As you get older frequent exercise becomes 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 additional weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd suddenly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily missed. That weight you gained while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be getting smaller!
Jogging or running is an first-rate way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel good! 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 primary method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began 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.
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.
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. - 15432
This additional weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd suddenly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily missed. That weight you gained while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be getting smaller!
Jogging or running is an first-rate way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel good! 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 primary method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began 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.
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.
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. - 15432
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 Treatment. To discover more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my Web site.
