Sports – Health

How team sports change a child's brain

Adult depression has long been associated with shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region that plays an important role in memory and response to stress. Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis has linked participation in team sports to larger hippocampal volumes in children and less depression in boys ages 9 to 11.… Read More »

Sports Massage: An Important Aspect of a Serious Athlete's Regimen

If you are a serious athlete or even a recreational athlete then you already know that your daily regiment prepares you for optimal use of your skills and energies for your favored sporting event. However, continuous exercise and fitness regimen also causes extreme soreness and muscle tension that gets increasingly worse if you do not… Read More »