seeking in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes. J Clin Sport Psychol. 2020;15(3):185–205. Article Google Scholar Yin H, Wardenaar KJ, Xu G, Tian H, Schoevers RA....
PROFESSIONAL athletesSERVICES for caregiversMENTAL workBackground: For the care need of older adults, long-term care (LTC) and assisted living (AL) facilities are expanding in Alberta, but little is known about the caregivers' well-being. The purpose of the study was to investigate the physical...
22 Limited research has been conducted on populations likely to receive repeated head injuries, such as athletes in combative and contact sports or the military. Small studies of professional boxers have found hormone insufficiencies23-25 and smaller pituitary volumes23 when compared with controls. ...
Over the last decade, research has focused on injury and career transition; however little was known about athletes‟ experience of career-ending injury. The purpose of this study was to obtain in-depth descriptions of the lived experience of athletes who have had a career-ending injury. ...
Nurses showed a higher intensity of anxious temperament compared to firefighters, athletes and paramedics. Conclusion: The results obtained support the concept of adaptive and socially useful role of affective temperaments. The studied professional groups show different individual tempera mental profiles,...
, Rachael also said we should treat ourselves as teachers like athletes treat themselves. I.e. look after ourselves in body and mind. I like this – to function effectively, to help others, we need to help ourselves. My manager encouraged me to look after myself how works for me in ...
RETURN TO PLAY AFTER ARTHROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF ROTATOR CUFF TEARS IN PROFESSIONAL CONTACT ATHLETES Summary The majority (80%) of the professional contact athletes in this series were able to return to play at the same professional level after arthroscopi... G Yagnik,LA Vargas,JW Uribe,... -...
How does INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE help athletes? Athletes and active individuals can be challenged by often re-occurring conditions. Examples include tendonitis, arthritis, seasonal allergies, migraines, asthma, chronic fatigue and hypertension. Integrative medicine or therapy techniques can help by: – Reducin...