As you get older regular exercise grows much more important. Muscle wastage will take place 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 creeping weight increase 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! Holidays add a little more, and before you know it, you're 7lb overweight and your favorite clothes don't fit any longer. Now how did that happen?
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 great! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from Shin Splints?
I used to have a pony when I was younger so I knew about Shin Splints. If you ride a pony on very hard ground the chances are he'll develop splints. Splints can leave a pony lame for months and I'm afraid Shin Splints in humans have the same result.
I love to run and use it as my fundamental method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I started to get 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.
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.
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 creeping weight increase 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! Holidays add a little more, and before you know it, you're 7lb overweight and your favorite clothes don't fit any longer. Now how did that happen?
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 great! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from Shin Splints?
I used to have a pony when I was younger so I knew about Shin Splints. If you ride a pony on very hard ground the chances are he'll develop splints. Splints can leave a pony lame for months and I'm afraid Shin Splints in humans have the same result.
I love to run and use it as my fundamental method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I started to get 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.
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.
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 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 Bartram 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.
