Doctors say fluid intake helps prevent heat illness, particularly during the summer months. One in three kids is injured while participating in team sports, and more than half of these injuries can be prevented. Muscle conditioning helps prevent broken bones, dislocated joints, and torn ligaments. Practice and competitions should always begin with warm-up and stretching exercises. In preventing head injury, helmets are just as important for in-line skaters and cyclists as they are for football players.
Fluid intake helps prevent heat illness, particularly during the summertime.
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