Show a 1 1 L r. r Bra Brady y Says Ir Sudden Cooling After Exercise T Is i Will Give You Charley Horse J ij j William Brady rad MD M.D. I I anyone immediately after un un- un- un king ing proceeds to the more riot vio- vio t movements before he has f ten e d the thc thele k ole le bod body and ed cd the ex- ex 1 e e t lions ion s and r re e ened d the theres f 1 1 c n e i I res es e eLen s w wrote rot e 1700 years l Len ilen 1700 Iy o he be incurs 1 of B 1 danger t J t rea caking eak kin g 0 or r Ii of or T fining ining some If e 7 solid parts j K Kf if d N tl f u gradually Dr Brady ra Ord lb rm nn and soften the solids and Iii the fluids and c. c expand the thees theis theS es is S the person exercising will run no danger of breaking any part We Ve can pardon Galen for his notion of pores pores but but not you who sound off about closed or open pores today A pore is an opening or orifice through which something is or can be absorbed Nothing of the sort in the human skin The skin if unbroken never absorbs an anything Still Sound Soun Galens Galen's advice to athletes or others who engage in vigorous or violent exertion of any kind is still sound It is the thc way of all physical trainers It prevents I charl charley charily horse rupture horse rupture of muscle musI muscle mus mus- cle fibers by sudden violent conof contraction contraction con con- I traction of the cold muscle It isone is i ione Ione one reason why all baseball pitch pitch- I I I ers erg warm up before going to the moun mound Also why athletes require a period of moderate exercise exercise exercise exer exer- cise before any race or contest The other reason for warming up is of course to get the circulation circulation circulation cir cir- cir cir- respiration oxidation process metabolism into the state of greatest efficiency Answers Given Editors Editor's note Personal letters letters letters let let- not more than one page long pertaining to health and hygiene but not to disease or diagnosis will be answered by Dr Brad Brady Address him in care of Home Service bureau Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Tribune Salt Lake City 10 Utah Immediately following a period of hard muscular work or play it itis itis itis is advisable ad to put on sweater or oth other r clothing avoid wind or cool draft and take only a warm bath if any Then after a rest of an hour or so so either lying down and napping or sitting or moving mo or strolling idly about it is advisable to go for a brisk walk of a mile or two or take some other moderate moderate moderate ate general exercise This should be repeated several hours later All of this is the best way to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent muscle soreness or lameness or stiffness from developing the day after the game race or contest contest contest con con- test Please knuckleheads do not show your ignorance by ascribing ascribing ascribing ing the development of such muscle muscle muscle mus mus- cle soreness as catching cold There is no illness involved and no particular danger of any Not even en rheumatism if you have any quaint fancies about that Whether the athlete sweats sweats sweats' I much or little is of no particular I importance so far as preventing muscle soreness after exertion Such soreness or other un unpleasant pleasant pleas pleas- i ant consequences does not occur from careless or deliberate quick cooling after one has become I I overheated say from a ahot ahot hot air bath or from confinement in overheated room or from exposure ex ex- exposure to extremely warm I er Abrupt cessation of sweating I in such circumstances is perfectly harmless Nothing in the sweat but salt and water water nothing nothing of any special significance No overproduction overproduction overproduction over over- production of combustion products I in muscle tissues to be removed through the circulation Therefore not the slightest danger attends attends' quick cooling of the body after passive overheating if one finds quick cooling refreshing or com com- Copyright by bJ John F. F Dille Co |