Laird Harrison

Tag: sports medicine

  • Why Beer Doesn’t Make a Good Sports Drink

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    Maybe it’s obvious to you. But wishful thinking can be a powerful force for distortion. I mean, wouldn’t it be nice to think that tossing down a bottle of beer after a sweaty workout was actually the healthy thing to do? And some people have claimed just that, notably an article in the Telegraph newspaper.…

  • California’s New Sports Concussion Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough

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    California took a step forward yesterday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law limiting contact in American tackle football practices. One provision of the law could affect soccer, hockey and other contact sports as well as football. But it doesn’t go far enough. California’s new law restricts full contact in high school and middle school…

  • Despite that Army Study, I Still Like Barefoot Running

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    Irene Davis took off her sandal for me last week. She wriggled her toes. We were in the press room of the American College of Sports Medicine, and she wanted to show me a “doming” exercise you can use to prevent injuries if you run barefoot. A Doming Video by Richard Blake Researchers like Davis,…

  • Which Is Better? TRX vs. Weightlifting

    Which Is Better? TRX vs. Weightlifting

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    TRX vs. weightlifting: which is better? I came here to the American College of Sports Medicine’s Annual meeting hoping to get answers to such questions. This is the premiere wonkfest for exercise experts, and I wasn’t disappointed.

  • Are Sports Doctors Sexist?

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    When I started to write about sports injuries, I envisioned my reader as someone like me: a former college athlete, middle-aged and, well, male. But women immediately started telling me how much they care about the subject. A bookstore owner talked about injuries on her softball team. A literary agent told me upper body training…