We all need to exercise on a frequent basis, especially as we get older. If you don't, your muscles will waste as part of the typical ageing process, your metabolism will need fewer calories to function, and even if you eat no more than you ever did, you will begin putting on the pounds.
This unnecessary weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd abruptly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily overlooked. That weight you put on while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be getting smaller!
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 good 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 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 fundamental 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 trusting 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. - 15343
This unnecessary weight your gaining is slow but relentless. If you'd abruptly piled on 20 pounds you'd notice it straight away but one or two pounds a year is easily overlooked. That weight you put on while on holiday never seems to go away like it used to and your dresses appear to be getting smaller!
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 good 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 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 fundamental 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 trusting 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. - 15343
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 specialising in Shin Splint Treatments. To learn more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my Web site.