• Two new topics in our Physical Therapy Corner: Low Back Pain and Lumbar Stabilization Exercises and a page with info on several Complementary Therapies.
• Information on Swimmer's Shoulder in our Training Tips.
• You can read healthy diet guidelines in our Sports Nutrition Corner. Also, Sport Nutritionist and Research Associate Beth Glace was recently quoted in a New York Post article on the dangers of hyponatremia (an area in which she has conducted research with ultra-marathon runners).
• New on our Research Pages is a section comprised of selected research presentations given at several meetings.

• Two new topics in our Physical Therapy Corner: Office Ergonomics and The Temperomandibular Joint.
• We have new information on Pre-Golf Stretches in our section of Training Tips.
• Our Athletic Trainers' Corner has been updated with a page on Quadriceps Contusions.
• Our Research Pages have been updated with the latest current projects, a long overdue update to our abstract archives, along with our years 2000 and 2001 research reports, as well as some software we have developed for biomechanics analysis.
• Finally, a long-overdue welcome to the two newest therapists on our staff: Tom Donofrio and Michael Mullaney.

• A new section in our Exercise Physiology Corner on Energy Supply for Muscle.
• We've updated our Hot Topic, and made it twice as nice by adding pages on two popular supplements: glucosamine and androstenedione.
• New material in our Physical Therapy Corner on Ankle Sprains and Bunions.

• We've finally finished a site redesign. Hope you like the new look--let us know if it's the best thing ever, or if it really bites.
• We've added a function to search the site. You can find a search box on the top of every page. Also, an advanced search page with more options is available. The search uses ht://Dig, a most excellent search engine.
• Our Hot Topic has been updated: learn about Snowboarding Injuries.
• A new section in our Orthopedics Corner: Immediate Post-Operative Shoulder Surgery Guidelines.
• The Research section of our site has been updated: our long-neglected publications archive has been updated, along with the description of our research facilities, and a section on ongoing projects has been added.
• More staff changes: we wave goodbye to physical therapists Ben Gelfand and Michael Fox (good luck in the world of private practice!) So please welcome aboard Deborah Jurist and Bob McCabe. Also a much belated welcome aboard new research assistants Eric Gartman and Danielle Tetro.

• Staff news: longtime Director of Research Gil Gleim leaves us after 23 years of service to take a job as Research Director for the Owen Heart Center at Mission St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville, NC. Taking over for him as Research Coordinator is our very own Malachy McHugh. Also, NISMAT has a new Director: Dr. Stephen Nicholas, the son of our founder, Dr. James Nicholas.
• More in the Physical Therapy Corner: Burner Syndrome, Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis in Gymnasts , and Eccentric Training for Treatment of Achilles Tendinosis .
• A new section in our Sports Nurition Corner on The Zone Diet™.

• Three new sections in our ever-growing Physical Therapy Corner: Footwear Modification, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, and Running Injuries.

• Finally, two sections added to the Orthopedic Exam section of the Orthopedic Sports Medicine Corner: evaluation of the knee and shoulder.
• More material in the Physical Therapy Corner: Common Foot Problems Associated with Dancing and Keeping Your Abdominal Muscles in Shape.
• New in the Athletic Trainer's Corner: Taping for Elbow Hyperextension.

• Back from the dead again!  Almost exactly one year to the date, our site gets hacked again.  Nothing new, but some functions (like the database of our research abstracts) may not be available.  Coming soon, we promise!

• A new Hot Topic: Creatine Supplementation in Athletes.
• We have a page on what to expect in the first week following ACL surgery in our Orthopedic Sports Medicine Corner.
• A bit of news about our research facilities: we bought a force plate!
• A few new links.

• A new Hot Topic: High-Fat Diets and Exercise Performance.
• Our ever-expanding Physical Therapy Corner has two new entries: Cumulative Trauma Disorders and the Musician and Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome. Also, our Hot Topic on Knee Injuries and the Female Athlete has found a new home in the PT Corner.
• Two more presentations in the NISMAT Core Curriculum.

• Our Research section has been updated: we have more abstracts online, as well as a look at our new motion analysis system.
• We've reorganized the material in our Sports Nutrition Corner, and added a section of answers to questions that you've asked us.
• In the Physical Therapy Corner, find out why Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is more than just a pain in the neck, and learn about Shin Splints.
• New in the Athletic Trainer's Corner is a section on Taping for Acute Achilles Tendonitis.

• Updated our Abstract Archives with 26 new (well, old actually, but new to the web site) abstracts.
• A new Hot Topic: Female Athletes and Knee Injuries.

• August 12:Out of the goodness of his/her heart, someone was kind enough to hack into and damage our server, so some of our functions may not be available at the moment. We're getting everything back online as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
• New in the Physical Therapy Corner: Hamstring Strains and Tennis Shoulder.

• New section on Oxygen Consumption in the Exercise Physiology Corner.
• New material in our Physical Therapy and Trainer's Corners.
• Several new presentations in the Core Curriculum.
• Our Hot Topic on skiing has moved to the Training Tips section (finally, a new sport!)

• Additional material in Exercise Physiology Corner.
• More lectures in the NISMAT Core Curriculum.

• New information in the Trainer's Corner on Taping for Plantar Fasciitis.
• Updated the Recent Publications list in our Research section.

The entire site is new. Some of our features are:

• Therapeutic exercises for rehabilitation, or just staying in shape.
• The NISMAT Runner's Resource Guide, a collection of tips for runners of any level.
• The NISMAT Philosophy, a set of principles by which to practice sports medicine.
• Our Hot Topic discusses timely issues in sports medicine.
• The About NISMAT section has information on who we are, what we do, and how we do it.