Natural Standard Launches Sports Medicine Database

Natural Standard launched a new Sports Medicine database this month to help meet the unique needs of athletes, coaches, trainers and healthcare providers.

Now, readers have quick access to information about common sports injuries, such as fractures and sprains. The review articles feature conventional and integrative therapies, rehabilitation programs and prevention techniques, highlighting the available evidence of effectiveness and safety data.

Individuals can also find out which therapies or products may have performance-enhancing effects and whether or not they are safe. For example, strong evidence suggests that creatine may increase lean body mass and strength. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises consumers to consult their healthcare providers before using creatine. The safety of high doses is unclear, and supplementation may be unsafe in people with kidney problems, bipolar disorder or in those who are dehydrated.

Subscribers can also learn how fat is stored in the body and how to maximize weight loss with proper nutrition, healthy diets and various exercise routines.

For easy navigation, the topics are organized into 11 categories:

• Amino acids
• Antioxidants
• Athletic Performance Enhancement
• Bath & Body
• Cell Metabolism
• Exercise Recovery
• Muscle Building
• Sports Supplements
• Sports-Related Conditions
• Weight Loss & Fat Burners
• Workout Routines.

To learn more about various sports medicine topics, please visit www.naturalstandard.com.

Comments

[Grace Caulfield]

This is really important for athletes to learn about these supplements. Many high school athletes look for performance-enhancing supplements. It is important that they are educated on their safety and effectiveness.

[Mir]

Sports play a big role in the current society. Whether it is playing catch with some friends in the yard, or playing professional football in the NFL, everyone who is involved in sports has a high risk of experiencing a sports-related injury. A lot of data are available on the Internet that deal directly with this area, but it is often disorganized or very difficult to find (behind layers and layers of other unnecessary or unrelated information). Having it in one place is going to be a great resource for all healthcare professionals since almost every one of us deals with sports-related injuries in one way or another.

[DF]

There is so much hype surrounding sports supplements, so it’s great that this database will give the facts. Here is a hair-raising statistic from a May 2009 cover story in Sports Illustrated: In a 2007 study of sports supplements sold in the United States, 25% of the 58 products tested contained steroids or stimulants banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

[work out today]

What a great addition to Natural Standard! I'm a personal trainer on the side, so I'm always looking up information about new diets, herbals and exercise routines to help my clients. It's great that all of this information will now be available in one place.

A lot of my clients are really into the hula hooping trend. It's a fun way to work your abs -- it doesn't really feel like a workout because it's fun, and it makes you feel like you're dancing.