One of the fundamental restrictions on human achievement both in sport and in society is fatigue. Despite this, many people do not fully understand how or even why they experience fatigue. Comprehension of such ideas can allow individuals to perform at their maximum ability in their community and, in the case of athletes, when training and competing in sport. There are countless factors that play a role in the production and management of fatigue. Recovery and nutrition are two of these factors that are both essential to the process of fatigue and can be relatively easily controlled and manipulated by an individual. Recovery concerns the dissolution of fatigue through the management of workload in both long-term and short-term settings. …show more content…
According to J. Newton and D. Jones (2010), “Recognition of these biological associates is important as both sleep disturbance and autonomic dysfunction are potentially treatable in their own right and are associated with improvements in fatigue and quality of life” (p. 326). For athletes, this relationship between sleep and fatigue is indispensable. An experiment conducted by Cheri D. Mah, a researcher out of Stanford University, demonstrated this relationship assiduously by comparing several basketball abilities between players with extended sleep and a control group. The results of the study by Cheri D. Mah (2011) were indubitably conclusive, “Subjects demonstrated a faster timed sprint … shooting accuracy improved … reaction time and Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores decreased following sleep extension”; “Improvements in specific measures of basketball performance after sleep extension indicate that optimal sleep is likely beneficial in reaching peak athletic performance” (p. 943). It is apparent that together, increasing nightly sleep duration as well as following a regular sleep pattern will have positive effects on athletic performance and …show more content…
One additional recovery method is the use of compression garments. Traditionally, compression garments have been used to care for particular lymphatic and circulatory conditions. Researchers have found, however, that this can clothing can have a beneficial effect on athletic performance. A study by A. Ali, M. P. Caine, and B. G. Snow (2007) examining the effect of graduated compression stockings, showed that this clothing can reduce muscle soreness; “During the 10-km trials, there was a reduction in delayed-onset muscle soreness 24 h after exercise when wearing graduated compression stockings” (p. 413). This is a proactive approach at recovery, working to prevent muscle soreness before it occurs, rather than treating it afterward. Currently, there is minimal research demonstrating the recovery benefits of compression clothing, however, there is some evidence supporting the technique with none suggesting any negative
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Chronic sleep loss is becoming more common in modern culture and less restricted to sleep-deprived diseases such as insomnia. Suggested to be the result of a number car, industrial, medical, and other occupational accidents, sleep deprivation is beginning to be recognized as a public concern. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control
Athletic staleness and burnout is a big problem for many of today’s athletes whether they are at the amateur or professional level. The good thing about this problem that ends up in total and complete physical and emotional exhaustion is that it can be recognized when it is taking place. It can also be treated if the recognition comes at too late of a stage of the onset of staleness and burnout. But the best remedy for athletic staleness and burnout is prevention of it in the first place. There are three different models that have been used to explain the causes of athlete burnout.
College athletes have a lot of mandatory obligations and will do most anything to achieve the highest level of success in their respective sports as possible. However, these athletes are endangering their health by acquiring sleep debt by sleeping less than the required ten hours per night. This sleep deprivation can cause lack of concentration and decreased performance in these athletes, which commonly leads to injuries. By experts, trainers, and coaches informing these athletes of both the consequences of sleep deprivation on athletic performance and rate of injury, and the benefits on both academic and athletic performance of getting enough sleep, the sleep habits of college athletes can significantly change for the better. This would lead to healthier athletes, better students, and a happier college athlete population.
Sleep is one of our basic needs to survive and to function in day to day operations, but not everyone needs the same amount of sleep. Some people can survive on very little sleep, i.e. five hours a night, and some people need a lot of sleep, to the extend that they are sleeping up to 10 to sometimes 15 hours a night (Nature, 2005). According to Wilson (2005) the general rule states that most people need from seven to eight hours of sleep. The deprivation of sleep in our society in continually increasing with the demands in society increasing work loads, the myth that a few hours of sleep is only necessary to function properly and that sleep is sometimes considered as killing time (Nature, 2005). Sometimes sleep deprivation is also caused by other situations like sleep disorders, i.e. sleep apnea, chronic insomnia or medical conditions such as stress (Wilson, 2005).
The reporter stated at this time, Zane’s urine has not been tested and samples of meconium will be sent to lab for testing once it’s collected. At delivery, Ms. Glass did not test positive for any drugs, but during pregnancy she tested positive for marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol. The reporter stated Ms. Glass tested positive on the following dates: 02/02/16, 05/10/16, and 06/21/16. According to the reporter, Zane did not have any complications or adverse side effects at delivery; the child is scheduled for discharge on 07/18/2016. Ms. Humphrey stated Ms. Glass has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and she reports receiving counseling at Pine Belt Mental Health. The reporter stated Ms. Glass also told staff she’s compliant with her prescribed
People who do more physical work may need more sleep than people who do more mental work. Someone such as an athlete needs to replenish the body with energy because they are constantly getting banged up. It takes more energy away from the body when all of the muscles are being used daily. Anyone that works the body out physically needs to get sleep. As I said before, neurons and nerves are being repaired while you sleep.
Creative new training methods, developed by coaches, athletes and sport scientists, are aimed to help improve the quality and quantity of athletic training ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1). However, these methods have encountered a consistent set of barriers including overtraining ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1). Due to these barriers, the need for physical and mental recovery in athletics brought an increasing attention in practice and in research ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1).
If all of these important activities occur during sleep, why is it that people are so willing to short themselves of this vital activity? Although much about sleep still remains a mystery, research and experiments continue to show how important sleep is to each and every person. Throughout this paper, I will discuss sleep and the effects that it has on performance and health, especially among college students. A college student’s sleeping pattern is a reliable indicator of their level of performance in the classroom and other school-affiliated activities, as a lack of sleep leads to decreased performance. Sleep is directly related to the level of performance and health of an individual; the more rested a person is, the better that person will perform and feel (Dryer, 2006).
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Innumerous scientists confirm that nutrition and dietary supplementation can deeply affect molecular and cellular processes that occur in the body during the exercise and the recovery process. This brief review analyzes the potential for performance enhancement through protein supplementation ingestion, and the importance of nutrition education for sports supplement users.
sleep in America and its effects on performance. The articles gave different types of results from different kinds of data with different degrees of definiteness. In spite of their differences, both articles showed that lack of sleep is a cause for decreased performance and a detriment to a productive and healthy lifestyle.
Important public policy issues have arisen in our modern 24-hour society, where it is crucial to weigh the value of sleep versus wakefulness. Scientific knowledge about sleep is currently insufficient to resolve the political and academic debates raging about how much and when people should sleep. These issues affect almost everybody, from the shift worker to the international traveler, from the physician to the policy maker, from the anthropologist to the student preparing for an exam.