The physiology of aging as it relates to sports Edward H. Nessel All graphs, charts and tables were reproduced with permission from The McGraw-Hill Companies and excerpted from Jack H. Wilmore and David L. Costill, Physiology of Sport and Exercise, 2nd edition, 1999, McGraw-Hill. Overview Athletes today of all ages and abilities are on a […]
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“Losing weight in the New Year: fads and facts” – Talking About Training Steven Jonas In the holiday season, the thoughts of many turn to–food. Then comes the New Year and the dreaded New Year’s Resolutions, around which, again, the thoughts of many turn to–food, especially what eating too much of it does to one’s […]
The five secrets of exercising regularly – Talking about Training Steven Jonas Warm weather is here, and the thoughts of some patients are turning to exercise. For some who exercise regularly, it’s simply a change in the content of a year-round program. For some it’s a renewal after a winter off. For others it’s a […]
Changes in cardiac markers including B-natriuretic peptide in runners following the Boston Marathon Arthur J. Siegel Department of Medicine, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Clinical Laboratory and Nuclear Medicine Divisions, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ********** In contrast to nonspecific elevations of myoglobin and creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) in athletes due to […]
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Avoiding overtraining
Avoiding overtraining Gabe Mirkin One of the most serious problems in training for athletic competition is to know when you are training too much. You make a muscle stronger only by stressing that muscle, feeling sore on the next day, and taking easy workouts or days off until the soreness goes away. Then you are […]
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Member profile: Noel Nequin
Member profile: Noel Nequin Carol Newman As a young student in the Philippines, the son of two dedicated educators, Dr. Nequin dreamed of being an ambassador to a foreign country But his aunt, a physician practicing in the United States, inspired him to consider medicine. He attended the Far Eastern University Medical School in Manila, […]
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President’s message
President’s message Noel D. Nequin As I prepare to pass the torch of leader-ship to Charles Schulman, who will become AMAA president after our 2004 Sports Medicine Symposium this April, I look back on my years as a member, and then as president of AMAA with fond memories. At the first AMAA Boston meeting I […]
McNeil and Tylenol 8Houra new partnership In January, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals and their PR agency Ruder Finn joined forces to become a partner with AMAA and ARA to educate medical professionals and the public about effective ways to treat pain during exercise and endurance events. Specifically, AMAA and ARA recognize their new premier […]
The effects of posture on running performance: a case study John S. Comereski Abstract An 18-year-old, fourth-year high school track athlete who had plateaued in his performance came to us in an effort to improve his running speed. The patient complained of right groin soreness, occasional right and left knee pain, tightness in his lumbar […]
Calling all sports medicine specialists The Gen-A Network, a group of regional publications dedicated to active, outdoor enthusiasts nationwide, is inviting AMAA members to take part in their Sports Medicine Section. The publications featuring this section include MetroSports (Boston, New York, Washington, DC), Windy City Publishing (Chicago), Twin Cities Sports (Minneapolis) and Rocky Mountain Sports […]