H.S. footballers still practice in severe heat

August 22nd, 2009

No related posts.

(+5 rating, 5 votes)

 Loading ...

Posted in Featured Video, High School Sports | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “H.S. footballers still practice in severe heat”

1. Dr. Barone says:

   September 8, 2009 at 12:54 pm

   Practice in the extreme heat of Phoenix area certainly poses significant risk. Theses HS football players will be playing in 100 plus temps in full pads and this represents a more than ususal fluid loss situation.

   the body sweats to cool itself…the airflow over the wet skin has tremendous cooling effects. Unfortunately, when covered, especially the head with a helmet……the body does not cool and more sweating occurs. The amount of fluid AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ELECTROLYTES that can be lost in a relatively short time is tremendous. Low Sodium levels can have very devestating effects including death if not corrected soon enough and carefully enough. symptoms of hyponatremia (low sodium) can start out with muscle cramps, fatigue, nausea, vomitting, loss of coordination, progressing to seizures, loss of consciousness, coma and ultimately death.
   THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SERIOUS RISK in this Pediatrician’s opinion and it is the focus of many experts in sports physiology. Unfortunately some of the “experts” consulted regarding these issues may not be the most highly trained and credentialed. One of our experts in Pediatrics is the Academy of Pediatrics’ commitee on sports medicine chairman Dr. Richardson, who not only is a Board Certified Pediatrician, but holds a PhD. in Sports Physiology.

   THESE STUDENTS MUST BE REPLACING ELECTROLYES BEFORE DURING AND AFTER THESE GAMES AND PRACTICES THAT LAST MORE THAN EVEN 1 HOUR!!!

   There are enough products out there to help them so this. USE THEM…

   Dr. Barone
   Board Certified Pediatrician
2. Don F says:

   September 9, 2009 at 3:12 pm

   AGREE 1000 PERCENT WITH THE DR. ABOVE
   NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. MY SON WAS IN ER AFTER AN INJURY A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND THE DOCTOR SAID HIS SODIUM LEVEL WAS DANGEROUSLY LOW AND HE SEEMED MORE WORRIED ABOUT THAT THEN THE BROKEN LEG.

   THANKS DR. BARONE I HOPE COACHES LISTEN TO YOU.
3. tyler M says:

   September 17, 2009 at 11:38 am

   I also agree. Why do so many schools give kids just plain water for these hot football games. I know funds are tight, but I’ll bet parents would chip in and pay for gatorade. It’s their kids health. I can’t believe we would put kids at risk like that. Somebody should call the State Department of Health, or the School Nurses association. I’ll be the school nurses could fix this in a second.
4. ryan jones says:

   September 18, 2009 at 12:11 pm

   When is somebody with authority going to do something about kids in this heat and not being given sports drinks to rehydrate. The research was done years and years ago that showed performance was much better and probably cause of what the doctor barone said. What is wrong with the schools. I am just really perplexed by this. IS IT MONEY? I hate when we worry about costs and put our kids at risk. My kids played this level sports back in NJ and even there they had Gatorade all the time.

   what’s up peeps?
5. Nancy says:

   September 21, 2009 at 12:48 pm

   I’ll tell you what’s up. There are plenty of opinions out there and so called experts. I am a nurse and even in medicine an idea that was considered Gospel at one time is later debunked as way off base. I think this is just one of those things. It’s a current fad now to think water alone is fine. Actually I think most of the time that is fine. The Human body is an amazing thing, no matter what we do, most of the time it adapts and we survive. But if you want the best——in this case—- use electrolye solutions. The nonsense that the sugar will hurt is just that, nonsense.

   In Pediatric Education lectures I have to attend yearly, the experts talk about oral rehydration as so superior to IV where the doctors have to estimate/guess requirements and losses to put in IV fluids and they always err on the side of give MORE concentrated saline than less. More Electrolyte.
   This is just silly. Sports medicine is behind the current thinking on the whole topic of Fluids and Electrolytes.

   hey I’m just a nurse, what do I know right?