It’s pretty common to feel nervous before taking a big test. Your palms sweat, your head pounds and you might even feel short of breath. When we get anxious or scared, we tend to take shorter, ...

When it comes to dealing with pre-race nerves before a grueling main set or a big competition, most of the time the expectation is that swimmers find a way to rid themselves of their anxious feelings.

“Calm down!” “Take a chill pill!” “Relax yourself!” “Don't react to negativity!” Sound familiar? These phrases are too often preached to us when we are seriously losing our cool and overall grasp of ...

A complex system of nerves and muscles enables the human eye to blink, gaze, and shift focus. The trochlear nerve is one of six cranial nerves that carry electrical impulses from the brain to the eye.

As a teacher, the question I am asked most often is: “What can I do about my nerves?” It’s a hard question to answer because there can be a number of reasons why your nerves ramp up during the ...

If you’re striving for big things on the golf course -- from trying to be a scratch handicap to simply taking that 10 bucks off your buddies on Sunday -- you’re going to inevitably feel pressure. This ...

Your heart pounds. You sit on a hard chair in a cramped closet of a packed waiting room. Twelve pages of thick dialogue swirl around inside your head. Each inhale sucks in the stew of nerves and fear ...