Sports Medicine News

Tim Noakes is the Director of UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine , Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town and Professor, Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science, University of Cape Town.

Rhuland is a licensed physical therapist assistant with more than five years of experience in an orthopaedic and sports medicine setting.

One of the cardinal principles of physiology - and axioms of weight loss - is that you can't spot-reduce. You can't shed fat in just one part of your body without shedding fat all over.

The Resource Center's Diagnostic and Treatment Center has hired Jamestown native Dr.

Hoops for Hope , an annual basketball clinic and fundraiser for the Westfield Chapters of Girls Learn International, was held this Spring at Westfield High School.

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Selene G. Parekh, MD, MBA , associate professor of orthopaedics at Duke Medicine and the North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, specializes in foot and ankle surgery, including trauma or sports injuries and total ankle replacement.

FASEB MARC Program has announced the travel award recipients for the 2013 American College of Sports Medicine 60th Annual Meeting & 4th World Congress on Exercise is MedicineTM in Indianapolis, IN from May 28 - June 1, 2013.

LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol increased significantly when adults followed a Paleo diet for 10 weeks, even though they were exercising vigorously during that time, according to research that will be presented later this month at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.

The abbreviated workout, published in the May-June issue of the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal, also includes lunges, push-ups and tricep dips.

The HELPS program is a comprehensive physical for student-athletes and administrators hope to expand it to prevention in the coming years.

A new 12-step exercise regime that involves a chair, a wall and your body weight is promising to cut down lengthy workout times.

Statistics show 21 per cent more men than women aged 16 to 24 are regularly active.

When it comes to high-intensity interval training , the pros definitely outweigh the cons.

As we grow older, sticking to a regular regime of moderate exercise has a host of health benefits _ and it's never too late to start Our bodies undergo dramatic changes as we get older.

Can you really get the perfect body in just seven minutes? A regular seven-minute workout may be all you need to stay in shape, according to the authors of a new study that's getting buzz in fitness circles.

Well, hold onto your excuses because today I bring you the seven-minute workout, courtesy of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Major League Soccer has appointed Dr. Damion Martins as its administrative medical director.

The idea of lifting at an old gritty gym where the walls are stained with the blood and the sweat of hidden champions holds a certain appeal to the Rocky in all of us.

Do you lack the motivation to exercise on your own? Would you like to design your own exercise program? Do you have specific exercise goals? If so, hiring a personal trainer may be just what you need.