Wyatt's Column/ Sports Medicine
Doing this before exercise helps reduce soreness
What is stretching
This coping skill helps calm the body
What is Deep Breathing
The 3 main foods groups
What are Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fruits and Vegetables
This ingredient in tobacco that causes the body harm
What is Nicotine. Nicotine is addictive and can harm the teenage brain and lungs
Foods like this can hurt the Good bacteria that live in our intestines and keep us healthy
What is Soda. What is Candy.
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, also known as "The ACL" is located on this joint
What is the Knee
Name One Coping Skill That Helps Calm the Mind
What is 1) Mindfulness, 2) distraction, 3) journaling, 4) talking to someone, or 5) positive self-talk.
Foods in the Food Group are sometimes considered the "Go" Foods because they give us energy
What are Carbohydrates (bread, rice, oatmeal, and starchy foods)
True or False" E-cigarettes are safer than regular cigarettes
What is False. E-cigarettes contain Nicotine
People who take their phones to the bathroom are 75% more likely to have these _____________.
What are hemorrhoids
(Harper's magazine, 1/2026)
How long does it take a professional sports player to recover from an ACL injury?
True or False: A coping skill will work every time
What is False. Sometimes we need different coping skills for different moments
Foods in the Food Group are sometimes considered the "Grow" Foods because they help us build muscles
What are proteins (Eggs, Milk, Fish, Nuts, beans
Teenagers can become more easily addicted than adults to this ingredient in a Vape
Your body cannot do this to corn or carrots, which is why you may see these in your Stool.
What is Digest
a) Where is the "Rotator Cuff" and b) what sport has most "Rotator Cuff Injuries"
a) What is the shoulder, and b) What is baseball
True or False: It is helpful to practice coping skills even when feeling okay?
What is True
Foods in the Food Group are sometimes considered the "Glow" Foods because they have VITAMINS to help protect against sickness, help our brains work, keep our skin, hair and nails healthy.
What are Fruits and Vegetable
There are over ________ (number of) chemicals in a cigarrette. These chemicals can lead to cancer.
What is 7,000
True or False: "Gut bacteria" can affect our mood and mental health.
What is True
The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood andAppleton J. The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood and Mental Health. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2018 Aug;17(4):28-32. PMID: 31043907; PMCID: PMC6469458. Mental Health - PMC
A Teenager who does not like exercise can do this for activity benefits instead:
1) Dance to their favorite songs
2) take a nature walk
3) Dig a Garden
4) Name your Non-exercise movement
What is an example of a healthy boundary between friends
1) Knowing it is ok for your friend to have other friends
2) respecting when your friend says (politely) that they are busy and can't talk right now
3) Other examples....
Sunchips belong to this food group
What are Carbohydrates
This form of Tobacco causes more cancers of the mouth and tongue
What is smokeless Tobacco ("Snuff, Dip, Chew, Chewing Tobacco.")
Prebiotics are foods that make our Gut Bacteria happy. These 2 fruits are considered Prebiotics:
1) Bananas;
2) Apples;
AND ALSO OATS