ISSUE 15.04 May/June 2005

Winner: Monroe Abram

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

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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.

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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.

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Catching Hip Injuries

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

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Focused for Football

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

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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?

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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.

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