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Performance Enhancing Drugs in GAA

Last weeks edition of Gaelic Life identified the “creeping culture” of performance enhancing drug use in the GAA.  Author Ciaran Woods describes how the organisation, with its amateur ethos, regarded itself and its members as not susceptible to the temptations …

March 7th, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Performance Enhancing Drugs in GAA

Exercise-Induced Asthma

Exercise-induced asthma affects between 4-7% of the general population and about 80% of diagnosed asthma sufferers.  Asthma is characterised by a reversible narrowing of the airways.  In exercise-induced asthma the narrowing occurs in response to exercise.  A narrowing of the …

February 28th, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Exercise-Induced Asthma

Overtraining Syndrome

Persistent tiredness in athletes is a common symptom of overtraining syndrome (OTS).  It’s a consequence of excessive periods of training with inadequate recovery.  Fatigue, performance declines and mood changes are other common symptoms of the condition.

Failure to integrate appropriate …

February 23rd, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Overtraining Syndrome

Wrist Ganglion

A ganglion is a bag of fluid that commonly occurs in the wrist and creates a small bump or mass under the skin.  The lump is approximately the size of a pea.  Although a ganglion may occur anywhere in the …

February 15th, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Wrist Ganglion