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Article: Wrestling with skin problems Grapplers need to take precautions to prevent outbreaks
- Article from:
- Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
- Article date:
- February 4, 2007
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A few thoughts from the week in sports ...
It's high school and college wrestling's dirty little secret.
No, I'm not talking about cutting weight. With strict guidelines
in place nowadays and more knowledge out there than ever about weight
management, they seem to be doing a fine job with that.
The wrestling problem that those involved with the sport often
don't want to talk about is contagious skin infections that are
causing outbreaks across the nation.
It's an issue that can be embarassing or give wrestling a bad
reputation. But it's a problem that administrators, doctors, coaches
and even wrestlers themselves had better start talking more about
because it seems to be getting worse and ...