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Thanks to Ferrigno FIT - June 18, 2014 in Fitness, Injury

A commitment to fitness comes with some repercussions. Regardless of the exercise you do, your body will experience some wear and tear. You must take care of your bones, muscles, and joints if, in fact, you are looking to make fitness a priority in your life – otherwise your plans may be cut short. Thus, injury prevention must be paramount. And no other body part causes more trouble than your knees.

Here’s a primer for identifying knee pain and what to do about it.

LOCATE THE PAIN TO ESTABLISH THE FIX

Front (above the kneecap): Quad muscle, quad tendon. You may be extending your knee too far beyond your toes.

Front (below the kneecap): Patellar tendon. Injury here is known as “Jumper’s Knee.” You may want to pay attention to your form and overall readiness for the sport you’re engaged in.

Front (under the kneecap): Irritation of the cartilage under the kneecap. Injury here is known as “Runner’s Knee.” This is a common pain for those who spend a lot of time bent at the knee like tile layers. You may want to pay attention to your form and overall readiness for the sport you’re engaged in.

Back: Hamstring, popliteus, and gastrocnemius (calf) tendon. Pain at the back of the knee near the calf is often referred to as “Tennis Leg.” Address strength in your hamstrings and calves as well as joint mobility at knee and ankle.

Inside: Medial collateral ligament (MCL), anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial meniscus. These areas provide the knee sideways movement. Injury often occurs when the knee has moved in an unnatural way during sports requiring rapid response movements.

Outside: Iliotibial band (IT), lateral collateral ligament (LCL), lateral meniscus. Outside ligaments provide the knee stability during activities such as squats. In fact, the IT runs from your pelvis to the knee, providing crucial support. When the thigh muscles are weak or you haven’t stretched them in advance of your workout, your IT could be injured more easily.

TYPES OF INJURY

Ligament Injury: Marked by immediate pain. Can be felt as a tenderness, a popping noise, and/or inflammation. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Meniscus Tear: This tear is common in those that engage in sports requiring rapid movements. Injury is marked by popping noises followed by inflammation and warmth in the knee. It is possible to also experience locking or an unstable sensation in the knee joint. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Tendinitis: Involves inflammation of the patellar or popliteal tendon – often a result of jumping movements. Injury is marked by pain and tenderness. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Bursitis: Involves inflammation of the prepatellar or anserine bursa. Injury is marked by pain, tenderness, and swelling. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Fracture: Involves bone breakage. Fractures often require surgery and immobilization.

Dislocation: Involves dislocating the kneecap. Dislocation often requires surgery and immobilization.

WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW

Ice: 15-20 minutes, 3-4 times a day.

Medicate: Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen may relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

Compress: Wrap knee in elastic wrap if inflammation and swelling are present.

Elevate: Raise the knee while at rest and during the night.

Rest: This could take several days or several weeks.

Make an appointment: See a doctor if the pain is severe or if the pain persists.

Remember, the best way to avoid these injuries is to use proper form, train according to your skill level, rest, and make sure your entire body is conditioned to the sport you’re engaged in.]]> Knee Pain Explained

Thanks to Ferrigno FIT - June 18, 2014 in Fitness, Injury

A commitment to fitness comes with some repercussions. Regardless of the exercise you do, your body will experience some wear and tear. You must take care of your bones, muscles, and joints if, in fact, you are looking to make fitness a priority in your life – otherwise your plans may be cut short. Thus, injury prevention must be paramount. And no other body part causes more trouble than your knees.

Here’s a primer for identifying knee pain and what to do about it.

LOCATE THE PAIN TO ESTABLISH THE FIX

Front (above the kneecap): Quad muscle, quad tendon. You may be extending your knee too far beyond your toes.

Front (below the kneecap): Patellar tendon. Injury here is known as “Jumper’s Knee.” You may want to pay attention to your form and overall readiness for the sport you’re engaged in.

Front (under the kneecap): Irritation of the cartilage under the kneecap. Injury here is known as “Runner’s Knee.” This is a common pain for those who spend a lot of time bent at the knee like tile layers. You may want to pay attention to your form and overall readiness for the sport you’re engaged in.

Back: Hamstring, popliteus, and gastrocnemius (calf) tendon. Pain at the back of the knee near the calf is often referred to as “Tennis Leg.” Address strength in your hamstrings and calves as well as joint mobility at knee and ankle.

Inside: Medial collateral ligament (MCL), anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial meniscus. These areas provide the knee sideways movement. Injury often occurs when the knee has moved in an unnatural way during sports requiring rapid response movements.

Outside: Iliotibial band (IT), lateral collateral ligament (LCL), lateral meniscus. Outside ligaments provide the knee stability during activities such as squats. In fact, the IT runs from your pelvis to the knee, providing crucial support. When the thigh muscles are weak or you haven’t stretched them in advance of your workout, your IT could be injured more easily.

