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Health Dept
Warns Coaches
On Heat Fatigue
With early fall football practice underway in Virginia, the Commissioner of the State Health Department urged this week precautions against heat fatigue, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Dr. Mack I. Shanholtz reminded coaches and trainers that heat fatigue dulls an athletic’s alertness and makes him more vulnerable to injury. Heat exhaustion and stroke can be severe enough to cause death. Six such deaths were listed in the 1965 football fatality report.
These heat injuries are preventable by careful control of various factors in the conditioning program of the athlete, Dr. Shanholtz said, and with the start of practice in warm, humid weather, it is essential to provide for gradual acclimation to the activity.
With a graduated training program, this can be expected to take place over approximately a week, the official said. Even after that, it is advisable to alternate periods of strenuous exercise with periods of rest during hot weather.
Dr. Shanholtz also made these observations:
The idea that water should be withheld from athletes during workouts has no scientific foundation; but while it is essential to replace water lost through perspiration, intake at any time should be held to about half a glass.
Salt also needs to be replaced daily, particularity during the acclimation period. Extra salting of the athletes food will accomplish this. Salt tablets may be irritating and poorly absorbed.
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