Preventing Injuries and Illness Related to Extreme Heat and Weather Your body has a natural cooling system. It is always working to maintain a safe temperature. Sweating helps your body cool down. When you exercise in the heat, your cooling system has to work harder. Your body sends more blood to your skin and away […]

Heat Illness Heat-related illnesses increase when the air temperature and humidity are high and the sun is bright. A fitness professional should be able to differentiate between cramps, syncope (fainting), exhaustion and stroke. Heat Syncope A mild form of heat illness characterized by collapse or fainting. It occurs when blood vessels dilate or blood pools […]