The Unique Demands of Working with Collegiate and Professional Athletes Rasa Troup, MS, RD, CSSD, LD University of Minnesota Physicians University of Minnesota Women’s Track and Field Minnesota Vikings
Define Athlete
Outline • Knowledge • Education • Communication • Ethics • Growth
Knowledge • Athlete • Sports • Science • MNT • Practical • What you know • What you don’t know • Who you know • How to connect knowledge w/ meaningful change
Case Study NCAA female track athlete who is self referred to the appointment. Main concern is “I am feeling heavy.” The information that you already have: -junior in school -main events: 200m, 400m -recent race results and her progression in the results in the last few years -Dexalytics results (body composition results) What information you may need to collect?
Case Study • Nutrition modifications – Modified CHO and PRO content – Meal timing – Event specific nutrition – Iron deficiency and nutrition – Constipation and nutrition – Sleep and nutrition – Education on body composition data
Case Study • Progression of 400m times during the season • 1/21: 54.6 • 2/4: 54.4 • 2/11: 53.9 • 2/24: 52.7 • 2/25: 53.1 • 3/10: 53.8
Education • Athlete • Coaches • ACTs, PTs, MDs • Support Staff • Chef • Administration • New RDs/Interns/Students
Case Study NCAA male athlete is coming to see you to help with GI distress related to workout and competition. The information that you already have: -senior in school -main events: mile, 3000SC -recent race results and his progression in the results in the last few years What information you need to collect? What education to provide and who needs to be educated?
Case Study • Nutrition modifications – Modified CHO and PRO content – Meal timing – Modifying carbohydrate used prior to physical excretion – Hydration status modification – Iron deficiency and nutrition – Decreased FODMAP intake – Figured out that athlete may have non-celiac gluten sensitivity
Communication • Collaboration • Who? • What? • When? • How?
Ethics Olympic gold medalist Vince Matthews “Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal & say, “I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day”. If you don’t think that’s important, you don’t know what’s inside an athletes soul”
Pillars of Ethics • Autonomy • Beneficence • Nonmaleficence • Justice
Ethics A starter on the NBA team is trying to improve his nutrition and comes to see you. You are a sports RD hired by the team. You spend about 30 min with the player during which he discloses that he is taking a supplement that is potentially contaminated with banned substances. Player also asks to not disclose the information.
Ethics • Do you see any potential ethical challenges? • If players gets tested for banned substances, are you required to disclose the information? • What is the most helpful in the situations like these?
Ethics NCAA hockey player who is referred to see you for an eating disorder treatment The information that you already have: -Medical information that is already communicated to you by her treatment team (MD, psychologist, ROI signed) -The athlete is participating in sports, but does not want her coach to know. Her activity needs to be modified, but coach is confused and wants more information.
Ethics • What information you need to collect? • Do you see any potential ethical challenges? • What would be your response to coach if he is calling you to ask for more information? • What education needs to be provided to make sure that the athletes interest is protected and you have trusting relationship with athlete to help her?
Growth
Growth
Growth • Fast growth in all sectors of sports nutrition • Rapid turn over • Family and life balance • Maintenance of skilled sports RDs • Adequate compensation for our work • Teaching a new generation of sports RD
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