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The abuse of oral or injectable steroids is associated with higher risks for heart attacks and strokes, and the abuse of most oral steroids is associated with increased risk for liver problems. Early attempts to prevent steroid abuse concentrated on drug testing and on educating students about the drugs' adverse effects.

Eat Right For Sports

And, since what we do with our bodies also affects what we can do with our minds, fitness influences to some degree qualities such as mental alertness and emotional stability.

Wrestling

Louis slugger Mark McGwire used the supposed muscle-building substances androstenedione and creatine during his successful bid to break Roger Maris home run record. While baseball was likely on the minds of most who followed McGwire that year as he hit 70 home runs to edge the Chicago Cubs Sammy Sosa for the new record, others cited McGwire"s powerful swing and bulging biceps as proof that performance enhancing substances work.

Stop the offending activity immediately and rub an ice cube across the affected area for five minutes four times on the first day. Use a "wrist extension" splint (available at sporting goods stores) and wear it often, even at night. Or you can opt for an elbow brace, which takes pressure off the tender tendon. After three days of total rest, start rehab: Heat your elbow or wrist area for 10 minutes, then perform stretching and strengthening exercises for your elbow, wrist and shoulders.