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• Sports Medicine: All You Wanted to Know About Sports Nutrition and Energy Production – Part 2

  Figure 1. Making good diagnoses. Figure 2. A Balanced diet is the best way to eat for energy and good health.   In Part 1 of this article, we discussed energy production, storage and expenditure.  Part 2 explores how we eat in order to the …

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• Sports Medicine: All You Wanted to Know About Sports Nutrition and Energy Production – Part 1

  Sports nutrition is the study and practice of nutrition and diet as it relates to athletic performance. It is concerned with the type and quantity of fluid and food taken by an athlete, and deals with nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, supplements and organic substances …

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  All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part Two

  Sports medicine All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part Two    Figure 1. Article by NeuroDocDuck    Figure 2. Suspicions of doping persist in athletics. Those suspicions are too often true. With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and …

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• Sports medicine: All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part One

   The latest news stories about Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, and other athletes, initiated the desire to write this article to educate readers about the topic of doping and drugs in all sports. While it is not as much as a problem in college sports as …

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• Sports Medicine: Anxiety and Mental Preparation in Competitive Sports

  The MVP of the Super Bowl last year was Eli Manning, the quarterback of the New York Giants. It was well deserved. Eli took a beating in the prior week’s game and in this one too but he held his composure and kept his football …

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• Sports Medicine — ACL Tears

  Sports Medicine ACL Tears By Dr. Jack Dreisen “As I am not privy to the type of injury Oregon players sustain or the severity of it, I can only discuss shoulder injuries in general.”  — Dr. Dreisen Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears If you’re a …

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• A Look At Sports Medicine: Repairing Oregon’s Damaged Knees

  The doctor is in. The University of Oregon does not comment on injuries, leaving many left speculating as to how severe an injury may actually be. Football is a rough sport, one that causes physical harm to those who play, and inevitably bones break and …

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• A Look At Sports Medicine: How the Brain Regulates Behavior and Body State

  The doctor is in. My purpose in writing for FishDuck.com is to improve understanding of the psychological and physical stresses placed upon athletes and to explain, in layman’s terms, all the factors involved in various sports injuries. This may cover some obligatory background information as …

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• A Look At Sports Medicine: Clearing Up The Misconceptions And Basic Concepts Behind Injuries

  The doctor is in. You’ve seen or heard it during a game…there’s a big hit or a player sprawled out on the ground and immediately the broadcasters begin speculating on exactly what they hurt and how long the player may be out. From the “magic …

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  The Calm Before the Track & Field Storm

  Posted on 05-19-2013 by Mathew Topolewski

  I love the moments just before a race when the runners set up their blocks and get into the proverbial “zone.”  Then an official's voice ...

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  Sportscenter’s Not Top 10

  Posted on 05-19-2013 by Michael Carnow

  When a team is known for its offensive flash, like the Oregon Ducks are, it's easy to forget about the men doing the dirty work in the trenches --...

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  Moore Posts 100th Win as No. 3 Ducks Halt Tar Heels, 3-0, in NCAA Softball Regional

  Posted on 05-17-2013 by Charles Fischer

  EUGENE - The No. 3 University of Oregon softball team (48-9) advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Regional Final with a 3-0 win over North Carolina (4...

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  Can Moser Fill Role of Kazemi?

  Posted on 05-17-2013 by Corey Buchanan

  Mike Moser and Arsalan Kazemi appear to be polar opposites.  They grew up on opposite ends of the earth; one rocks a beard and the other rocks a half...

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  No. 3 Duck Softball Tops Cougars in NCAA Regional Opener, 5 – 2

  Posted on 05-17-2013 by Mike Merrell

  EUGENE – The No. 3 University of Oregon softball team (47-9) stayed perfect in NCAA Regional play under fourth-year head coach Mike White with its 5...

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  Duck Softball Tops Nation with Six All Region Honors

  Posted on 05-17-2013 by Mike Merrell

  EUGENE – For the second straight season, the University of Oregon softball team picked up a school-record six All-Pacific Region honors in the annua...

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  Sherfy Named to Pitcher of the Year Watch List

  Posted on 05-17-2013 by Mike Merrell

  EUGENE, Ore. – Jimmie Sherfy is one of 22 pitchers on the latest watch list for the 2013 Pitcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Diamond Sports and ...

Recent comments

Hay Jimaiken - 5/20/2013

Special Teams Analysis: In the Blink of an Eye

I actually am not to sad with out KR team; opportunities were down, directional kicking was used a lot and our defense did reduce the number of KO's we faced by just taking the ball away. Our...

Hay Jimaiken - 5/20/2013

Don Reynolds Didn’t Just Play Two Sports…He Dominated Them

I was at this game and the TD run came after Oregon won the toss and elected to kick off in the pouring rain, OSU ran three plays and punted out of their end zone, and then a dive play looked to be...

Bryn Dennehy - 5/20/2013

Sportscenter’s Not Top 10

A very insightful article, well written Michael.