College Sports Could Raise Players' Risk for Depression, Study Finds

Compared with former college athletes, those still in school had doubled odds, possibly due to stress, researchers say

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Current college athletes are twice as likely to be depressed as former athletes, researchers have found.

The findings suggest the need for further research to learn more about depression among college athletes, the Georgetown University investigators said.

For the study, they examined questionnaires completed by 117 current and 163 former college athletes who had participated in Division I NCAA-sponsored sports. The current athletes played in 10 different sports and the former athletes had played in 15 different sports.

Nearly 17 percent of current athletes had questionnaire scores consistent with depression, compared with 8 percent of former athletes, according to the study published online recently in the journal Sports Health.

"We expected to see a significant increase in depression once athletes graduated, but by comparison it appears the stress of intercollegiate athletics may be more significant than we and others anticipated," senior investigator Dr. Daniel Merenstein, an associate professor of family medicine and human science at Georgetown University Medical Center, said in a university news release.

These stressors include things such as overtraining, injury, pressure to perform, lack of free time, or trying to juggle athletics and schoolwork.

"College in general is a potentially stressful time for many students. The additional stress of playing high-level sports appears to add to that stress," Merenstein said.

He advised parents, friends and coaches to pay attention to changes in behavior, weight and sleep of college athletes, and of all students.

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College Sports Could Raise Players' Risk for Depression, Study Finds

Compared with former college athletes, those still in school had doubled odds, possibly due to stress, researchers say

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Current college athletes are twice as likely to be depressed as former athletes, researchers have found.

The findings suggest the need for further research to learn more about depression among college athletes, the Georgetown University investigators said.

For the study, they examined questionnaires completed by 117 current and 163 former college athletes who had participated in Division I NCAA-sponsored sports. The current athletes played in 10 different sports and the former athletes had played in 15 different sports.

Nearly 17 percent of current athletes had questionnaire scores consistent with depression, compared with 8 percent of former athletes, according to the study published online recently in the journal Sports Health.

"We expected to see a significant increase in depression once athletes graduated, but by comparison it appears the stress of intercollegiate athletics may be more significant than we and others anticipated," senior investigator Dr. Daniel Merenstein, an associate professor of family medicine and human science at Georgetown University Medical Center, said in a university news release.

These stressors include things such as overtraining, injury, pressure to perform, lack of free time, or trying to juggle athletics and schoolwork.

"College in general is a potentially stressful time for many students. The additional stress of playing high-level sports appears to add to that stress," Merenstein said.

He advised parents, friends and coaches to pay attention to changes in behavior, weight and sleep of college athletes, and of all students.

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College Sports Could Raise Players' Risk for Depression, Study Finds

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Fewer Kids Getting Hurt in Most Sports, Study Finds

However, football and soccer injuries have risen over past decade

By Carina Storrs

HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Football has been blamed for a growing number of injuries among young players in the past decade, but a new study finds that football is an exception, and injuries from most other popular sports have dropped in children.

The study compared the number of injuries in children aged between 5 and 14 that occurred in 2000, 2005 and 2010 based on a national survey of the emergency rooms of about 100 hospitals.

It focused on eight popular activities: football, basketball, baseball/softball, soccer, bicycling, roller sports such as skating, playground use and trampoline use.

The study is scheduled for presentation Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, in Chicago.

"Physicians and children's hospitals have reported an increase in injuries from pediatric sports and the number of surgeries on kids [but] there was no population-based study to see if there is a real increase," said study author Dr. Shital Parikh, an associate professor of pediatric surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Parikh's analysis suggests that the number of acute injuries, in particular sprains and fractures, has declined over the past decade. The study does not, however, address trends in chronic wear-and-tear damage and injuries that require surgery, such as a torn ligament, and these types of injuries have probably increased, he said.

The study found a more than 13 percent decrease in the rate of injuries seen in emergency rooms between 2000 and 2005 but only a roughly 1 percent decrease between 2000 and 2010.

The rebound in the number of injuries in 2010 appears to be due largely to an increase in the injuries related to football, baseball/softball and soccer between 2005 and 2010.

Looking at the population using U.S. Census Bureau data, Parikh found that for every 1,000 children, 31.9 sustained an injury in 2000 whereas 27.6 and 31.6 did so in 2005 and 2010, respectively.

The biggest drop in injury rate was for bicycling, which saw a more than 29 percent decrease between 2000 and 2005 and a 38 percent decrease overall. During this decade, the sport went from the most dangerous to the second most dangerous.

There were also drops in roller-sport and trampoline injuries of nearly 21 percent and 17.5 percent, respectively, between 2000 and 2010, and to a lesser extent, fewer injuries related to basketball.

Football injury rates, however, shot up by nearly 23 percent between 2000 and 2010, and soccer injuries rose by almost 11 percent.

Muscle and skeletal injuries, such as fractures, sprains and bruises from football and soccer rose by about 24 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Rates of these injuries declined for the other sports, except for baseball and softball, which saw a 2.5 percent increase.

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The Financial Impact of Sports Injuries

Playing sports is good for you in many ways. It's a great way to be active, connect with friends, ease stress, and enjoy your free time.

Still, injuries can happen.

