Cooling Vests to Protect Football Players from the Heat
Arctic Heat Cooling Vests are available to help prevent heat related illness during preseason football practice.
(PRWEB) August 3, 2005 -- It is August. It is summer. It is hot, and it is
kick-off time across the country as pre-season football practice begins. Players
will expect to get hot and sweaty, as their coaches attempt to whip them into
shape. However a combination of hot/humid weather, tough conditioning drills and
players unaccustomed to practicing in the heat, can make August a deadly and
dangerous month.
Despite all the warnings, the National Center for
Catastrophic Sport Injury Research reports that 24 football players (19 high
school, 3 college and 2 professional) have died from heatstroke since 1995.
The main problem associated with exercising in the hot weather is the
water loss through sweating. However drinking water is simply not enough. In
extremely hot weather the body will sweat at a rate faster than water can be
absorbed into the system. So how can we reduce the amount of sweating, while at
the same time help the body to regulate its core body temperature?
The
answer is the Arctic Heat Body Cooling Vest. A lightweight cool vest which will
not only help to protect athletes from heat related illness, but it will also
allow athletes to work harder for longer.
The Arctic Heat cooling vest
was originally developed for football players in Australia and it now used by
International teams in every other major football code in the world. Rugby
League, Rugby Union, Soccer and Australian Rules Football all use the cooling
vest to protect their athletes and to improve their performance. It was also
used at the Athens Olympics by all the major sporting countries, including many
of the USA teams. The military in Iraq are even using the Arctic Heat cooling
vests.
“The Arctic Heat Cooling Vest, designed for football, will legally
improve performance and will also help protect an athlete’s health,” said Dr
John Surie, President of Arctic Heat USA.
The ice cold cooling vest can
be worn underneath playing uniforms, it can be used as a pre-cooling device
before conditioning drills, and it can be used as a recovery tool in between or
after sessions.
Yet enquiries from local football teams have so far been
limited. “There seems to be a different mentality in football that you have to
run players hard and make them sweat, in order to toughen them up. We believe it
is better to cool down and fire up athletes. Most other sporting codes in the
world now agree with us,” said Dean Sainsbury from the Arctic Heat
company.
Arctic Heat has also developed a range of unique cooling
blankets and cooling caps which can be used to immediately treat players who
have overheated. "The cooling caps can be used during a game to cool players
down. When they come to the bench they can remove their helmets, put the cool
cap on, and cool down,” said Dr Surie.
The lightweight Arctic Heat
Cooling Vest uses a two stage cooling process. The vests contain a gel-like
substance that can be frozen or chilled. The cooling vests are manufactured
using Woolmark's Sportwool, a special body cooling fabric which incorporates
Vapor Management Technology, helping to wick moisture away from the skin,
allowing the user to keep dry.
The Arctic Heat body cooling vest which is
suitable for industrial, medical and sporting applications, retails for $174.95,
and can be purchased online through the Arctic Heat USA website www.arcticheatusa.com.
Discounts apply for school sporting teams.
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