Fitness Pain ....
As a fitness professional, I
constantly hear about people’s pain and suffering. “My knee hurts,
should I continue running?” “I hear popping in my shoulder when I swing my racket, is there something wrong?” “My chest feels tight when I’m
working out, should I see my doctor?”
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Sometimes it’s difficult to determine whether you’re hobbled with a
serious injury or if it’s just a nagging ache that’s keeping you
sidelined. There’s a big difference between the two. If you’re injured,
you need to stop activity and seek professional help. Think of an injury
as damage to your body that needs to be addressed.
If it’s just a little pain, sometimes you can work through it and sometimes it’s best to take some time off. Fitness Pain
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as there’s a difference between pain and injury, there are different
levels of the two. There are aches that are just minor discomforts you
can work through, like a muscle cramp in your calf. And then there’s the
pain that just won’t go away. It’s short of an injury, but it continues
to hinder your life. In this case, it’s best to take a few days or a
week off and rest.
If you suspect something more, you may have an injury. If that is what
you have, it’s you should seek medical advice. But again, there are
different levels of damage. There a minor injury, like a sprain, that
may require time off and some rehabilitation.Fitness Pain..
Then there’s a more obvious injury, like a broken arm or leg. Obviously,
in this case, you need immediate hospital attention. With this type of
injury, there’s healing time plus rehabilitation time to get back out on
the bike trail or into the gym.
There’s also an injury that many people don’t catch until it’s too late.
Injury to internal organs, like heart disease may be harder to track
down unless symptoms persist, so you need to pay close attention to
feelings like tightness in the chest or numbness and tingling down the
arms. The consequences of ignoring or overlooking these injuries are
dire, so it is extremely important to adhere to your doctor’s orders
when dealing with internal damage.
Whether you just feel pain or suspect an injury, proceed with caution.
If you’re unsure and something doesn’t feel right, seek medical attention.
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