Darren Treasure, PhD

Bio

A former Professor at Arizona State University, Darren is an expert in the psychology of motivation in sport and exercise.  He has consulted with Olympic, World and NCAA champions and professional athletes in a number of sports and currently works with runners in Nike’s Oregon Project.  He is the author of the National High School Federation’s highly successful “Fundamentals of Coaching” course.

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  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Sports Medicine:

    FRIDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Young athletes who train intensely for one sport are at greatly increased risk for severe overuse injuries such as stress fractures, a new study finds.

    For example, children and teens who play a sport for more hours per week than their age -- such as a...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Sports Medicine:

    FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Olympic medal winners live longer than people in the general population, but athletes who do high- or moderate-intensity sports have no survival advantage over those who do low-intensity activities such as golf, according to two new studies.

    In one stud...Full Article

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    How can I avoid weight gain over the holidays?
    Whether someone gains one, five, or ten pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year research clearly...  Full Post
  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Sports Medicine:

    MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests it would be wildly expensive -- more than $10 million per life saved -- to require American high school and college athletes to undergo heart testing to weed out those at risk for fatal cardiac complications from playing sports.

    Th...Full Article

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Sports Medicine:

    MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- For middle-aged adults trying to protect their knee health, it may be best to avoid extreme ends of the exercise spectrum, such as too much high-impact exercise or too little physical activity, researchers have found.

    While p...Full Article

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    How do I stop negative self talk?
    Here are two keys to successfully stopping negative self-talk. First, make sure you monitor your...  Full Post
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    What makes people want to stop exercising?
    One of the keys to understanding why people stop exercising is to ask why they started exercising...  Full Post
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    How do I find time to exercise?
    Having no time is one of the most common barriers–real and perceived–that you will have...  Full Post
  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    What is performance profiling?
    Performance profiling offers a systematic method to enhance our understanding of how athletes...  Full Post
  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    What is the process for changing behavior?
    Prochaska and DiClemente* have developed a simple way to determine your current stage of behavioral...  Full Post
  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Sports Medicine:

    FRIDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Standards used to diagnose concussion in college athletes are inconsistent and require clearer definitions and better tools to make the diagnosis, researchers report.

    Their five-year study included 450 male and female athletes who played on football and...Full Article

  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    How can I exercise in the winter?
    Create your own at home workout routine. Jumping jacks, pushups, sit-ups, leg lifts, squats, and...  Full Post
  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    Do you feel like everyone is watching and evaluating you when you work-out?  Does this cause you a great deal of anxiety that undermines your motivation to be active?  If it does, you are not alone.  Research has shown that the way we think about our body has a significant impact on many of our exercise-related choices. ...Full Post
  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    Do you feel like everyone is watching and evaluating you when you work-out?  Does this cause you a great deal of anxiety that undermines your motivation to be active?  If it does, you are not alone.  Research has shown that the way we think about our body has a significant impact on many of our exercise-related choices. ...Full Post
  • Darren Treasure, PhD
    Do you feel like everyone is watching and evaluating you when you work-out?  Does this cause you a great deal of anxiety that undermines your motivation to be active?  If it does, you are not alone.  Research has shown that the way we think about our body has a significant impact on many of our exercise-related choices. ...Full Post