Nutritional Strategies to Speed up Recovery from Soft Tissue Injuries
by Trisha Stavinoha, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS
TSAC Report
October 2017
Nutrition plays an important role in the injury prevention and treatment of tactical professionals. Nutritional goals for healthy connective tissue are twofold: increase collagen content in connective tissues susceptible to injury and prevent a decline in collagen content to help mitigate injury and facilitate recovery.
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