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 mature our metabolism slows down due to less physical activity which in turn means we get fatter.
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?
You resolve enough is enough and start an work out 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 uncomfortable. 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.
I like to use jogging as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was discovering that, after only a short time, my shins would start to ache, down at the bottom of my leg. At first I thought I was just a bit stiff, and it would go off as I warmed up more.
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.
Before I trained as a Sports Massage Therapist and discovered how to treat Shin Splints I always thought it meant you had a splint. Shin Splints are actually caused by the inflammation of the muscles that run down the front of your leg. It's a type of repetitive strain injury of the lower leg. - 16928
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?
You resolve enough is enough and start an work out 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 uncomfortable. 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.
I like to use jogging as my main way of keeping in reasonable shape. But I was discovering that, after only a short time, my shins would start to ache, down at the bottom of my leg. At first I thought I was just a bit stiff, and it would go off as I warmed up more.
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.
Before I trained as a Sports Massage Therapist and discovered how to treat Shin Splints I always thought it meant you had a splint. Shin Splints are actually caused by the inflammation of the muscles that run down the front of your leg. It's a type of repetitive strain injury of the lower leg. - 16928
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.
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