Originally Posted by
Kyle Stevens
POTS stands for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. When standing up blood pools in the lower 1/2 of the body and the heart rate increases rapidly to get blood supply up to the brain. I only have experience of this diagnosis with this one student. Causes of this syndrome have a wide range, in this case we have a 14 year old girl that doesn't eat (seriously...doesn't eat anything at lunch or breakfast) and is anemic. All things that can contribute to the syndrome. In class she will get tired and dizzy, which I attribute more to having ZERO calories consumed by this point (2:15 in the afternoon). Anyways, this is less about the student and more about the syndrome.
Will, I am not sure what medication is being taken and I am unsure if I would have access to that information.
This individual will never step foot in our weight room, but I am curious if this condition ever does come my way if there are any concerns in regards to strength training and if training could benefit someone with this condition.