home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- $Unique_ID{BRK02457}
- $Pretitle{}
- $Title{How Can Exercise Pain Be Avoided?}
- $Subject{exercise sore aching working out walking jogging exercisers spasms
- inflammation tears muscle connective tissue limbering warm-up exercises ill
- defined symptoms symptom behavior behaviors lifestyle lifestyles exercising
- soreness ache aches spasm walk jog tear musculoskeletal system}
- $Volume{N-23}
- $Log{}
-
- Copyright (c) 1992,1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
-
-
- How Can Exercise Pain Be Avoided?
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- QUESTION: You were very convincing when you proposed exercise as the solution
- to the many problems I seem to share with your other readers, but where are
- you now when I really need you? Sure, I got out there with all the other
- exercise fanatics, and for a while it seemed just fine. However two days
- later, I really paid the price with every muscle in my body sore and aching.
- Now what? Do I ever get back to using my new (and expensive) sneakers?
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ANSWER: Sure you do, with another very important lesson learned. If you went
- out there at full blast with those others who have been working out, walking
- or jogging regularly for many weeks and months, you made the same mistake that
- many new exercisers do. You started too much too soon and too fast. This
- degree of overwork on your unaccustomed muscles caused spasms, inflammation
- and possible even tears in the muscle and connective tissue that encloses the
- muscles. If takes a day or two for you to realize that you have just over
- worked your muscles, and then another 72 hours for your natural processes to
- repair the damage. Then you are ready to start out again.
- This time though, you can get off to a proper and saner start. Start
- with some limbering up "warm-up" exercises, even if you are only planning a
- short work period. Then go at it at a reduced pace for about a half hour or
- so. Muscles that are gradually introduced to regular exercise do better, and
- are less sore afterward. Plan different exercises for different days, to use
- different muscles groups. Even if you are just fast walking or jogging around
- a closed track, changing your direction midway through your session can help.
- End your workout by cooling down exercises, that keep your muscles limber and
- stretched.
- Exercises are useful in attaining many different goals: weight loss,
- muscle strength, flexibility and improved heart and lung function. Discussing
- these objectives with a professional counselor can be money well spent to get
- you started properly on what I still consider the best medicine for the price,
- regular exercise.
-
- ----------------
-
- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
-
-