Pump Us Up!

SENIOR WOMEN USE ‘POTIONS’ TO RELIEVE ACHES, PAINS

By Ron Cioffi

In a age where every athlete is looking for an edge, the Tennessee Senior Women’s 3.5 team admits using every new concoction to help them compete.

Pat Yung-Okamoto and Shirley Reynolds show off the products that help keep their teammate striking winners.

Captain Pat Yung-Okamoto said the team has been buying up every new chemical to get them through the torrid heat of States and Regionals.

Yung-Okamoto and her teammates pulled out handfuls of products that provide energy boosts, mental concentration and pain relief.

“We use lots of magic concoctions of electrolytes and recovery potions!,” she said.

Whatever that means.

However, Pat specified their favorite products and explained their effects. All are available in discount stores without a prescription.

There’s Spark and Zipfizz that provide vitamins, B12 and amino acids. One teammate said Zipfizz is a powder that makes a lemonade-tasting drink.

Another product in use is Endurolytes, an anti-cramping capsule with a web site that shows off a competitive cyclist like those who battle in the Tour de France.

There’s the Stopain, a spray designed to deaden tennis elbow or other inflamed body parts. Team members have also been treated with electric stimulation therapy.

Of course, the team also depends upon the senior player’s best friend, ibuphropen.

“We need these to deal with the hot weather. We’re old people and we’ve got 3 p.m. matches,” said the captain of the team based in downtown Nashville. “They really help us survive the cramping, minor senior aches and pains. We each have our own rituals and this is one that works from us.”