21st Century Dental Blog » athletes http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp More of a Q&A with our patients and the dentists we teach Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Athletes and Sleep Apnea http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/athletes-and-sleep-apnea/ http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/athletes-and-sleep-apnea/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:13:43 +0000 admin http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/?p=57 Q: Can you please send me any articles that you may have / come across on Sports / Athletic performance and Sleep apnea?

I was discussing [preliminary] with the national cricket team coach reg. PPM mothguards and mentioned to him that some of the players could be suffering from sleep apnea which is affecting their performance. He agreed and told me that no screening is done for sleep apnea. Cricket is a very big game here and India is in the top three positions along with Australia and South Africa. I told him that incorporating treatment for their sleep disordered breathing could help India to retain the top slot. It would be a big breakthrough for dental sleep medicine in India if I am able to treat a few of the players. Some of them I am sure will have OSA because of their anatomy and I have watched them in action, always with their mouth open.

Dr. Smith: I don’t have much, Krishnan, but here are two that may help you. Football Players OSA, Tackling Sleep Problems in Athletes

]]> http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/athletes-and-sleep-apnea/feed/ 0 Treating Sleep Apnea Might Get You On The Pro Golf Tour http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/treating-sleep-apnea-might-get-you-on-the-pro-golf-tour/ http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/treating-sleep-apnea-might-get-you-on-the-pro-golf-tour/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:24:11 +0000 admin http://www.21stcenturydental.com/wp/?p=114 A recent pilot study has shown that treating sleep apnea can also knock strokes off your golf game.  The study, performed by Dr. Marc Benton from the Atlantic Sleep & Pulmonary Associates in Madison, New Jersey, looked at 12 golfers with varying degrees of sleep apnea. After being treated, their handicaps dropped from an average of 12.4 to 11.0.

OK, so it might not get you on the golf tour, but I have used many tactics to get folks living a healthier life by getting their sleep disordered breathing under control, so why not appeal to their desires for superority among their golf buddies?

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