ABSTRACT
Participation in sport is associated with numerous physical and psychological health benefits, but also can have negative consequences, such as career ending injuries, which may have long-term effects on mental health. Recent research suggests that involuntary retirement, due to injury, illness, or being cut from a sport, can be particularly detrimental. As such, this review focuses on the impact athletic retirement has on the psychological well-being of collegiate athletes. We provide an algorithm to inform clinical decision making regarding involuntary retirement, as well as recommendations for the development of support programs and educational resources for athletes struggling with career transition. Our aim is that in developing retirement algorithms, support programs, and educational resources for athletes who are retired from sport, we can intervene early thus reducing the potential long-term psychological burden they may experience.
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Athletes/psychology , Athletic Injuries/psychology , Mental Health , Retirement/psychology , Algorithms , Career Choice , Clinical Decision-Making , Depression , Emotions , Humans , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
Soccer requires significant physical conditioning and endurance, as well as the physicality required for contact play. In order to keep athletes safe, it is important that coaches, medical staff, and the players themselves are educated on the most common dangers to their health that they may encounter on a soccer pitch. This article aims to review the current literature and recommendations on concussion, cardiovascular considerations, and heat-related illness as they relate to competitive soccer, with a goal of educating all those who help to keep athletes healthy and competing to their full potential.
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Athletic Injuries/prevention & control , Brain Concussion , Cardiovascular Diseases , Heat Stress Disorders , Soccer/injuries , Athletic Injuries/diagnosis , Athletic Injuries/therapy , Brain Concussion/complications , Brain Concussion/diagnosis , Brain Concussion/prevention & control , Brain Concussion/therapy , Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnosis , Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control , Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy , Health Promotion , Heat Stress Disorders/diagnosis , Heat Stress Disorders/prevention & control , Heat Stress Disorders/therapy , Hot Temperature/adverse effects , HumansABSTRACT
There is no other sport that has come under greater scrutiny surrounding the incidence and treatment of concussion than football, and there is no other professional sports league that has experienced more intense focus of its handling of concussions than the National Football League (NFL). The NFL has received significant criticism of their management of concussion in players from both the popular press and the medical community. However, those working with active NFL players have changed their assessment and treatment of these injuries as the knowledge of concussions has evolved over time. We review the current approach to the management of concussions in the professional football player.
