Multiple Oregon football players remain hospitalized after strenuous workouts
Channel: American News
Date: 17/01/2017

Multiple Oregon football players remain hospitalized after strenuous workouts

Oregon football players hospitalized after 'grueling' workouts



The start of the Willie Taggart era at Oregon has brought about some worrisome news. Per The Oregonian, at least three Ducks football players were hospitalized following strenuous offseason workouts conducted late last week.
Tight end Cam McCormick and offensive linemen Doug Brenner and Sam Poutasi are said to be in fair condition. Players have been participating in workouts since returning from the holiday break.
Per The Oregonian, the workouts that hospitalized the players could be described as rigorous, to say the least ...
Players this week were required to finish the same workouts, which were described by multiple sources as akin to military basic training, with one said to include up to an hour of continuous push-ups and up-downs. The sources said that some players "passed out" and others later complained of discolored urine, which is a common symptom of rhabdomyolysis. After testing, others were found to have highly elevated levels of creatine kinase, an indicator of the syndrome.
One player, Poutasi, has officially been diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a rare syndrome in which muscle tissue is broken down and leaks into the bloodstream. This can be triggered by extremely intense workouts.
Taggart, who changed strength & conditioning coaches after being hired late last month, reportedly visited some of the players in the hospital. Irele Oderinde, who joined Taggart from South Florida, is now leading the strength program.
Though rhabdomyolsis is considered rare, this is not the first time it has afflicted a football program during workouts. In 2011, 13 players at Iowa were hospitalized due to the disease.
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Three Oregon football players were hospitalized "after enduring a series of grueling strength and conditioning workouts at UO last week," according to an Oregonian report.

Offensive lineman Doug Brenner, tight end Cam McCormick and offensive lineman Sam Poutasi are patients at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Oregon, the hospital confirmed to ESPN.com.

"The safety and welfare of all of our student-athletes is paramount in all that we do," Oregon said in a news release.

"While we cannot comment on the health of our individual students, we have implemented modifications as we transition back into full training to prevent further occurrences. We thank our medical staff and trainers for their continued monitoring of the students and we will continue to support our young men as they recover. "

The Oregonian reported that Poutasi's mother said her son had been diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a condition in which skeletal muscle tissue is rapidly broken down and products of that process are released into the bloodstream.

Depending on the severity, this can be harmful to the kidneys and may lead to kidney failure, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Multiple sources described the workouts to the Oregonian as "akin to military basic training, with one said to include up to an hour of continuous push-ups and up-downs."

A school official told the paper that the training staff did not witness any players fainting, disputing a claim that some had "passed out."

The report went on to say that some players complained about discolored urine, and others were found to have "highly elevated levels of creatine kinase," an indicator of rhabdomyolysis.