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Sports, Third Prize, Stories—Adaptive Athlete: Lindsay Hilton, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, can lift 100 pounds. Lindsay was born without arms and legs. She throws all of the weight around with the help of chains from a local hardware store, straps, and Velcro. Aside from weight lifting, Lindsay holds a passion for swimming, soccer, hockey and especially rugby. When asked what motivates her and whether or not she feels accomplished, Lindsay replies, “I don't feel like I've actually done anything because I don't want to be 'good for someone without arms and legs', I want to be good.”

Darren Calabrese

Here is good and proud news for all Indians, a young Indian pistol shooter Anish Bhanwala, won the bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol on the final day of competition of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in held in Cairo, Egypt. However, if we talk about the past then the Olympic medal and the two other world cup stage medals were won by another…

                                           Mesotherapy

Mesotherapy is a non-needle therapy with a minimally invasive method and a simple approach, and these benefits drive its popularity in the cosmetic and medical fields. This therapy is commonly utilised for skin and hair rejuvenation treatments, and it is also used to relieve pain in medical settings.

Mesotherapy allows for more targeted treatment in smaller parts of the body with lower doses and fewer adverse effects. Mesotherapy uses vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that are helpful to the skin, making it a better option to costly surgeries.

It also aids in the treatment of a variety of skin issues, keeps the skin hydrated, and brightens the complexion. Mesotherapy is used to cure wrinkles and rejuvenate the skin in elderly people. The rate of adoption of mesotherapy is similarly high among athletes. as people undertake this operation to alleviate pain in various regions of their bodies They can get better outcomes in less time, allowing them to get back on the field sooner. Furthermore, the popularity of this treatment process has grown due to lower costs, particularly in fat reduction operations. Mesotherapy is commonly used as a liposuction alternative.

Sports Vision Training focuses on improving the visual skills of an athlete. If an athlete has a deficit or weakness in any visual skill, this will impact their physical performance.

Sports vision training helps an athlete improve their visual skills so they can process information faster, make more accurate decisions and see things without looking. An athletes sports vision training program must focus on the athletes visual demands and ensure that any visual deficits are also addressed.

We know that the brain makes decisions based on the information available to it.  However if the information coming from the senses is not telling the full story, you are basing your movements and decisions on misinformation. In a sports setting that means mistakes are made, often when the stakes are high and play is fast and pressured.

Athletes with visual deficits may display the below issues

Accuracy & Timing

A visual system with deficits can lead to accuracy and timing issues because the visual information is sub-optimal. If the eyes do not move well together this will impact how your athlete perceives the world. Just like trying to drive in fog, we slow down and are more cautious as the visual scenery is unpredictable. How can you predict your environment if the information coming into your visual system is poor? This does not mean you have an athlete moving in slow-motion, it means you may have an athlete that just can not meet the mark consistently, may make timing mistakes and could feel as though they still have so much more potential yet have been unable to reach it.

Under / Overshooting

When the eyes do not move well together in convergence/divergence your athlete  may think objects are closer or further away than they really are. This will also  cross over with accuracy and timing issues. They are linked together. Accuracy is  impossible to execute when the information coming in from the visual system is  not clear or accurate itself. You can not make decisions based on misinformation and expect them to be consistently correct.

Balance issues and sub optimal agility

The visual system and vestibular system are closely interlinked. Therefore if the visual information feeding into the balance system is poor this can impact an athlete’s ability to orient themselves. It does not mean your athlete can not stand up straight, it means when your athletes body and brain are under pressure and moving at a fast pace, they may not have access to the same speeds they would