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Herpes Gladiatorum: What Wrestlers and Grappler...

Herpes gladiatorum is a skin infection specific enough to combat sports that it carries the name of the athletes who get it. Caused by herpes simplex virus transmitted through skin-to-skin...

What's Actually on Gym Mats: The Bacteria and F...

Gym mats are one of the most consistently contaminated surfaces in any athletic facility. Despite regular cleaning protocols, mats used for wrestling, BJJ, and MMA training harbor bacteria and fungi...

Fight Camp Skin Care: Building a Protocol Into ...

Fight camp is a months-long process of progressive physical stress that culminates in a single night. Most fighters plan their strength and conditioning, their sparring rounds, their nutrition, and their...

Cauliflower Ear and Infection Risk: What Grappl...

Cauliflower ear — the permanent cartilage deformity that results from untreated ear hematomas — is one of the most visible and permanent marks of a career in wrestling, BJJ, or...

Weight Cutting and Skin Care: What Fight Camp A...

Fight camp is a months-long process of progressive physical stress that culminates in a single night. Most fighters plan their strength and conditioning, their sparring rounds, their nutrition, and their...

Why Fighters Get Skin Infections and What Actua...

Combat sports athletes face a skin infection landscape that few other athletic populations deal with. Mat contact, shared equipment, cuts and abrasions from striking and grappling, and the warm, enclosed...