(801) 314-4100
5848 South 300 East
Murray, Utah 84107Map

TOSH

Sports Nutrition

What, how much, and when we eat determines many outcomes of our daily activities. A growing athlete needs adequate calories and nutrients to balance the energy demands of repetitive training, competition, recovery, and growth. Improper dietary habits can result in depletion, fatigue, muscle wasting, and greater risk for injury and illness. For the elite athlete, failure to provide the necessary fuels in daily training may lead to less than optimal training adaptation.

For the patient undergoing rehabilitation after injury and/or surgery, nutrition can play a meaningful role in the healing process. Deficiencies in calories, carbohydrates, proteins, essential fatty acids, certain vitamins, and minerals can slow rehabilitation and may lead to recurrent complications. On the other hand, excessive body weight often aggravates orthopedic problems, often resulting in premature surgery. Excessive body weight also increases the load on bones, joints, and ligaments and may interfere with successful rehabilitation. Adopting a healthy life style, including regular physical activity and balanced dietary habits, not only facilitates recovery but also remains one of our best companions on the path to overall wellness and longevity.

Sports Nutrition

Clinic & Individualized Counseling: This program is designed for athletes involved in the Acceleration Training Program, recreational athletes in training or receiving treatment at our facilities and anyone in the community interested in sport nutrition. The Nutrition Clinic is scheduled weekly (call 801-314-4038 for specific weekdays) at 5 p.m. in the auditorium at TOSH in Murray.

The goal of the clinic is to provide sport nutrition education and prepare athletes for training and competition. The clinic covers topics such as general sport nutrition, workout foods and fluids, challenges of incorporating fast foods into a healthy athletic life style, female athletes and health issues, protein and protein supplements, fluid needs, carbohydrate nutrition for performance, and dietary and nutritional supplements. Athletes can also sign up for individualized counseling.

Specialized Sports Nutrition

Programs: The programs are designed for national, international, and regional athletes of all ages and sports. They involve personalized and team nutrition. Programs are offered in the following areas upon request.

Individualized sport nutrition involving baseline assessment, intervention, and follow up
Sport nutrition & body composition assessment for weight control
Assessment of nutritional status including biochemical testing
Cooking clinics and grocery shopping tours
Special care for the female athlete with the Female Athlete Triad (Nutrition, Medicine, Psychology)
Special care for the international athlete (guidance for shopping, cooking, and eating)
Recommendations and implementation of proper fueling and hydration before, during, and after training and competition with fueling-on-site as an option
Organized food service (regional, domestic, and international training tables)
Special preparation for the traveling athlete with inclusion of travel food packs

Community Sport Nutrition

Programs: The programs are designed for athletes, parents, and coaches of clubs and high school teams in the community. The goal is to provide sport nutrition education. In addition, the programs provide screening for at-risk youth (disordered eating patterns and related complications) involved in sports training and competition. Programs can be sport or gender specific.