Thread: Sports Rashes - Warning!

I know this is not only sport related, but seems to be quite prevalent. And I'm sure that others are probably way more aware of this than I am, but for the first time in my life (I'm 44 this year) I contracted a sport-related rash.

Hi, my name is Jimbo and I have Tinea. And worse, the doctor called it a "ring worm"! Oh, the shame! And worse, along the waist-band area above the groin but below the belly button where my sweaty gi's elasticised waist band sits and rubs, and where my ordinary pants and jeans do the same all day long.

I initially considered going all hip-hop and wearing my pants down around my knees as the "yutes" do, but I don't own any baseball caps so clearly that option just wasn't on the table for me.

So I've been reduced to rubbing anti-fungal cream into my belly area twice a day for quite a number of weeks. The worm has been hard to budge. And in the meantime I'm washing my towels and clothes and sheets every day and spraying the shower with this stuff I got that is like Lysol (I think) (since God help me if the wife gets athlete's foot!!).

Looking back, I now realise the folly of my ways. I train a good 45 minute drive from home and never showered until I got home (and would drive home in my gi). Those little worm suckers were having a field day and now I am paying for my lack of vigilance.

So, dear fellow elite sports athletes, beware the fungus and his wormy brother in arms. And if you do fall victim to their itchy, rashy ways may the anti-fungal cream be with you.

James.