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The Improvisational Oncologist

By Siddhartha Mukherjee — 2016

To understand the minds of individual cancers, we are learning to mix and match these two kinds of learning — the standard and the idiosyncratic — in unusual and creative ways.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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Zen Athlete: The Secrets to Achieving Your Highest Potential

Zen Athlete demystifies the art of mental training, flow and peak performance. At its core Zen Athlete is a practical guide to self mastery.

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Winning the Injury Game: How to Stop Chronic Pain and Achieve Peak Performance

When athletes and active people can’t perform at their peak because of chronic pain it’s frustrating and life can feel incomplete. It’s a story that author Jessica Kisiel, Exercise Physiologist and former professional athlete, knows all too well.

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Winning: The Psychology of Competition

This book is designed to explain why winners win, why losers lose―and why everyone else finishes in the same position time after time. Addressing the competitor―whether in sailing, tennis, golf, baseball, or other sport―Stuart H.

Stuart H. Walker

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Returning to “Athlete” after Concussion | Jaclyn Stephens | TEDxCSU

Athletes who have sustained concussions are at a heightened risk for new injuries, including new concussions, when they return to play. This increased risk of new injury is likely due to ineffective evaluation and treatment protocols.

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Deep Play

With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.

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Painkillers in the NFL: Kyle Turley on Playing Numb

More than 1,000 former NFL players are addicted to painkillers. Many are without health insurance, or any semblance of a support system.

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Student Athlete Injury Collaboration: EMS and Athletic Trainers

What to do when a student athlete is injured.

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Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence

In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so.

Gary Mack, David Casstevens

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Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries

Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson Cheadle, Rebound contains more than 45 Mental Skills and Drills athletes can use at every phase of their recovery process.

Cindy Kuzma, Carrie Jackson Cheadle

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Jeff Haller, Feldenkrais Method® with Dorothy, a Ballerina Recovering from a Lisfranc Dislocation

Dorothy had not regained her full stability, support, and leg lift following surgery for a Lisfranc dislocation and fracture of her navicular she suffered in rehearsal prior to a performance. It is worth watching this lesson through to the end to see how much she gains.

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