TexMike
01-26-2011, 08:19 PM
I did some ferocious workouts at paratrooper school but nobody ever went to the hospital......
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/01/26/Metro/20891.html
Thirteen hospitalized UI football players suffering from rhabdomyolysis
BY JORDAN GARRETSON | JANUARY 26, 2011 5:55 PM
Thirteen Iowa football players admitted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are suffering from a muscle injury syndrome known as rhabdomyolysis, likely in connection with NCAA-permitted off-season workouts.
UI spokesman Tom Moore said Wednesday during a news conference at Carver-Hawkeye Arena that all 13 “continue to respond very well to treatment.” Twelve players were initially admitted Monday according to a UI release on Tuesday, but a 13th individual was later admitted following that release on Tuesday evening.
Rhabdomyolysis involves the release of muscle fiber contents into the bloodstream, and can result in kidney damage.
“There are maybe 100 different causes to this [syndrome],” said Dr. John Stokes of UIHC, who specializes in internal medicine and specifically kidney function and disease. “One of the most common scenarios we look for is recent exercise. So heavy exercise, even in healthy individuals, can produce it.”
Treatment involves the administration of IV fluids consisting of blood components and electrolytes, Stokes said.
No specific details about any of the affected individuals, nor their identities can be released due to HIPAA laws, though Biff Poggi — father of freshman linebacker Jim Poggi — confirmed his son is among the 13 hospitalized players.
Biff Poggi said his son is progressing well.
“Thank God he’s doing well,” said Biff Poggi, who is a head football coach at Gilman School in Baltimore, Md. “He’s getting fantastic care. I’m very thankful for the kind of care he’s getting.”
Over the past weekend, Jim Poggi told his father via telephone he was dealing with a “tremendous amount of soreness” after participating in the team’s first off-season workouts on Jan. 20 and 21.
The first workout — which focused on the lower body on Jan. 20 — involved a “heavy squat workout” that saw student-athletes complete multiple repetitions of a certain percentage of their maximum lifting weight in a set time period, which was followed by a power sled workout. The Jan. 21 workout involved similar activity, though it was focused on the upper body. A third workout on Monday was similar to the one that took place on Jan. 20.
Iowa’s Director of Football Operations Paul Federici said these were similar to workouts the team oversaw in the past.
Moore said there is currently no time-table for the release of the student-athletes, and that healthcare teams at UIHC would make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
“We hope to get to the point where we know more and that will help us understand what’s put these young men in this position,” Federici said.
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/01/26/Metro/20891.html
Thirteen hospitalized UI football players suffering from rhabdomyolysis
BY JORDAN GARRETSON | JANUARY 26, 2011 5:55 PM
Thirteen Iowa football players admitted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are suffering from a muscle injury syndrome known as rhabdomyolysis, likely in connection with NCAA-permitted off-season workouts.
UI spokesman Tom Moore said Wednesday during a news conference at Carver-Hawkeye Arena that all 13 “continue to respond very well to treatment.” Twelve players were initially admitted Monday according to a UI release on Tuesday, but a 13th individual was later admitted following that release on Tuesday evening.
Rhabdomyolysis involves the release of muscle fiber contents into the bloodstream, and can result in kidney damage.
“There are maybe 100 different causes to this [syndrome],” said Dr. John Stokes of UIHC, who specializes in internal medicine and specifically kidney function and disease. “One of the most common scenarios we look for is recent exercise. So heavy exercise, even in healthy individuals, can produce it.”
Treatment involves the administration of IV fluids consisting of blood components and electrolytes, Stokes said.
No specific details about any of the affected individuals, nor their identities can be released due to HIPAA laws, though Biff Poggi — father of freshman linebacker Jim Poggi — confirmed his son is among the 13 hospitalized players.
Biff Poggi said his son is progressing well.
“Thank God he’s doing well,” said Biff Poggi, who is a head football coach at Gilman School in Baltimore, Md. “He’s getting fantastic care. I’m very thankful for the kind of care he’s getting.”
Over the past weekend, Jim Poggi told his father via telephone he was dealing with a “tremendous amount of soreness” after participating in the team’s first off-season workouts on Jan. 20 and 21.
The first workout — which focused on the lower body on Jan. 20 — involved a “heavy squat workout” that saw student-athletes complete multiple repetitions of a certain percentage of their maximum lifting weight in a set time period, which was followed by a power sled workout. The Jan. 21 workout involved similar activity, though it was focused on the upper body. A third workout on Monday was similar to the one that took place on Jan. 20.
Iowa’s Director of Football Operations Paul Federici said these were similar to workouts the team oversaw in the past.
Moore said there is currently no time-table for the release of the student-athletes, and that healthcare teams at UIHC would make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
“We hope to get to the point where we know more and that will help us understand what’s put these young men in this position,” Federici said.