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...article explains more about musical treatments in the asylum. ...Music has a powerful effect on the listener. It is linked to better mental health, and it has been shown to alleviate loneliness, pain, anxiety and depression. For this reason, it is increasingly being prescribed by doctors as a form of medicine. This practice – where patients are referred to various...

...et al., 1983; Eccles, 1993) states that if parents perceive sport to be important, they will provide more frequent opportunities for their child to participate in sporting activities based on a range of values. “We forced him to swim and we have a strong belief that all children should swim because it’s a life-saving skill.” Caroline Peaty, Mother of Adam Peaty...

...article has been re-versioned from The OU Sport & Fitness Team Blog. To read the original version, you can head over the blog here. References BBC (2013) ‘Shelley Rudman ‘had skeleton funding cut after pregnancy’ [online] Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/21715720 (Accessed 27 January 2014) Bell, G. (2013) ‘Chemmy Alcott: The Olympic...

...you can't forget is the process that got you there.” All eyes will be fixed on Ryding on February 16th as he takes on the slalom competition and his years of experience should allow him to cope with any anxiety felt at altitude. This article was originally published on The Conversation and has since been updated for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Read the original article....

...et al, 2015). These are no longer niche pursuits shrouded in mystery, with several high-risk sports gaining visibility through their increased broadcast and social media presence and their transition into mainstream competitive domains. For example, the Winter Olympics now includes several sports that previously only sat within the X Games programme, such as slopestyle...

...article, Dr Nichola Kentzer considers resilience as a key factor in supporting athletes' disrupted journeys towards Olympic success...What is resilience? Something of a buzz word in recent years - there have been many definitions of resilience presented but in simple terms resilience is: “The ability to use personal qualities to withstand pressure.” (Fletcher &...