Advice for performance optimization for an 18 yo Lacrosse player

[Khanh Nguyen, MD]

Hello,

Anyone with experience in  working with young adult athletes to optimize strength and endurance ? beside good quality sleep, nutrition, infrared sauna /cryo therapy, ketone ester, EAA +creatine+ gluatamin.  MOTS-C? BPC-157?

Thank you!

[Kristelle Reyes]

Hello @drhusaininterlinkedmd-com and @byurthgmail-com, would love to have your inputs here.

Thank you! 🙂

[Carl Paige, MD]

It would be helpful to know if the athletes in question are under WADA review to help with options.   Working with circadian rhythm optimization, use of a wearable to ensure sleep efficiency (OURA ring etc. ) to dial in recovery sleep.   Many over trained athletes will have hypothalamic /pituitary /gonadal (HPG) axis dysfunciton that may need to be recovered with rest, breaks from training ( They usually look great externally but their labs look awful).   CJC/ipa, kisspeptin, etc. can be used short term to combined with rest, training breaks to recovery normal HPG funciton.

 

Carl

[Kristelle Reyes]

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[Trevor Turner]

Yes I get this question a lot with Olympians and collegiate/professional athletes. Technically those medicines can lead to a failed drug test for PEDs. Hence, Carl’s comment about WADA exclusions. However, some non peptide strategies might be using a DNA test (Axgen) to rule out predilection for stress fracture, concussions, and ACL tears (best polygenic data), referral to sports psychology, and often the use of BFR (blood flow restriction therapy) during the season to minimize atrophy after injuries / recruit muscle fibers when workouts become more limited as the sport specific training takes up most of the time.

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