GEN The 10 - Tablet hand tappingIf you are a team doctor, athletic trainer or student, I want to tell you about a great new app. It’s called Sideline Guidelines, and it walks you through all sorts of injuries, illnesses and emergencies that can occur covering sports. It’s available on the App Store, and it’s free! Check it out!

Also, remember to check out my new YouTube show – That’s Gotta Hurt with Dr. David Geier. This week I discussed Jimmy Garoppolo’s AC joint injury and Adrian Peterson’s bucket-handle meniscus tear. In This Week In Injuries, I covered some injuries important to football and baseball fans and people who play fantasy football. And in the YouTube Warriors segments, I showed some funny but painful fails in Parkour. Subscribe to my channel to get episodes delivered directly to you.!

Before you head out for a busy weekend, check out these articles and books!
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Book I read this week: Free Will by Sam Harris. If you read and liked God’s Debris, you will enjoy this book. Harris argues that free will is an illusion. You may love this book, or you might completely disagree with it. regardless, it will certainly make you think.

Book I’m reading next week: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams. I’ve been a fan of his persuasion blog for about a year. I’m so excited to read this book!

Health
More experts seem to believe in healthy fats: Good fats can cut risk of death by 27%, study says by Sandee LaMotte in CNN

Parents, kids learn from us: Getting Your Children To Eat Vegetables by Wendy Sue Swanson in Seattle Children’s

Sports Medicine
I’ve heard of this training for improving sports performance. This is a unique strategy for teaching arthroscopic surgery: Development and Validation of Cognitive Rehearsal as a Training Strategy for Arthroscopic Surgery by David Kovacevic, Justin Lane Hodgins, Dylan T. Lowe, Janice He, Charles Aaron Popkin, Thomas Sean Lynch, and Christopher S. Ahmad in Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

This is a topic that deserves more attention and research: Does the menstrual cycle affect athletic performance? by L.H.M. in The EconomistFemale soccer player

Social Media and Communication
I still struggle to tune out negativity online, but I’m getting better. The simple lesson about haters that it took me 10 years to learn. by Jon Acuff in Acuff.me

One way to build traffic to your podcast is to interview compelling guests: Rainmaker Rewind: How to Book Engaging Podcast Interviews by Caroline Early in Copyblogger

Productivity and Self Improvement
I have one, and I use the ideas I jot down all the time: Why You Need an Ideas Notebook by Claire Diaz-Ortiz in ClaireDiazOrtiz.com

I do this in a couple of ways. (And you should too!): Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Oprah Winfrey All Use the 5-Hour Rule by Empact in Inc.

Did you like one of these articles or books? Do you have any others to share? I’d love to hear your thoughts below!

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