As you get elderly regular exercise grows much more important. Muscle wastage will happen as we get older because our metabolism slows down. In other words we consume less calories. This means that even if we don't eat any more gradual weight gain is inevitable and we start to pile on the extra pounds.
This creeping weight gain is slow, but relentless. Just half a pound here, half a pound there. You put it on at Christmas " it doesn't go away like it used to! Vacations add a little more, and before you know it, you're 7lb overweight and your fashionable clothes don't fit anymore. Now how did that happen?
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 bad pain down the front of your leg when running. Chances are you've developed Shin Splints.
I've been around horses all my life and always knew if you worked them on very hard ground they were likely to develop splints. Now splints in a horse can leave them lame (limping) for a long time. I never realised the same could happen to us. In humans though it's called Shin Splints.
My favourite workout and the one I do most of is jogging. It makes me feel great. The trouble developed after I'd been running for a couple of years. I would get this ache in the bottom part of my leg. I thought it would go off by itself if I just worked through the pain running. It didn't, but then Shin Splints don't just go away by themselves.
It didn't. The pain got worse and worse, until I was close to tears. I kept stopping and rubbing my shins, but it didn't help, and I eventually had to give up and hobble home " fed up to the back teeth and as bad-tempered as a weasel. When I rested for a day or two, the pain went, but it came back as soon as I tried 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. - 15995
This creeping weight gain is slow, but relentless. Just half a pound here, half a pound there. You put it on at Christmas " it doesn't go away like it used to! Vacations add a little more, and before you know it, you're 7lb overweight and your fashionable clothes don't fit anymore. Now how did that happen?
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 bad pain down the front of your leg when running. Chances are you've developed Shin Splints.
I've been around horses all my life and always knew if you worked them on very hard ground they were likely to develop splints. Now splints in a horse can leave them lame (limping) for a long time. I never realised the same could happen to us. In humans though it's called Shin Splints.
My favourite workout and the one I do most of is jogging. It makes me feel great. The trouble developed after I'd been running for a couple of years. I would get this ache in the bottom part of my leg. I thought it would go off by itself if I just worked through the pain running. It didn't, but then Shin Splints don't just go away by themselves.
It didn't. The pain got worse and worse, until I was close to tears. I kept stopping and rubbing my shins, but it didn't help, and I eventually had to give up and hobble home " fed up to the back teeth and as bad-tempered as a weasel. When I rested for a day or two, the pain went, but it came back as soon as I tried 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. - 15995
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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 specialising in Shin Splint Treatment. To discover more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
