Stories
- In pictures
The birth of ante-natal classes
Is childbirth an athletic feat? Kathleen Vaughan certainly thought so, developing the first modern exercise class for women in pregnancy.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
- Article
The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
- Article
Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Athlete : 10 oval cigarettes / A. Lopato Sons Ltd.
A. Lopato Sons (Firm)Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Books
'Athlete's heart' : the medical debate over athleticism, 1870-1920 / James C. Whorton.
Whorton, James C., 1942-Date: 1993- Books
Athlete-centred coaching : developing decision makers / edited by Lynn Kidman and Bennett J. Lombardo ; with guest authors Gareth Jones [and others].
Date: [2010], ©2010
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0006356: Apoxyomenos, the Athlete
Date: June 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/53/38Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Digital Images
- Online
Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Athlete's foot