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How Music Can Help Athletes Recover from Sports Injuries

AASP

<p>When athletes experience a sport-related injury, there is usually a predictable process they will experience during rehabilitation. Once this stage of recovery is complete, the athlete is then considered healthy enough to return to their sport. Let us dive into the neuroscience of sport injuries.</p>

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Electrolytes: Essential Functions for Optimal Health

Designs for Health

Even a loss of 1% body mass can potentially impact psychological functioning and activities like driving. Water alone cannot replenish the electrolytes lost due to dehydration, and electrolyte concentration in body fluids affects the cardiovascular, endocrine, and central and autonomic nervous systems.

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How To Practice Visualization Meditation With Students

PLT4M

Visualization is so powerful because our body, brain, and nervous system don’t know the difference between real life and our imagination. Therefore, if we can practice visualization meditation, then we have primed our body, brain, and nervous system to be ready for the real thing when it happens.

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Using Your Eyes to Conquer Mental Blocks

AASP

In theory, if you train hard physically, get adequate recovery, and psychologically prepare yourself for competition, then the results should come. These experiences may appear very different, but, in reality, they are the same type of sport performance setback: a mental block.</p> H., & Fisher, L. </p>

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Simply put, researchers confirmed exercise helps maintain the “ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, functions, or connections.”. It works quietly, in the background. Skillastics® works in the background too.

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Measuring Sleep to Help Manage Athletic Performance

First Beat

As part of sleep awareness week , March 13-19, it seems a good time to have a look at the subject and how you can utilize Firstbeat Sports to monitor your athletes’ sleep habits. Sleep plays a vital role in recovery both physiologically and psychologically. Available with Firstbeat Sports Premium and Premium+.