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 natural ageing process, your metabolism will require fewer calories to function, and even if you eat no more than you ever did, you will begin putting on the lbs.
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 clothes appear to be getting smaller!
Jogging or running is an outstanding way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel great! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from 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 finding 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.
You would think that if you had Shin Splints you had a Splint. Not so, Shin Splints refers to an overuse of the long muscles down the front of your lower legs. The muscles get overused and get inflamed - this is what causes the pain. I learned all this when I trained as a sports therapist and I've also discovered how to treat them. - 15266
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 clothes appear to be getting smaller!
Jogging or running is an outstanding way to burn calories and get back in control of your body. Added to that, it makes you feel great! But what can you do if, like me, you love to run, but suffer from 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 finding 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.
You would think that if you had Shin Splints you had a Splint. Not so, Shin Splints refers to an overuse of the long muscles down the front of your lower legs. The muscles get overused and get inflamed - this is what causes the pain. I learned all this when I trained as a sports therapist and I've also discovered how to treat them. - 15266
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 Pearson is a Sports Massage Therapist specialising in Shin Splint Treatment. To discover more about how to Treat Shin Splints please feel free to visit my site.
