Nutrition plays a large role in athletic performance. Learn how to make the most of your meals and what you should and shouldn’t eat before and after exercise.

Regular exercise boasts many health benefits but moderation is key. Paying attention to safety is essential in avoiding exercise injury.

Flexibility is a key component in injury prevention. Participating in a thorough stretching program before and after exercise can keep young athletes safe throughout their athletic season.

Physical conditioning includes power, strength, speed, balance, agility, coordination, and endurance. Click the link below for tips on creating and implementing a conditioning program to meet your individual needs.

Our bodies cannot absorb calcium without vitamin D, which is essential to good bone health. Click here to learn more about why vitamin D is so important and find different ways to obtain it.

Nutrition plays a large role in athletic performance. Learn the essentials of sports nutrition for female athletes to keep you in top shape throughout the season.

Wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of serious head and brain injury by 85%, and it can protect your brain from permanent damage. To learn more on the correct ways to wear a helmet, click the following link.

Heat illness is the accumulation of body heat that results when the body’s ability to cool itself is overwhelmed. Know the risk factors and prevent heat illness.

Sports and exercise are part of a balanced, healthy lifestyle. But for some female athletes, maintaining this balance can have serious consequences. Learn how you can avoid falling into the female athlete triad.

Burners and stingers, common injuries in contact and collision sports, produce a stinging or burning pain that spreads from an athlete’s shoulder to his or her hand. Most of these injuries are temporary and symptoms fade quickly. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of burners and stingers.