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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Got Cramps?
Check Your Salt Intake

Posted August 31st, 2007 at 8:10 AM by Katie Drummond

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Nutrition, Hydration, Training Tips, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab, Exercise

The most common cause of muscle cramps in exercisers is lack of salt, according to a report from the University of Oklahoma (Sports Medicine, April-May 2007).

The authors cite studies of tennis and football players showing that crampers tend to be salty sweaters, and of triathletes who cramp losing more salt during a race than peers who did not cramp. They found that intravenous saline can reverse cramping, and that more salt in the diet or in sports drinks can help to prevent heat cramping.

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Lamont Jones named USATF General Counsel

Posted June 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Lamont Jones, former Executive Director of USA Boxing and a lawyer for the firm of Holland & Hart LLP in Colorado Springs, has been named General Counsel & Director of Business Affairs for USA Track & Field (USATF), CEO Craig A. Masback announced Friday.

A 1993 graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a 1990 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jones has negotiated complex sports, entertainment, and business contracts and has represented corporate and individual clients in high-profile litigation matters.
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