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Show Suggestions for hot weather vacation days Summertime brings a return to the out-of-doors and its many games and sports. Summertime also brings back the hot sunshine, high temperatures and cases of sunburn. sun-burn. Vigorous out-of-doors physical physi-cal activity in the hot summer months is fun for almost all of us, but can also bring health problems. To pass on a few hot weather wea-ther hints to help the many occasional weekend athletes who are most likely to run into in-to trouble, your neighborhood doctor who is a member of the Utah State Medical Association, Associa-tion, offers these suggestions: Have a medical checkup prior to starting a program of vigorous activity, such as returning re-turning to the tennis court or the golf .course for the first time after the long hiatus. Plan your more vigorous sports and games in the cooler hours of the day, mornings and early evenings. Become acclimatized to the heat by graduated approach to exercise. Don't play too much or too long for the first few sessions in the heat. Take frequent rest periods. Don't be ashamed to sit down on a bench and rest while awaiting your turn at the tee. Take 15 minutes for rest break between sets of tennis. Wear white clothing to reflect the heat, loose and comfortable to permit heat escape and permeable per-meable to moisture to allow heat loss via sweating. Drink enough water to replace re-place loss from sweating. Small and frequent drinks of water, perhaps half a glass, are better than gulping large quantities. Watch yourself and the others oth-ers in your party for signs of trouble. Don't try to be a "he man." If the heat begins to get you down, stop, rest and cool off. |