Shin Splint Treatments That Work Quickly
As you get older frequent exercise grows much more important. Muscle wastage will occur 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 unavoidable and we start to pile on the extra pounds.
This increase in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of pounds here and there, hardly noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. Suddenly you find to your horror your dresses are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
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 painful. Chances are you have 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 love to run and use it as my main method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began to develop 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.
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.
This increase in weight is slow but sure. At first it's just couple of pounds here and there, hardly noticeable. The weight you put on after Christmas just doesn't seem to come off like it used to. Suddenly you find to your horror your dresses are getting tighter and your out of breath climbing the stairs.
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 painful. Chances are you have 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 love to run and use it as my main method of keeping fit. Imagine my horror when after a short distance I began to develop 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.
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.
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 Web site.
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