If you've had a sports injury, here are five ways to minimize the impact on your wallet.

Have you had a doctor check out your injury? That's the first step to let you find out:

How serious the injury isWhat the recovery will be likeAny limitations you'll have while you heal

The more you know, the easier it will be to make financial plans. And talking with your doctor is important if you intend to apply for disability assistance.

If your doctor prescribes physical therapy for your injury, go. The rehab will help you recover.

Some health insurance plans limit payments for rehabilitation. So check with your carrier to see what your policy offers.

If you'll be sidelined for a short time, you may be able to negotiate a leave of absence from work. That way you'll collect all or part of your paycheck.

Depending on what kind of work you do, you may be able to take on other responsibilities while you recover from your injury. Or you may be able to work from home. The human resources manager at your job can let you know about your options.

If you may be out of work for several months or longer, check on options for disability assistance.

Group or private disability insurance. Some employers offer disability insurance plans for all employees. Ask your human resources manager if you have it. Keep in mind that you can't get disability insurance for an injury that has already happened.

You may also be able to get benefits from a private disability insurance policy.

"Private disability insurance plans typically pay all or most of your pre-disability income for the first year or two if you cannot perform the duties of the job you held before becoming disabled," says Nancy G. Shor, an expert in disability coverage. Shor is executive director of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives.  "After two years, many policies continue paying only if you are unable to do any kind of work."

State disability assistance. Some states offer their own disability insurance plans. Requirements vary widely. Contact your state's department of employment for information.

Social Security disability. Social Security offers disability benefits. You may qualify if you are unable to do the work you were doing before your injury. You may also qualify if you can't do any other kind of work because of physical or mental impairment.    

Medicare. If you are disabled and unable to work for more than two years, you qualify for Medicare. That's the case even if you are below retirement age.

Medicare can be particularly helpful if your disability involves ongoing medical costs.

Workers' compensation. Most sports injuries aren't covered by workers' compensation, which is typically limited to injuries on the job. There are exceptions, however. You may be covered if you're injured during an activity sponsored by your employer. And you might also be covered if the injury happened during an activity that your employer specifically encouraged you to do.

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Cross-Country Skiing

"For building endurance, [cross-country skiing] is one of the best sports you can do," says Stephen Olvey, MD, an associate professor of clinical neurological surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. It also burns more calories than almost any other activity.

Cross-country skiing is an aerobic sport. That means you move nonstop for an extended period of time while your heart pumps oxygen to your muscles, providing them with energy. "It is about grinding it out over the long haul with no help from gravity," Olvey says.

The muscles strengthened while you cross-country ski vary with your skiing style. But they typically include the thigh muscles, gluteus maximus (bottom), gastrocnemius (calves), and biceps and triceps (front and back of the upper arm).

In terms of calories, a 150-pound person burns about 500 to 640 calories per hour while cross-country skiing, depending on the effort level.

Here are Olvey's tips for getting started:

Don't overdo it. Be conservative in how long you plan to ski. Prepare yourself ahead of time by using an elliptical trainer to avoid muscle strain. Bring fluids and snacks, especially if you're heading to a remote area. Wear layers of clothing that keep you warm and allow for easy movement. Be safe. Let someone know where you will be and when you expect to return. "It wouldn’t take long to become hypothermic," Olvey says. Downhill Skiing

In contrast to cross-country skiing, downhill skiing takes shorter bursts of energy; most ski runs last about two to three minutes, Olvey says.

The muscle groups used in downhill skiing are the "prime movers," including the hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, hip, and feet muscles. To a lesser degree, you'll also use your abdominal muscles for control and strengthen your arms by using poles.

Downhill skiing is a power sport that improves balance, flexibility, agility, and leg and core strength, Olvey says. Snow skiing also doesn’t stress the back muscles like water skiing does.

Someone weighing 150 pounds burns about 360 to 570 calories per hour while downhill skiing.

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Why are sports school Posters so expensive?

I would like to say a few posters put up on my wall in my home gym, preferably those that shows how to do exercises, but they are so expensive! These are the best I could find online, but they are all at least twenty dollar per piece!

Weight training stretches 24″ X 36″ laminated chart on Amazon. comDumbbell training 24″ X 36″ laminated chart (shoulders, back, leg & calf) on Amazon. comDumbbell Workout chart (chest, Biceps, Triceps, forearm) on Amazon. comAbdominal training 24″ X 36″ laminated chart on Amazon.com

They all look like they are of good quality and they are all laminated, but I don't need that. All I need is a simple paper poster to go on my wall in a frame. I want it large enough to see all the exercises and I want to show the beginning of the move and the end.

Plus, twenty dollar per piece?! Can I make a poster of something else for just six or seven bucks! Why are these about twenty dollars apiece?

If I buy them directly from Algra, can I get them for $ 13 and paper are:

Bruce Algra Fitnus Posters: series II

I found a good poster here download: iron manufacturer-strength Multiplied it is meant to be printed on paper of 11.5″ X 17.2″, so it is pretty high resolution.

Dumbbell exercise Poster 11 X 17

The problem with this poster is that it does not show you how to do the exercises. It shows they are only in one of the States.

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