Wrestling with Asthma

[KEV-O]

QUOTE(EVILTWIN @ Jan 23 2007 - 11:01 PM) 826343127[/snapback]

That's fine. There are some serious topics on this board, and then there are fun ones. I can stir the pot with the best, if you want to find another subject. It's all in fun- RIGHT!!

 

 

johnnybravo has been getting on other post and making people mad. His little games just got to me.

[cobrakid8]

I was being very serious on my post. If he reads it he see I did not say I played all those sports in High School. I played football and wrestled, played softball in the summer for church also. I have dealt with asthma for many years. I still have to take regular treatments so that I can go work out after work and partake in some wrestling, every now and than. I am with EvilTwin because this is a serious subject that does cost although small some lives each year. My senior year. I used Advair, Combivent, Regular albuterol inhaler and on match days the nebulizer treatments. You can ask coach Henry about plugging the machine up and taking them before matches.

[tnmat]

Definitely take Advair. If I had had that when I was wrestling in high school, it would have made a HUGE difference. I have had severe asthma since I was in middle school (I used to have 2-3 attacks/day), and when I began using Advair, my episodes lessened to one every 2 weeks or so. I HIGHLY recommend Advair.

 

Also, I noticed somebody asked about using the Nebulizer before matches. I would not recommend that, since the higher doses of Albuterol with cause light headedness, dizziness, and frequent shaking in many wrestlers. It can really hamper an athlete's ability to focus during a match.

 

Hope this helps

[cobrakid8]

Helped me quite a bit. Made me feel like I was much stronger able to take much deeper breaths. Those feelings only last for a few minutes on people like me but of course one size does not fit all. You can ask my old coach how much better I was able to come out and wrestle after having that added to my regimend of inhalers that just did not work as well. The symptoms you gave did happen to me still do took one a few hours ago, but would go away after about five minutes and I just felt so much better. Since they have the 45 minute rule I would wrestle wait 15-20 minutes and go take another treatment. By the time the match came around I was ready to go. I still have video of before and after just seemed like it made a huge difference. Again you have to try and do what feels best for yourself. This was just what helped me.

[mhhjnh]

The Advair Discus was definetly a great addition to the Asthma medication line. I wish it was around when I wrestled as well. I'm training for the Country Music Marathon now. I take Advair once a day every morning. My cardio on my runs is never a problem. Currently I'm up to 19 miles moving to 21 miles next week. I just wish I could get the endurance in my legs to perform as well as I do cardio wise.

 

I would also like to say that wrestling and the many other sports and activities I did only helped my Asthma. Ironically enough exercise decreased my excercise induced Asthma attacks.

[Guest 171Bartlett]

QUOTE(mhhjnh @ Jan 24 2007 - 08:32 AM) 826343674[/snapback]

The Advair Discus was definetly a great addition to the Asthma medication line. I wish it was around when I wrestled as well. I'm training for the Country Music Marathon now. I take Advair once a day every morning. My cardio on my runs is never a problem. Currently I'm up to 19 miles moving to 21 miles next week. I just wish I could get the endurance in my legs to perform as well as I do cardio wise.

 

I would also like to say that wrestling and the many other sports and activities I did only helped my Asthma. Ironically enough exercise decreased my excercise induced Asthma attacks.

 

 

 

The only way the non-asthmatic to understand what it feels like to have asthma, is too try wrestling with a gag in their mouth and their nose taped shut.

 

Any person that finds a way to compete with this challenge in my book is a true fighter, it would be very easy for a person wth asthma to just give in and give up.

 

Support from the coaches and team members is always an asset

 

One more item: coffee the stronger the better if you suffer from an episode high amounts of caffeine and a steamy room will aleviate the symptoms.

 

Peace!

 

 

 

I was blessed to outgrow mine.

[johnnybravo12]

i agree this is a serious topic also i didnt mean to offend anyone. however i dont like people just making stuff up so people will read what they have written. what if someone actually took the screwed up advice cobrakid and maybe some others are given and it actually hurt them. im not one for mixing a bunch of meds together, which is what inhalers are. so stop acting like doctors everyone and grow up.

[Guest 171Bartlett]

QUOTE(johnnybravo12 @ Jan 24 2007 - 10:41 AM) 826343926[/snapback]

i agree this is a serious topic also i didnt mean to offend anyone. however i dont like people just making stuff up so people will read what they have written. what if someone actually took the screwed up advice cobrakid and maybe some others are given and it actually hurt them. im not one for mixing a bunch of meds together, which is what inhalers are. so stop acting like doctors everyone and grow up.

 

 

 

 

The medication part, all that was referenced you need a prescription for. The nebulizor which we dont use for athletic events because our doctor didnt see the need for it. The idea about this forum was to discuss strategies with the medications your physican has supplied to ensure as level of a playing field as possible for these atheletes.

 

Regarding recommendation of Advair Discus I had to research and request that medicine change, based on how well the current treatment was performing (not very well)

 

The inhalers, the advair, allergy shots all those things the doctor has to ultimately agree upon and prescribe, if there is a concern.

 

I think everyones hearts are in the right place here.

[cobrakid8]

Johnny you really are a idiot. You probably have never even wrestled so don't try to tell me what you can and cannot do when playing sports with asthma. If you have tell us who you are instead of being scared and hiding behind your screen name. I tried for years to get everything to work for me and until my senior year it just did not click. As I said before whatever each of us takes is what is good for working with our bodies. What works for me does might not work for 171Bartlett. I wrestled 171 at Soddy Daisy in 1999. Coach Henry would see me under the bleachers taking treatments and never did he question their results. Going into challenge matches that year I was winning and had a attack going into the third. My rescue inhaler just did not do enough for me at that moment. The wrestler came back to beat me by 2. Came back to my DOCTOR and he came and watched a match of mine. He went about trying to see if a nebulizer would work since the Combivent, Advair, and albuterol, and two others I can't remember the names of were not helping as much as I needed. He got me to use a nebulizer the next week before my next challenge match. My next challenge match I beat the same guy by 6. I wrestled varsity the rest of the year with no problems in my breathing. As I have said before I am just giving suggestions on what could work for another wrestler with asthma. You can always ask a doctor, my specialist Dr Yun Gill Jeong was the one to prescribe the treatment to me. It worked well for me maybe no one else.

 

Doug SD 171 1995-1999

[spydr1966]

Word to the wise. Albuterol is hard to come by at the moment due to some FDA recalls involving chloroflourocarbons. If you are using Albuterol, you may want to talk to your physician and obtain a Rx for a replacemnt "Xopenex HFA". I'd hate for someone to find out the night before the state that they can't get a refill from their pharmacy.

[cobrakid8]

I have ProAir HFA Albuterol Sulfate contains no Chlorofluorocarbons. Pretty good stuff to take on the fly.