New England quarterback Tom Brady writes in his book - The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance - that, "The type of nutrition regimen you choose will either promote or reduce inflammation."
Notes #12,"If I know my body will experience inflammation every Sunday during the season, the last thing I want to do is stack on more inflammation on top of it -- not if I want to feel great every time I take the field."
Innovative testing and resulting modifications to a player's diet and approved nutritional supplement intake could prove beneficial to address the inflammatory state.