STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The likes of UFC 11th ranked lightweight fighter Al Iaquinta, 8th ranked bantamweight fighter Aljamain Sterling, undefeated boxer Marcus Browne, and Olympic hopefuls from Brazil and Canada are only a few of the athletes that pass through the doors of the Sports Science Lab on Forest Avenue in West Brighton.
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You’ve seen the commercials by Gatorade, Nike and every other sports brand: An incredibly fit professional athlete connected to a bulky, high-tech breathing apparatus runs on a treadmill as multicolored sweat drops off his face. If you’re an “athlete,” like me, you’ve thought about what those tests could potentially tell you — and what those results could mean for your game.
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Nearly everyone suffers from pain at some point in their lifetime. According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, chronic pain affects 100 million Americans, which is more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. The National Institutes of Health estimate that pain also represents a big economic burden in the United States, costing anywhere between $560 and $635 billion each year. The majority of patients who undergo physical therapy experience some form of pain.
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Family gatherings can be many things, but they usually aren’t as active as they could be. Getting everyone motivated to exercise can feel like an insurmountable task. Plus, you encounter other issues: “The opportunity to do a workout as a family often does not get started because of the varying levels of ages and abilities of the family members,” says Chris Clough, a NSCA certified personal trainer. To combat such barriers, these ideas can help families — with young kids, grandparents or only adults — incorporate physical fitness into their tradition this season
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After tearing her ACL, Isabella and her team of doctors opted for ACL surgery. Isabella experienced some complications following her ACL surgery. In fact, her doctor told her she would not be able to play sports again. She was making little progress at her original physical therapy facility. When she came to the Sports Science Lab (SSL), our team of sports science experts analyzed Isabella under a scientific lens, via our Global Athletic Assessment. Our team, led by our sports physiotherapist, Rushi Shahiwala put together a targeted plan to help Isabella get back on the field.
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We all have a natural curiosity about life’s strange health and questions. Do bananas really prevent muscle cramps? What the heck are hiccups? Sometimes, we turn to the internet for responses, but with that, we often find a mix of information. It would be nice to know the real answers. To end the mystery for at least a few of these enigmatic health and fitness questions, we found experts to supply authoritative answers.
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Yes indeed, Roc Nation still runs a boxing program, as Junior Younan, the NY based prospect who gloves up Saturday night against Derrick Findley, can attest. Roc is seeing through the development of some of their younger guns, people like Younan, and Darmani Rock, and those fighters have been kept reasonably patient while leeway has been given for a patient trek toward maturation.
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In an unassuming white house sandwiched between a row of strip malls in Staten Island, a 2,000-foot state-of-the-art facility is churning elite athletes into powerhouse pros. Four weeks after flattening Diego Sanchez in 98 seconds, professional UFC fighter Al Iaquinta is back to his regular regimen at the NY Sports Science Lab, training for his next fight.
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How does a man rendered blind at age 13 learn to climb Mount Everest? He learns to see with his tongue, of course. Using a device, called the BrainPort, this machine takes the tongue’s rich chemical environment, and turns that environment into an electrode grid that duplicates qualities of the eye - identifying shape, movement, size, and distance through shocks and pixels. Turning taste into sight.
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