BATON ROUGE — High school Football teams across Louisiana are gearing up for the season. With practices going on during one of the hottest times of the year, players are getting reacclimated to practicing in the hot sun.

Doctors say right now, proper hydration and warm-up/recovery are as important as ever.

"It's a huge concern right now, especially this time of year, as hot and as humid as it's getting," Ochsner Health Sports Medicine Physician Geoffrey Hogan said.

"With sports ramping back up, one of the first things that I tell people is that hydration is super important. Start early, start often, you want to be drinking before, during, and after exercise," Hogan added.

Hogan says that if you're thirsty, you're already behind.

If someone is not hydrated, Hogan says that there are si

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