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The Unique Demands of Working with Collegiate and Professional Athletes

Rasa Troup, MS, RD, CSSD, LD

University of Minnesota Physicians University of Minnesota Women’s Track and Field Minnesota Vikings

Define Athlete

Outline

• Knowledge
• Education
• Communication
• Ethics
• Growth

Knowledge

• Athlete
• Sports
• Science
• MNT
• Practical
• What you know
• What you don’t know
• Who you know
• How to connect knowledge

w/ meaningful change

Case Study

NCAA female track athlete who is self referred to the appointment. Main concern is “I am feeling heavy.” The information that you already have:

• junior in school
• main events: 200m, 400m
• recent race results and her progression in the

results in the last few years

• Dexalytics results (body composition results)

What information you may need to collect?

Case Study

• Nutrition modifications

– Modified CHO and PRO content – Meal timing – Event specific nutrition – Iron deficiency and nutrition – Constipation and nutrition – Sleep and nutrition – Education on body composition data

Case Study

• Progression of 400m times during the season
• 1/21: 54.6
• 2/4: 54.4
• 2/11: 53.9
• 2/24: 52.7
• 2/25: 53.1
• 3/10: 53.8

Education

• Athlete
• Coaches
• ACTs, PTs, MDs
• Support Staff
• Chef
• Administration
• New RDs/Interns/Students

Case Study

NCAA male athlete is coming to see you to help with GI distress related to workout and competition. The information that you already have:

• senior in school
• main events: mile, 3000SC
• recent race results and his progression in the

results in the last few years What information you need to collect? What education to provide and who needs to be educated?

Case Study

• Nutrition modifications

– Modified CHO and PRO content – Meal timing – Modifying carbohydrate used prior to physical excretion – Hydration status modification – Iron deficiency and nutrition – Decreased FODMAP intake – Figured out that athlete may have non-celiac gluten sensitivity

Communication

• Collaboration
• Who?
• What?
• When?
• How?

Ethics

Olympic gold medalist Vince Matthews “Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal & say, “I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day”. If you don’t think that’s important, you don’t know what’s inside an athletes soul”

Pillars of Ethics

• Autonomy
• Beneficence
• Nonmaleficence
• Justice

Ethics

A starter on the NBA team is trying to improve his nutrition and comes to see you. You are a sports RD hired by the team. You spend about 30 min with the player during which he discloses that he is taking a supplement that is potentially contaminated with banned

• substances. Player also asks to not

disclose the information.

Ethics

• Do you see any potential ethical challenges?
• If players gets tested for banned substances,

are you required to disclose the information?

• What is the most helpful in the situations like

these?

Ethics

NCAA hockey player who is referred to see you for an eating disorder treatment The information that you already have:

• Medical information that is already

communicated to you by her treatment team (MD, psychologist, ROI signed)

• The athlete is participating in sports, but does

not want her coach to know. Her activity needs to be modified, but coach is confused and wants more information.

Ethics

• What information you need to collect?
• Do you see any potential ethical challenges?
• What would be your response to coach if he is

calling you to ask for more information?

• What education needs to be provided to make

sure that the athletes interest is protected and you have trusting relationship with athlete to help her?

Growth

Growth

Growth

• Fast growth in all sectors of

sports nutrition

• Rapid turn over
• Family and life balance
• Maintenance of skilled sports RDs
• Adequate compensation for our work
• Teaching a new generation of sports RD

Thank You