Special Considerations in Athletic Training Sports Medicine I.
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Special Special Considerations in Considerations in Athletic TrainingAthletic Training
Sports Medicine ISports Medicine I
NutritionNutrition
What and When we What and When we eat affect eat affect performanceperformance
Athletes vary in Athletes vary in their ability to their ability to exercise after exercise after eating (or without eating (or without eating)eating)
NutritionNutrition
Pre-activity foods Pre-activity foods should exclude:should exclude:– Fatty foodsFatty foods– Gas forming foodsGas forming foods– Salt tabletsSalt tablets– Nutritional Nutritional
supplementssupplements
Drink plenty of Drink plenty of water or electrolyte water or electrolyte drinks!!drinks!!
Remember that the total diet consumed during the days before the eventis far more important than the meal eaten immediately prior to strenuous exercise!!
Eating DisordersEating Disorders
Society has placed Society has placed an emphasis on an emphasis on these issues in the these issues in the last 30 years last 30 years through media.through media.
Affects females Affects females primarilyprimarily
Male athletes may Male athletes may be involvedbe involved
Anorexia NervosaAnorexia Nervosa Medical condition Medical condition
where the person sees where the person sees themselves as over themselves as over weight while in reality weight while in reality they might be very they might be very under weightunder weight
Sports most affectedSports most affected– CheerleadingCheerleading– GymnasticsGymnastics– Cross countryCross country– WrestlingWrestling– Figure skatingFigure skating
BulimiaBulimia
Medical condition Medical condition characterized by characterized by binge eating and binge eating and then purging of the then purging of the foodfood
Consumes large Consumes large quantities of foodquantities of food
Immediately purge Immediately purge the foodthe food
Is a psychological Is a psychological problemproblem
Female Athlete TriadFemale Athlete Triad
Gender specific Gender specific conditioncondition
Involves disordered Involves disordered eating, absence of eating, absence of menstruation, and loss menstruation, and loss of bone densityof bone density
Conditions combine to Conditions combine to very serious health very serious health issuesissues
Prompt referral is Prompt referral is recommendedrecommended
Common ColdCommon Cold Primarily transmitted Primarily transmitted
through touch, not by through touch, not by coughing or sneezingcoughing or sneezing
Viruses can live for Viruses can live for several days on hard several days on hard surfacessurfaces
Not a solid treatment Not a solid treatment Returning too soon Returning too soon
can cause the virus can cause the virus to lingerto linger
Skin ConditionsSkin Conditions
Number of skin Number of skin conditionsconditions
Range from minor Range from minor to medical to medical emergencyemergency
Must establish a Must establish a protocolprotocol
AssignmentAssignment Read Chapter 14 and Read Chapter 14 and
Answer Questions at Answer Questions at the end of the chapterthe end of the chapter
Pick a dermatological Pick a dermatological condition that you will condition that you will research and make a research and make a brochure that could be brochure that could be used in a doctor’s used in a doctor’s office.office.
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