As you get elderly frequent exercise becomes much more important. Muscle wastage will take place as we get older because our metabolism slows down. In other words we consume fewer calories. This means that even if we don't eat any more gradual weight increase is unavoidable and we start to pile on the extra pounds.
This addition in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of lbs here and there, barely noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. Suddenly you discover to your horror your dresses are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
If you're like most people the first type of workout you'll think of taking up is running or jogging. Running can make you feel great and it burns a lot of calories, so far so good. The problem becomes noticeable after a number of months. You have severe pain down the front of your leg when running. Chances are you've developed Shin Splints.
I always thought that only horses got splints. Work a young horse too much on hard ground, and you were asking for him to get one " making him lame for months, sometimes. Well, humans aren't so different!
I like to use jogging as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was discovering that, after only a short time, my shins would start to ache, down at the bottom of my leg. At first I thought I was just a bit stiff, and it would go off as I warmed up more.
Being an optimist I hoped the problem would go away all on it's own. How wrong I was, far from going away the pain in my lower legs got much worse. The more I ran the worse it got until in the end I couldn't even finish my training and you could often see me hobbling home muttering under my breath.
Shin Splints has nothing to do with splints. It is simply the name used when the long, thin muscle on the front of your lower leg is overused and gets inflamed " sort of Repetitive Strain Injury in the leg " and, as I learned when I went to train as a Sports Therapist can be treated. - 16463
This addition in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of lbs here and there, barely noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. Suddenly you discover to your horror your dresses are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
If you're like most people the first type of workout you'll think of taking up is running or jogging. Running can make you feel great and it burns a lot of calories, so far so good. The problem becomes noticeable after a number of months. You have severe pain down the front of your leg when running. Chances are you've developed Shin Splints.
I always thought that only horses got splints. Work a young horse too much on hard ground, and you were asking for him to get one " making him lame for months, sometimes. Well, humans aren't so different!
I like to use jogging as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was discovering that, after only a short time, my shins would start to ache, down at the bottom of my leg. At first I thought I was just a bit stiff, and it would go off as I warmed up more.
Being an optimist I hoped the problem would go away all on it's own. How wrong I was, far from going away the pain in my lower legs got much worse. The more I ran the worse it got until in the end I couldn't even finish my training and you could often see me hobbling home muttering under my breath.
Shin Splints has nothing to do with splints. It is simply the name used when the long, thin muscle on the front of your lower leg is overused and gets inflamed " sort of Repetitive Strain Injury in the leg " and, as I learned when I went to train as a Sports Therapist can be treated. - 16463
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Just by following some simple precautions, I could have saved myself and my poor shins a lot of pain, frustration and discomfort. If Id only known then what I know now, Id never have got shin splints in the first place! Carol J Pearson is a Sports Massage Therapist specialising in Shin Splint Treatment. To learn more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
