As you get older frequent exercise grows much more important. Muscle wastage will take place 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 increase is unavoidable and we start to pile on the extra pounds.
This increase in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of pounds here and there, hardly noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. All Of A Sudden you find to your horror your clothes are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
Jogging or running is an excellent way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel fabulous! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from 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 love to jog and use it as my primary method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began to develop a dull ache down the front of my legs. At the beginning I put it down to my age and just kept running hoping it would go away after I'd warmed up a bit.
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. - 17944
This increase in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of pounds here and there, hardly noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. All Of A Sudden you find to your horror your clothes are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
Jogging or running is an excellent way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel fabulous! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from 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 love to jog and use it as my primary method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began to develop a dull ache down the front of my legs. At the beginning I put it down to my age and just kept running hoping it would go away after I'd warmed up a bit.
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. - 17944
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 Pearson 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.
