Mrsa

HUH?

MSRA is an extremely resistant form of staph infection, common to hospital settings. What does that have to do with working out? It would be VERY rare to get any kind of staph infection from working out.
 
It's also found in gyms and locker rooms. Wipe down machines and free weights before use, cover open wounds, etc. The odds of catching MRSA are extremely low, and taking basic precautions can help make said odds nearly negligible.
 
Huh. I did some further research and the numbers of people getting a staph infection from a gym are so low that there's no definitive documentation.

I have to say I'd never heard of it being a gym-related issue before, but even now, after looking it up, I can't see that it's anything anyone needs to panic about unless you're already immuno-suppressed.
 
I have heard that people have gotten mrsa from working out and bodybuilding.
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You "heard" where?

You have to take the information you hear and read and do your own research. As I said above, based on a quick 20 mins of searching, I can't find any statistics on how many cases have been traced back to gyms, and only 3 documented cases from a gym setting. I'm sure there have been more, but it seems to me that it's a remote possibility.
 
I heard about MRSA while watching an ESPN story about professional atheletes that had contracted it in either workout or training facilities. I couldn't find a link to that story (I believe it aired on Outside The Lines) but here's a link to a Mens Journal story about the topic:



Without further research I can see how someone could mistake it for being an issue primarily of athletes and workout areas. However, MRSA is more of an issue in hospitals and the infection rate is extremely low.

The benefits of working out far outweight the potential risk of MRSA contraction. :)
 
unrecognizeable said:
I heard about MRSA while watching an ESPN story about professional atheletes that had contracted it in either workout or training facilities. I couldn't find a link to that story (I believe it aired on Outside The Lines) but here's a link to a Mens Journal story about the topic:



Without further research I can see how someone could mistake it for being an issue primarily of athletes and workout areas. However, MRSA is more of an issue in hospitals and the infection rate is extremely low.

The benefits of working out far outweight the potential risk of MRSA contraction. :)
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Thanks for the postive feedback. I was concerned about MRSA, and now I know that there is little to nothing to worry about!
 
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