As much as I hate to admit it getting older does have some downsides. If we eat the identical amount of food we did when we were younger we are doomed to pile on extra weight (fat). This is because as we age our metabolism slows down due to less physical activity which in turn means we get fatter.
This extra weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd abruptly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily overlooked. That weight you gained while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your clothes appear to be getting smaller!
If you're like most people the first type of exercise 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 bad 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 running as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was finding 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 extra weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd abruptly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily overlooked. That weight you gained while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your clothes appear to be getting smaller!
If you're like most people the first type of exercise 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 bad 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 running as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was finding 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
About the Author:
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 Bartram is a Sports Massage Therapist who specialises in Shin Splint Treatments. To learn more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
