Alternative Medicine
Do you or your athlete have an injury that just seems to keep lingering? Think you have tried everything the doctor ordered? What if there was an alternative? Athletes and coaches are trying alternative methods such as massage therapy, acupuncture and yoga to help prevent or overcome injuries and gain that competitive advantage.
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Overview of Massage Therapy for Coaches
Massage is playing a more important role in keeping athletes healthy and recovered. Coaches in their course of training athletes will likely encounter massage therapy. In most cases coaches’ experience with massage will be limited to Swedish type massage for recovery. This is a vitally important way to utilize massage, but it is my goal to give you a broader view of different massage therapy techniques and how they can address different needs for athletes.
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Policies and Sports-Enhancing Supplements in Adolescents
Doctors of chiropractic (DCs) are the most visited of the health care clinicians known as complementary and alternative (CAM) providers. DCs commonly treat athletes and adolescents mainly for musculoskeletal problems such as neck and back pain. There are DCs specifically certified in chiropractic college programs, however, who treat sports injuries.
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Celebrating a Part of Chinese Culture
The author describes the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine focusing on acupuncture and Chinese herbs. The impact of acupuncture on athlete recovery and mind body balance as well as the use of Chinese herbs versus Western drugs explained. The author highlights that if an athlete is considering using Chinese herbal medicine they should be aware that they are responsible for what they put in their body and check to make sure it is not in violation of doping laws.
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When Traveling with a Team
Travelling with a team can be one of the most exciting and rewarding adventures for a sport massage therapist. However, this perk can also become a nightmare. Here are a few tips to help avoid any mishaps on the road.
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Recharge the Right Way With Active Recovery
It happens to every athlete: You finish a workout and, instead of feeling invigorated, you contemplate checking into a nursing home. But while rest can be restorative, the surest methods to recover your mojo- and bolster your bod against sports injuries- don’t involved beers and TiVo. Active recovery is an essential part of any conditioning plan. And as an increasing number of pro athletes are discovering the best treatments for staying on top of your game come from the realm of alternative health. The trick is matching the cure to your complaint.
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Experiencing Relaxation by Sport Coaches
Stress and burnout symptoms can adversely affect coaches. Traditionally, attention has been paid to tension problems experienced by athletes, but often it is coaches who are under a greater amount of pressure to succeed than athletes. The goal of the research was to compare two groups of coaches: individual sports coaches and team sports coaches in terms of their reaction to and experience of relaxation exercises.
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SIRC members have access to SIRC librarians and we are pleased to share some of your questions.
Dear SIRC Librarian:
I need to know how to look for a book by Frank Dick from the 1990's when he was head of Athletics in GB. It was a small skinny grey paper back.
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SIRC Seminar Series |
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Risk Management
Location: SIRC, 180 Elgin St., Suite 1400, Ottawa
Date: June 10, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 12:30
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