Physician
The Perfect Fit: Athlete’s Guide to Purchasing New Shoes
If you've been putting off purchasing a new pair of trainers until the glue holding your old shoes together breaks and flakes, stop what you're doing and head straight to [...]
The Perfect Fit: Athlete's Guide to Purchasing New Shoes
If you've been putting off purchasing a new pair of trainers until the glue holding your old shoes together breaks and flakes, stop what you're doing and head straight to [...]
Concussion-Prevention Shockstrip Approved for High School Football
There are few worse sounds in football than the crash of a helmet-to-helmet hit. In his 16 years as a chiropractic physician, Dr. Steven Novicky has treated hundreds of football players suffering [...]
Concussions 101
As sports get faster and collisions get more violent, concussions have become a growing concern for athletes at all levels. To protect yourself from the long-term effects of multiple concussions, [...]
Symptoms and Treatment of Stress Fractures
The common image of a bone fracture is of a single traumatic event that causes the injury. However, this is not always the case. Stress fractures can occur over time [...]
Jim Carpentier Named STACK Expert of the Month
Jim Carpentier, CSCS, associate health and wellness director at the Greater Morristown YMCA in Cedar Knolls, N.J., has been named STACK's Expert of the Month for April 2012. He will [...]
NSF Q&A: How to Select Safe Nutritional Supplements
Athletes will go to great lengths to improve their performance. That's why nutrition supplements have become so popular with athletes. If a supplement can help give you even the slightest [...]
Envisioning Better On-Court Performance
Tennis is a sport in which exceptional visual skills are critical. Strong vision improves split-second on-court movement—reacting to shots, setting up in the proper position and tracking the ball to [...]
The Dangers of Overtraining
In hopes of varsity stardom, state championships and college scholarships, many high school athletes push their bodies to the limit. And beyond. Though you may be outworking your competition, super [...]