ISSUE 15.04 May/June 2005

Winner: Monroe Abram

Monroe Abram works every day at improving the athletic training services at Tennessee State.


Nutrition Roundup

This issue's Roundup reviews two recent studies on supplements that purport to decrease muscle damage and new research on the effects of green tea for endurance athletes.


Barbie Doesn't Play Sports

How can you get female athletes to embrace their weight-room workouts and throw away their desire to look like thin fashion models? The keys are to listen, understand, and educate.


Catching Hip Injuries

Recent advances in arthroscopic surgery have sent an increasing number of athletic trainers into the previously unexplored world of hip rehab.


Focused for Football

At Washington State University, both mental and physical strength is taught during the team's offseason training program.


Reviewing Reform

With NATA educational reforms now firmly in place, their day-to-day effects are raising some questions. For example, are today's students being overly supervised?


Good to the Bones

Many athletes believe that popping a calcium supplement is enough to safeguard their bones. But new research is showing that many other factors come into play.