TYPES OF INJURY

Ligament Injury: Marked by immediate pain. Can be felt as a tenderness, a popping noise, and/or inflammation. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Meniscus Tear: This tear is common in those that engage in sports requiring rapid movements. Injury is marked by popping noises followed by inflammation and warmth in the knee. It is possible to also experience locking or an unstable sensation in the knee joint. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Tendinitis: Involves inflammation of the patellar or popliteal tendon – often a result of jumping movements. Injury is marked by pain and tenderness. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Bursitis: Involves inflammation of the prepatellar or anserine bursa. Injury is marked by pain, tenderness, and swelling. Minor trauma can be remedied with ice packs, immobilization, rest, and elevation. Moderate trauma requires crutches or long-term rest of the area. Severe trauma requires arthroscopic or open surgery.

Fracture: Involves bone breakage. Fractures often require surgery and immobilization.

Dislocation: Involves dislocating the kneecap. Dislocation often requires surgery and immobilization.

WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW

Ice: 15-20 minutes, 3-4 times a day.

Medicate: Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen may relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

Compress: Wrap knee in elastic wrap if inflammation and swelling are present.

Elevate: Raise the knee while at rest and during the night.

Rest: This could take several days or several weeks.

Make an appointment: See a doctor if the pain is severe or if the pain persists.

Remember, the best way to avoid these injuries is to use proper form, train according to your skill level, rest, and make sure your entire body is conditioned to the sport you’re engaged in.]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=774 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:53:07 +0000 milleniumgirl]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=774 by Amy Levin-Epstein

Whatever your fitness goals, getting injured surely isn't one of them. But according to a study from the University of Arkansas, there has been a 35 percent increase in gym injuries in recent years.

Personal trainer Justin Price, M.A., who owns The BioMechanics, a corrective exercise and functional fitness facility in San Diego, says there are two main reasons for workout-related injuries. The first is poor posture during the day, which eventually weakens your entire musculoskeletal structure. To combat this, make sure your computer screen is positioned in a way that you're not straining or hunching to see it.

The other mistake is trying to do too much too fast, in both reps and weight. "The problem that got you into the gym didn't happen overnight, so you can't undo it overnight," says Price, who co-authored the book The Idiots' Guide to Functional Training.

In other words, those 50 pounds can't be erased in one mega-marathon treadmill session. And popping blood vessels by overweighting the bench press isn't going to take you from Christian Bale in The Machinist to Christian Bale in Batman in one hard-core workout.

To get started, find a certified personal trainer (Price recommends one with the PTA Global, NSCA or NASM certifications) to make sure you're using the right technique and try to think of yourself as your own trainer by not making your goals too personal. "Think of working on your body as a third party. If you remove your ego from the situation you can be realistic about your goals," says Price. You'll be able to prevent injuries like the ones below, which Price says he sees most often.

FOOT AND ANKLE
Cause: When trying to explain foot and ankle injuries, Price starts at the top of the body. "People spend their days in front of their computer with rounded shoulders. When your shoulders are rounded and you stand up, your weight falls to the front of your foot," says Price. Take that misplaced center of gravity and put it into running shoes, which naturally tip you forward with a heel higher than the toe, and your feet and ankles start to bear the brunt of any impact.

Prevention: "You should look for a running shoe that isn't too high in the heel, or try a walking shoe, cross trainer or tennis shoe," suggests Price. By helping spread the impact to the whole foot, you'll prevent problems like plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis, anterior compartment syndrome (a compression in the front of the ankle), lateral compression syndrome (a compression at the side of the ankle) and bunions.

KNEE
Cause: That damn desk job again, unfortunately. "We don't use our hip muscles during the day. Then we decide to go kickbox or do bootcamp," says Price. The result is injury to the . . . knee? "If our feet aren't stable, due to improper footwear, and our hip muscles aren't strong, the knee gets all the stress," says Price, who says that leg extensions, curls, and presses don't help resolve the problem because they don't strengthen the muscles of the feet and hips.

Prevention: "A better exercise would be lunges. With a lunge your hip and ankle are bending together, stabilizing and strengthening the knee," says Price. To get even more benefit, do lunges both forwards and backwards, then side to side (also known as "step and squats").

LOWER BACK
Cause: Three strikes and your day job is officially in the dog house in terms of your physical health. "If someone is rounded throughout the day in their upper back, and then they go to the gym and do an overhead shoulder lift standing, their upper back cannot extend properly. They straighten and arch upward from their lower back, which has a nervous breakdown [anything from soreness to more permanent injury] because it's getting all the stress," says Price.

