Monday Health.mil News Round-Up: Coping with PTSD, Warrior Games athletes see lasting benefits of team competition; Nutrition, diet experts help power Warrior Games athletes; Trauma registry yields significant increase in traumatic injury survival rates

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06/29/2015

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Warrior Games Conclude, Athletes Exemplified 'Can Do' Spirit and Inspire All

Their journeys began long ago on the battlefields abroad and duty stations at home where the athletes for 2015 Warrior Games were injured while serving their countries. Over the last week and a half, they’ve shown grit and determination not just to overcome their injuries, but to emerge victorious on the friendly fields of competition. 

 

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Coping with PTSD, Warrior Games athletes see lasting benefits of team competition

Members of the Army’s sitting volleyball team are milling around outside Barber Gym waiting for their next match against the British Armed Forces. They are in good spirits. Team Army, for the moment, has surged ahead with the most combined gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

 

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Coping with PTSD
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Nutrition, diet experts help power Warrior Games athletes

Like any finely tuned machine, top athletes need the right fuel to compete at the highest levels. Making sure the men and women competing in the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games never run short of energy, team nutritionists and dieticians are working with each athlete to optimize their performance.

 

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