As you get elderly regular exercise becomes much more important. Muscle wastage will happen as we get older because our metabolism slows down. In other words we burn fewer calories. This means that even if we don't eat any more gradual weight gain is unavoidable and we start to pile on the extra pounds.
This additional 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 put on while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be shrinking!
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 good 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 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.
I had hoped the pain would just go away but, you guessed it, it got much worse. The pain would get so bad that in the end I couldn't finish my training and would end up limping home at a snails pace. After a couple of days the pain in my lower legs would go away but it would always come back again if I started running again.
You would think that if you had Shin Splints you had a Splint. Not so, Shin Splints refers to an overuse of the long muscles down the front of your lower legs. The muscles get overused and get inflamed - this is what causes the pain. I learned all this when I trained as a sports therapist and I've also discovered how to treat them. - 16752
This additional 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 put on while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be shrinking!
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 good 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 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.
I had hoped the pain would just go away but, you guessed it, it got much worse. The pain would get so bad that in the end I couldn't finish my training and would end up limping home at a snails pace. After a couple of days the pain in my lower legs would go away but it would always come back again if I started running again.
You would think that if you had Shin Splints you had a Splint. Not so, Shin Splints refers to an overuse of the long muscles down the front of your lower legs. The muscles get overused and get inflamed - this is what causes the pain. I learned all this when I trained as a sports therapist and I've also discovered how to treat them. - 16752
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Just by following some simple instructions, 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 who specialises in Shin Splint Treatment. To discover more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
