Athletico Health Resources

The NFL’s season officially starts on Thursday, September 8^th, which means that fans are already assembling their Fantasy Football teams.

To help you reign supreme in your league this year, we will be highlighting tips from Athletico’s Athletic Trainer Jacob Dailey throughout the season. These tips, dubbed the Athletico Fantasy Football Injury Report, shed light on some of the league’s notable injuries and provide guidance on which players you should avoid and which players you may want to pick-up.

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Off-season training for any sport is an important part of an athlete’s development. During the off-season, athletes make gains on their conditioning, endurance, strength, balance and/or speed to compete at a higher level within the sport of their choice.

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During the third camp of 2016 for the U-15 Girls’ National Team (GNT) in Portland, Oregon, I had the opportunity of working with the same coaches I worked with last spring in Carson, California. I was also able to work with some of the same players, so it was a great opportunity to see how they had improved and matured over the past year.

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From May 11^th -26^th the U-17 Men’s National Team participated in the first every international youth soccer tournament held in the country of India.  India also happens to be the host country for the 2000’s age cycle world cup to be held in October of 2017.

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Athletico’s involvement with Copa America Centenario

At 100 years old, the Copa America Centenario is the oldest international continental “football” competition. For the first time it is being played on American soil, having only been played in South America in the past. (more…)

Over the course of the past twelve days, I have experienced working with the US Soccer U16 Boys National team in Gradisca, Italy.

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From a high level competition to a weekend pick-up game, any athlete can experience a hand injury.  Bumping, jamming, crushing, or cutting the backside of the finger near the tip, can cause a tendon injury known as a mallet finger.

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has had home run eras, base stealing eras, and dead ball eras.  Now, we have the “velocity” era where starting and relieving pitchers are throwing harder than ever.

• 2007 | Pitchers 25 years or younger threw a fastball with an average velocity of 90.8 mph.
• 2008 | 13 different relievers threw a fastball at an average of 95 mph or greater.
• 2013 | The number of relievers that threw 95 mph or greater grew from 13 to 46.
• 2013 | The same age group of pitchers (25 years or younger) averaged 92.5 mph fastballs.

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