HJBR Sep/Oct 2022

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE I  SEP / OCT 2022 43 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalBR.com focused solely on the results —wins, losses, faster times, and higher scores — while ignoring ath- letes’ mental health. But mental resilience and emotional well-being are every bit as important to succeeding in athletic endeavors or life overall.” The projects are funded by the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. The alliance was created by Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsai to support athlete research aimed at discovering the foundational principles of optimal performance to translate them into health applications worldwide. One project will recruit 500 female athletes to assess overall mental health and resilience including but not limited to, mood, anxiety, body image, social support, excessive training, sleep, injury at four points during a 12-month period. The research, already underway, is being con- ducted at Pennington Biomedical/LSU, Trinity University, and Harvard University. The second study, which will focus on 50 of LSU’s female athletes, will measure mental, physi- cal, hormonal and immune resilience factors dur- ing periods of normal, moderate, and high stress. “Little research has been done to identify the best resilience-based strategies for athletes, par- ticularly female athletes. While these research projects focus on athletes, providing people with tools that enable them to better cope with stress, especially the chronic stress that leads to serious health problems, benefits everyone,” said Pen- nington Biomedical Executive Director John Kir- wan, PhD. Stewart said the tide is slowly turning. Seven years ago, she gave her first presenta- tion on how to help athletes mentally and phys- ically while in sport, but also when transitioning away from competition. Stewart described ways to help athletes deal with the mental health strug- gles, cope with injuries, and focus on thriving in life beyond sport. The attitude of those in attendance, whether donors, research funders, or sports officials could be summarized in three sentences: Athletes are privileged. They have all of the resources they need to succeed. They need to push through and persevere. “It’s time we looked at our athletes from a per- son-centered focus, not solely a performance- centered focus. We need a core paradigm shift that includes health and well-being for the long-term. We need to hand our athletes men- tal health and resilience skills, and we also need to look at a shift in athletics culture and environ- ment,” said Stewart. The research is supported by two awards from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, whose founding members are Stanford University, Bos- ton Children’s Hospital, UC San Diego, the Uni- versity of Kansas, the University of Oregon, and the Salk Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not nec- essarily represent the official views of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. Lake Urgent Care | Lake After Hours Moves to Nearby Location After more than two decades at their Drusilla Lane location, Lake Urgent Care | Lake After Hours and Total Occupational Medicine are relo- cating. With a target opening date of December 2022, the new clinics will be less than 100 yards north on Drusilla, just past Rouses Supermarket, Raising Canes, and Rocco’s. The clinics will co-anchor a new development across the street from Plantation Tire Pro at the corner of Drusilla Lane and Interline. 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