welcome to IR geez sports medicine
update i'm tom hutler along with shannon
o'kelly physical therapist and president
of ir g physical and hand therapy at our
guest dr. jeremy johnson sports medicine
physician from the polyclinic dr.
Johnson welcome we're gonna talk
hydration as a sports medicine physician
you've seen it I've seen it you know
young athletes particular I mean they
just don't hydrate before activity tell
us about the importance about hydrating
when you need to hydrate and why you
need to hydrate when we exercise our
body heat goes up and how we cool off as
we sweat when we sweat we lose water we
need to replace that water and so
oftentimes people say I need to drink
when I'm thirsty you don't want to
listen to your thirst because thirst is
way too late if you're already thirsty
that means you're already being
dehydrated let's talk about before the
game and after the game so before the
game you want to make sure that you are
drinking about 20 ounces of water about
four hours before during the game if
it's less than hour you only need water
and that is about three ounces of water
every 15 minutes after the game a big
way to tell how much water you've lost
is actually weigh yourself so that means
you need to weigh yourself before the
game after the game for every pound
you've lost about 20 ounces of water is
good you don't need sports drinks until
you've played for more than an hour dr.
Johnson thank you there you go
everything you need to know about
hydration you're welcome Red Seal if you
would like more information on this
topic as well as how to contact dr.
Jeremy Johnson go to polyclinic calm or
go to ir g PT calm click on the health
experts tab
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