As you get elderly regular exercise grows much more important. Muscle wastage will take place 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 unnecessary 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 shrinking!
Jogging or running is an first-class way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel fabulous! 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 like to use running 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.
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. - 15683
This unnecessary 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 shrinking!
Jogging or running is an first-class way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel fabulous! 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 like to use running 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.
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. - 15683
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 Treatments. To learn more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
