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Good morning, Dr. Wells here from Nutritional Physical Therapy. I got a cool research update. This is a good one for our sports PTs, some o...
By Dr. Sean M. Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN
One of the hottest terms in the last decade: sports nutrition. Ask any exercise scientists, personal trainer, or athletic trainer, and they will say that sports nutrition has become a booming topic of interest and a huge market. Physios may be behind the curve a bit on this topic, so we thought we'd offer a nice review of sports nutrition specific to sports physical therapy practice.
For PTs, the 3 main areas of sports nutrition we should be focused on would include:
Let's dive into each of these and see what PTs need to consider from a dietary perspective.
Helping athletes rehabilitate after an injury is an important role of a sports physio -- but what about recovering from resistance training, practice, or competition? Recovering from training and competition can translate into athletes gaining more strength, playing better, ...
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