Health Point - The foods and fluids consumed close to competition can have an important physiological and psychological effect on sporting Read more...

Health Point - Eating to Train involves choosing the foods and fluids that keep your body fit and healthy while helping you perform at your Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - For the past three years I have enjoyed sharing and exchanging information, thoughts and ideas with so many of you. Unfortunately, the time has come for me to shift my time and energy to other projects, and this is my farewell for the "Training Room" blog. I hope that I have been able to educate, motivate and inspire many of you. I know I have learned a great deal from interacting with you, and appreciate all who have taken the time to visit and/or respond to my posts. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - Kids get thirsty. They are always reaching for something to drink. Unfortunately their choice in beverages is not always ideal. In fact, they all too often make the wrong choices. Studies show that kids are receiving 40% of their calories a day through snacks and beverages! This is not necessarily a bad thing, if the snacks and beverages are of high quality. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - In a recent blog entry , I talked about some of the more common knee problems that golfers experience. At that time, Tiger Woods had miraculously won the U.S. Open with a very painful knee (and some stress fractures in his leg to boot) that has been a recurrent issue with him. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - When you work out, especially if it is intense, you need to plan time for your body to recover and replenish itself. Exercise is a powerful stimulus that is transformational in terms of what it can do to your body, both inside and out. The key is to apply that stimulus, and then allow for adequate recovery. It is during the recovery phase that gains are actually made. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - Have you found it more difficult to get in to an old pair of shoes or sneakers? I have! I know your body can change as you age. Believe it or not, your ears get a little longer (the ear lobe actually stretches and dangles more) and you actually can lose height, that is get a little shorter because of changes in the height of your intravertrebral discs in your spine (they lose water content and shrink). ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - With the U.S. Open heading into full gear, all eyes are again on golf. Also, now that summer has arrived, more and more average Joe's (and Jane's) are hitting the links. Most are ecstatic, some are limping. When Tiger Woods stepped up to his first competitive tee shot since having arthroscopic knee surgery eight weeks ago, all eyes were on him, and his knees. I was not at all surprised that his first shot lifted off a large chunk of turf and went far far out of play. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - In my last blog entry , I talked about the loss of elasticity in your body's tissues with age. Sometimes your muscles and tendons stay limber with age, but one or more joints may get tight or stiff and lose mobility, or range of motion (ROM). Loss of motion in a joint (or joints) is most commonly due to arthritis. The loss can be slow, gradual and even imperceptible. ... Read more...

Nick DiNubile, M.D. - It's not unusual for your muscles, tendons and joints to tighten up, or stiffen up with age. The same can happen prematurely with injury or certain diseases. As a child you were probably more like a Gumby - loose jointed, flexible, almost made of rubber. If you've been feeling more like you've "turned to stone," you're not alone. Your body's soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons or the capsule or cover around your joints are made of a biomaterial called collagen. ... Read more...