Anyone who has ever participated in physical exertion from playing sports in the backyard with family and friends to highly competitive, high performance competition, has their own stories about sore muscles both during and after activity.And at a very basic level, physical activity produces cardiovascular, neurologic, chemical and musculoskeletal stresses on the body which, as a result, build mus...  Read More

Recovery is defined as the strategies and practices used by an athlete during the period of time between highly strenuous training activities or competitive events and the next scheduled strenuous training event or competition.Recovery activities allow the body to return to baseline neuromuscular and biochemical function as measured by objective performance testing and biochemical analysis.These a...  Read More

The human eye is a remarkable anatomic marvel however most modern mammals have dichromatic vision—that is they have red-green color blindness.   Color vision in the human eye is the result of specialized cells called cones.   The healthy human eye has 6 – 7 million cone cells and 100- 130 million rod cells to produce normal vision. The cones—blue, green, and red—are located in the center of the re...  Read More

Airmen with disqualifying medical conditions may be eligible for FAA medical certification waivers through the AME-assisted Special Issuance medical certification process. The medical certificate typically provides the same authorization but can carry certain limitations such as the date of expiration.The special issuance process requires considerable documentation and decisions are made on a case...  Read More