Michael_Viggars

It is important to understand that you cannot send a conscious message to your heart through a nerve or through hormone regulation. Your heart rate can be slowed indirectly by behavioural changes i.e. biofeedback.

Hello there! I'm Michael Viggars, a sport science graduate from Liverpool. I'm struggling to get some feedback on my writing ability so I'm hoping to start some debate with the articles I write on here with those with a keen scientific mind. I'm aiming to explain some of the most pressing issues in sport today from a scientific perspective rather than your run of the mill sports editor with an ego. Here's my blog: http://michaelviggars.com/ The pieces I think biologists will be most interested in are on Fabrice Muamba who suffered a cardiac arrest whilst playing football / soccer in April of this year. Also the report on exercise-induced asthma. Those that are more technologically based should search for Hawk-eye. I'm generally just looking for suggestions of other angles I could have taken or things I haven't considered so I don't make the same mistakes in the future! Furthermore there should definitely by a Sports Science forum on here! Perhaps an admin or established member could set up a poll? Cheers!

If you're interested in cardiology and heart attacks take a little look on my Fabrice Muamba piece on my blog at WordPress: http://michaelviggars.com/2012/06/08/fabrice-muamba/ any feedback would be appreciated!