CARING FOR ATHLETES
SPORTS MEDICINE TRIVIA
Did you know that . . .
Every 10 to 12 years we humans have an entirely new skeleton, due to the body’s continual replacement of its cells.
Swimming was the most popular exercise in the U.S.A. last year, according to the Sporting Goods Dealer with more than 96 million Americans taking regular dips.
Exercising in the morning burns up more fat than afternoon workouts. Although the amount of calories expended is the same, two-thirds of the calories used in the morning are from fat; in the afternoon workouts just less than one-half of the calories come from fat.
About one fourth of the average American’s daily intake comes from sugar in one form or another.
Last year, for the first time, soft drinks replaced water as the most consumed beverage in the United States.
In 1900, boy babies could expect to live to the age of 46, girls to the age of 48. By 1983, boy babies could expect to live to the age of 71, girls to the age of 78.3.
Your heels bear 60% of your body’s weight, so make sure your athletic shoes have adequate heel padding.
Every day the average heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood. In 70 years that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heart beats.
Gout is a hereditary form of arthritis that is about 20 times more likely to occur in a man than in a woman.
There has been a 20% decline in the mortality rates from cardiovascular disease in the United States during the last decade, and a 37% decline during the last two decades.
No food or pill can burn up fat, only exercise can.