Health

That smell coming from your sports bag is more than just a nuisance. It's a sign that something potentially harmful may be growing in your gear. Your dirty equipment - padding, helmets, and other necessary protective wear - may be playing host to some nasty microorganisms. These colonies of bacteria, fungi, and other gross germs can irritate your skin and cause rashes and infections, preventing you from performing your best, and also sometimes posing serious health risks.

NO SWEAT has the solution to your "gross gear" problem. We can clean, sanitize, and deodorize your hockey, football, and other sports equipment. Our professional four-stage cleaning process gets rid of blood, sweat, and other grime, and destroys germs and bad odors, while keeping your gear in top shape.

You wouldn't believe what could be living in your protective wear. Germs thrive in the sweaty environment a good- tough game provides them. When you hit the ice or the playing field in dirty gear, legions of bacteria, fungi, molds, yeasts, and other harmful bugs could be coming along for the ride. Close contact with other players means close contact with their bugs, adding to the potential health risks of unclean equipment.

When you sweat, your skin is less able to guard itself from microorganisms. If you have any chaffing, abrasions, cuts, or scratches, your defenses against infection are lowered even more.

Lately there's been a lot of discussion in the professional and amateur sports community about the health risks athletes face, and how to reduce those risks. Some pro football and hockey athletes have been treated for serious infections by MRSA Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria. Worldwide, there has been rising concern about treatment-resistant bacteria - so-called "superbugs" - and Hepatitis C, a life-threatening blood borne virus. Athletes are also prone to recurrent rashes and acne.

It's a lot easier to prevent these problems than to treat them. The safe and effective process we use at NO SWEAT goes deep down into your equipment to kill the bugs, lift out the blood, sweat, and grime, and leave no trace of bad smell.

Routine cleaning may also extend the life of your gear. We're tough on the bad stuff, but  gentle on the good stuff - fabric, leather, plastic, padding and other equipment components. The patented cleaning process minimizes agitation of items being cleaned, thus ensuring the integrity of the goods cleaned.

Bringing your equipment to NO SWEAT is an investment that pays off. How many times have you thrown out a piece of gear, not because it was worn out, but just because it was filthy? Let us take a crack at your dirty gear and see how fast it gets back in the game.