School sports hygiene and safety tips for student-athletes
Back to School 2022: Sports & hygiene safety
Doctor Korin Hudson, Medstar sports medicine physician and a team physician for Georgetown University, assistant team physician for the Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics, and a consulting physician for the Washington Capitals.
WASHINGTON - Doctor Korin Hudson, Medstar sports medicine physician, a team physician for Georgetown University, assistant team physician for the Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics, and a consulting physician for the Washington Capitals, joined us with sports hygiene and safety tips for student-athletes as the new school year begins.
Hygiene Tips
Skin-to-skin contact sports can increase the chances of getting skin infections. Limit the risk by:
- Keep healthy habits like washing hands before and after workouts
- Proper showering before and after athletics
- Do not share towels, pads, or other equipment
- Wipe gym equipment between use
- Wash uniforms, towels after each use
Sports Safety Tips
Proper physical training leading up to the beginning of practices/games
Proper acclimatization to heat before beginning of practices/games. Training little by little in outdoor temperatures is important to get your body used to a hot environment.