This is especially true because some symptoms, especially in the neurobehavioral category (sleeping more than usual, drowsiness, fatigue and nervousness) are often missed or not apparent on an a sideline or initial assessment, or, where reported
by female athletes, may be more attributed to other conditions, such as stress, depression, or anxiety.
The speed, power, and intensity displayed
by female athletes have dramatically increased over the past decade.
Not exact matches
The venture will reportedly be backed
by Job One, with Knockout Times, a media platform for
female athletes, serving as its first advertiser.
The percentage of women coached
by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for
female athletes.
Serena Williams cemented her status as one of the greatest
female athletes of all time in tennis
by claiming four consecutive major titles from late 2014 through this summer.
In April 2013, a
female student -
athlete reported to her head coach that she had been sexually assaulted
by five Baylor football players approximately one year earlier.
She may have lost in the second round of Wimbledon, but the endorsement opportunities triggered
by Li Na's French Open success make her poised to become the second - highest - earning
female athlete, behind Maria Sharapova....
Clomiphene Citrate: A prescription drug typically usedfor the treatment of
female infertility, it is taken
by male
athletes to negatethe effects of increased estrogen, a result of anabolic steroid abuse.
But
by the age of 22 - years old, she weighed less than 50 pounds, and her tragic death illuminated the importance of protecting the
female athlete's body image and health.
Simple warmup exercises might be enough to prevent one of the most common serious knee injuries suffered
by youth
athletes, especially
females.
Neurmuscular training (NMT) programs, including the FIFA 11 + program, a 20 - minute series of warm - up exercises performed at the start of each training session and in a modified form before matches, and the PEP exercise program developed
by the Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation, a series of 19 warm - up, stretching, strengthening, plyometric, and sport - specific agility exercises that can be completed in less than 30 minutes without any specialized equipment, have both been proven effective in a series of studies in reducing ACL injuries, particularly of the non-contact variety, and especially among
female athletes, who more prone to ACL tears.
According to statistics kept
by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls» soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said
female athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than male
athletes.
An unintended consequence of the increase in sports participation
by girls and young women over the past thirty years has been an extraordinary rise in the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in young
female athletes.
In fall 2007, a
female student filed a complaint with the Department of Public Safety alleging she had been sexually assaulted
by the three student -
athletes.
Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Journalism have found that microaggressions against
female athletes in the media increased
by nearly 40 percent from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
When analyzed
by gender and sport, some differences were even more pronounced:
Female track and field
athletes had the highest prevalence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms — 38 percent, or more than one out of three — making them two times more likely than others in the cohort to have symptoms.
First things first: While chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia aren't always caused
by exercise, doctors first started understanding more about chronic fatigue when they studied the
female athlete triad, a somewhat common condition among
female athletes that's characterized
by an energy deficiency that causes bone loss and irregular menstruation.
This misconception is simply dispelled
by statistics that cheerleading accounts for 66 % of all catastrophic injuries in
female US
athletes.
Finally, if you want to understand more about how where you are at in your menstrual cycle changes the way that you feel and perform during exercise, I recommend reading book «Running for Women»
by author Jason Karp, who is also interviewed in this Endurance Planet episode on
female athlete fueling.
grrlAthlete.com: John, what have you found to be the biggest mistake in post-workout nutrition
by athletes, and
female athletes in particular?
In December 2004, the International Olympic Committee opened an investigation into allegations surrounding steroid use
by Jones, once considered the greatest
female athlete in the world.
«How To Meet, Date and Seduce
Female Athletes»
by Lori Victoria Braun For men only!
A
by - the - numbers underdog sports movie, but as a
female athlete who benefited from the national attention that team brought to
female athletes, I embrace this feel - good story.
Towne prepped what would have been a big - budget endeavor
by helming the smaller - scale drama «Personal Best,» about
female track - and - field
athletes, but in order to be allowed to complete the film, Towne had to give Warner Bros. the rights to his beloved «Greystoke» script.
Based on the candid and sometimes startling conversations that YOU were never meant to hear, THE TONYA TAPES, written
by award - winning author Lynda D. Prouse, chronicles the life of the world's most infamous
female athlete — TONYA HARDING — revealing for the first time the whole truth of her difficult and amazing life on and off the ice.
The Washington - based advocacy organization cites a range of what it perceives as offenses related to education, such as efforts
by the Bush administration to zero out funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act and to «weaken Title IX protections for
female athletes,» and its failure to investigate the exclusion of
females from certain education programs.
Twenty - five colleges and universities discriminate against women
by failing to award
female athletes equitable amounts of scholarship dollars, a legal - advocacy group charged last week.
Women's athletics were transformed
by the legislation, offering
female athletes far more opportunities to succeed.
Comics Following on a similar article featuring male artists, Andrew Wheeler asks Emma Rios, Nicola Scott and Becky Cloonan to rank male and
female superheroes
by size and discuss what sort of
athlete their body type suggests.
This project celebrated the strength and pride of
female athletes from the Arab world, featuring large - scale photos
by Brigitte Lacombe and videos
by Marianne Lacombe.
Arab Women in Sport, a photography and video exhibition
by Brigitte Lacombe and Marian Lacombe, commissioned
by Qatar Museums in 2012, features portraits and interviews of 90 Arab
Female Athletes, 31 of whom are from Qatar.
Young Spartans Exercising, an early painting
by Degas, portrays an erotically tense standoff between half - naked Spartan male and
female athletes.
A story concerning the death of a
female athlete by suicide, her alleged rape, and the role played
by the university she attended in the tragic facts has placed the issue of patient confidentiality squarely in the headlines.
The
female student
athlete had committed suicide in 2011, approximately 16 months after her alleged rape in 2010
by another student
athlete at the school.
About Youtuber The purpose of the Minnesota Fastpitch Academy is to build better women
athletes and leaders
by further expanding the scope and opportunity for social and athletic development for young women throughout Minnesota, through intense skills and sports psychology development, from elite, world class
female softball players and coaches.
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