As much as I hate to admit it getting older does have some downsides. If we eat the same amount of food we did when we were younger we are doomed to pile on extra weight (fat). This is because as we age our metabolism slows down due to less physical activity which in turn means we get fatter.
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!
You resolve enough is enough and start an exercise program. As part of your program you start running or jogging. At first you don't have a problem but after a couple of months the front of your shins become painful. Chances are you have 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 favorite work out and the one I do most of is running. It makes me feel great. The problem 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.
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. - 15438
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!
You resolve enough is enough and start an exercise program. As part of your program you start running or jogging. At first you don't have a problem but after a couple of months the front of your shins become painful. Chances are you have 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 favorite work out and the one I do most of is running. It makes me feel great. The problem 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.
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. - 15438
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 learn more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
