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Mental Health

Exercise Addiction in Sport

Throughout sport, exercise has been universally acknowledged as a healthy habit which can have many psychological and physical benefits for an individual (Szabo & Griffiths, 2007: Bouchard, Shephard & Stephens,...

Injuries

Injury and confidence

With Injury comes a loss of confidence (Doran, 1984). Whilst low confidence can be a result of injury, it can also cause injury e.g. not fully committing when going in...

Injuries

Addicted to exercise? When too much exercise might be harmful

There are many physical and psychological benefits of exercise, so it might seem paradoxical that there is also a risk that, at really high levels, excessive exercise may produce negative...

Mental Health

Exercise No Good for Depression - What did this research really tell us?

Last year several newspapers reported the failure of a randomised controlled trial to identify any additional long-term benefit of 'facilitated exercise' over and above conventional care (such as counselling and...

Applied Sport Psychology

Music: How to effectively use it before, during, and after activity

n 2013, it is impossible to go into any workout facility and not see the majority of the exercisers with headphones in or to walk into a team’s changing room...

Applied Sport Psychology

The power of sound

It is common to hear music blaring in sports stadiums and a frequent sight at events, such as the Olympics, is to see athletes ‘psyching’ themselves up with their headphones...

Mental Health

Depression in cricket

Depression within Cricket has hit the headlines in recent years with many household names such as Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison and Marcus Trescothick opening up about their own experiences and...

Mental Health

Perfectionism and burnout

How do athletes become elite players in their chosen sport? Is it their innate talent or do they train every hour of every day to become an elite player? It...

Exercise Psychology

How can gyms encourage new members to keep coming?

About 18 months ago a high court rulingdeemed lengthy gym membership contract tie-ins unfair. This may well have been one reason for the recent increase (in the UK at least) of...

Mental Health

The anorexic athlete: Transforming struggles into strengths

An estimated 1.6 million people suffer from an eating disorder in the UK– 6.4% of the adult population, and the prevalence is even higher amongst athletes. Key Features of Anorexia...

Mental Health

Helping footballers open up about their mental health

According to recent research it appears that professional footballers are in fact real human beings, with real emotions and accordingly, a capacity for mental health problems. Although the domain of...

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