The Importance of Joining a Clean MMA Gym

Choosing a Martial Arts school can be a difficult decision.  Will you like the techniques the instructors teach?  Is the gym conveniently located to my house?  Will I get along with the other members?  These are all questions people ask themselves before they join a new school.  But one question may be overlooked, and that question may be the most important of all, is the gym kept clean? 

An unclean gym is not only gross, but can lead to multiple skin infections.  Skin infections range from minor to life threatening.  Recently a Long Island native is battling a potentially deadly drug-resistant infection (MRSA) and has been upgraded from critical to serious, according to a published report.  MRSA is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be called multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA).

Doctors said 16-year-old Hauppauge high school junior, Nick Mauriello was breathing on his own for the first time since becoming stricken with MRSA is hospitalized in critical condition, and on a ventilator, at Stony Brook University Medical Center.  The illnesses spread into the teen's bloodstream and infected his liver, kidneys and lungs, leaving the star wrestler fighting for his life.

“Always check the prospective gyms cleanliness before joining, or even before trying out a class” says undefeated professional MMA Fighter and owner of Long Island MMA and Fitness Center Ryan LaFlare.  LaFlare states that keeping his gym spotless is one of his highest priorities “Who would want to train in a dirty gym?  There is a lot of nasty bacteria and fungus that breed when mats aren’t cleaned after every class.  As a trainer it’s my responsibility to make sure the place is clean, we are teaching our students to be disciplined, and if your trainers aren’t keeping the place clean, they aren’t disciplined themselves.”  

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