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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