A periodic newsletter regarding sports medicine topics that is directed to our coaching staff at Richard Stockton College. The purpose of this update is to give you a brief overview on asthma relating to athletics. This update will also outline our Asthma Watch Program that we will implement this year. We are attempting to give you a better understanding of asthma problems, help your athletes maximize their performance, and decrease the medical risk to those athletes.
Breathing becomes so difficult that athletic performance declines significantly.
Most athletes affected will have chronic asthma that worsens with exercise. But some athletes will only have asthmatic symptoms associated with exercise. EIA can become a medical emergency and has lead to death on the playing field when mismanaged. Preventing this type of emergency is obviously our primary goal. However, if recognized, and managed appropriately athletes with EIA can compete at the highest levels.