We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast · Dr Laurent Bannock, The Institute of Performance Nutrition

"Nutrition for the Prevention and Treatment of Sports Injuries in Athletes" with Professor Craig Sale

April 6, 2023·1 hr 13 min·4 clips

Host Dr. Laurent Balak and returning guest Professor Craig Sale discuss the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of sports injuries in athletes, covering muscles, bone, tendons, and ligaments. They explore the significant challenges in obtaining high-quality evidence in this space, including the ethical and logistical impossibility of conducting RCTs on injured elite athletes, and discuss how evidence must be extrapolated from immobilization studies, clinical trauma research, and animal models. Key concepts include low energy availability and bone injury risk, anabolic resistance during immobilization, the double-edged sword of anti-inflammatory interventions, and the critical importance of nutrition for return-to-play and preventing re-injury.

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A careful, evidence-minded look at what nutrition can and cannot do for injury recovery.

This episode asks what nutrition can realistically do before and after injury, and it stays close to what the sports nutrition literature can support.

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You want a sober read on whether nutrition may play a role in injury prevention and treatment.

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