Prevention: Remember to stretch and strengthen your upper back to compensate for all that hunching you do at the office. Price suggests super-setting in straight-armed wall squats in with the rest of your lifting regimen. "Sit against a wall. Flatten your lower back into the wall, by tilting your pelvis under you. Straighten your arms in front of you, and try to raise arms up to your ears, without letting a gap form behind your lower back," says Price. And whenever you can, exercise standing up—really, you've sat enough at the office, right? "Standing helps you engage bigger muscles in your body," says Price.

SHOULDER
Cause: If you haven't been convinced to hang up your mouse and pick up a hard hat, this just might do it. That carpal tunnel you're complaining about 9-5 could contribute to a gym injury after-hours. "Your arms have to internally rotate when you type, which puts pressure on the shoulders," says Price. "Then you go to the gym and do chest press, shoulder press, pushups, all also with your arms rotated in," he notes. The outcome? Supraspinatus tendonitis, an overuse injury of the rotator cuff.

Prevention: You need to externally rotate your arms to balance your shoulders, and a great way to do that is by rowing with cables. "Grab the cables in front of you and pull the arms back, rotating your palms away from you and behind you," says Price.

NECK
Cause: The other four areas being out of whack lead to a misalignment in your neck, says Price. "If you sit with rounded shoulders, your neck follows your upper back, but then your eyes need to look at the screen, so you arch your neck and you get pain," says Price. As if work wasn't a pain in the neck enough, you get to the gym and that poor posture follows you all the way to the bench press, where the real trouble starts, when you're lying on the bench but your back isn't flush with the pad. "A lack of mobility and extension in your upper back will put stress on your lower back and neck," says Price.

Prevention: Clearly, when doing the bench press, make sure your lower back and neck are supported properly. Then, avoid putting additional stress on your neck with exercises that cause you to raise your arms over your head, especially if you've just put in a 12-hour day. Finally, strengthen your mid and upper back—and improve your posture—by doing reverse shrugs. "Sit at the lat pull down. Grab the bar in front of you and do straight arm pull downs. Pull down just the shoulder blades—not the arms—and go just slightly in front of you for three to four inches," says Price. You'll feel it in your lower traps—which, once strong, will help you maintain your posture—and health—whether you're at the office or at the gym.]]> by Amy Levin-Epstein

Whatever your fitness goals, getting injured surely isn't one of them. But according to a study from the University of Arkansas, there has been a 35 percent increase in gym injuries in recent years.

Personal trainer Justin Price, M.A., who owns The BioMechanics, a corrective exercise and functional fitness facility in San Diego, says there are two main reasons for workout-related injuries. The first is poor posture during the day, which eventually weakens your entire musculoskeletal structure. To combat this, make sure your computer screen is positioned in a way that you're not straining or hunching to see it.

The other mistake is trying to do too much too fast, in both reps and weight. "The problem that got you into the gym didn't happen overnight, so you can't undo it overnight," says Price, who co-authored the book The Idiots' Guide to Functional Training.

In other words, those 50 pounds can't be erased in one mega-marathon treadmill session. And popping blood vessels by overweighting the bench press isn't going to take you from Christian Bale in The Machinist to Christian Bale in Batman in one hard-core workout.

To get started, find a certified personal trainer (Price recommends one with the PTA Global, NSCA or NASM certifications) to make sure you're using the right technique and try to think of yourself as your own trainer by not making your goals too personal. "Think of working on your body as a third party. If you remove your ego from the situation you can be realistic about your goals," says Price. You'll be able to prevent injuries like the ones below, which Price says he sees most often.

FOOT AND ANKLE
Cause: When trying to explain foot and ankle injuries, Price starts at the top of the body. "People spend their days in front of their computer with rounded shoulders. When your shoulders are rounded and you stand up, your weight falls to the front of your foot," says Price. Take that misplaced center of gravity and put it into running shoes, which naturally tip you forward with a heel higher than the toe, and your feet and ankles start to bear the brunt of any impact.

Prevention: "You should look for a running shoe that isn't too high in the heel, or try a walking shoe, cross trainer or tennis shoe," suggests Price. By helping spread the impact to the whole foot, you'll prevent problems like plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis, anterior compartment syndrome (a compression in the front of the ankle), lateral compression syndrome (a compression at the side of the ankle) and bunions.

KNEE
Cause: That damn desk job again, unfortunately. "We don't use our hip muscles during the day. Then we decide to go kickbox or do bootcamp," says Price. The result is injury to the . . . knee? "If our feet aren't stable, due to improper footwear, and our hip muscles aren't strong, the knee gets all the stress," says Price, who says that leg extensions, curls, and presses don't help resolve the problem because they don't strengthen the muscles of the feet and hips.

Prevention: "A better exercise would be lunges. With a lunge your hip and ankle are bending together, stabilizing and strengthening the knee," says Price. To get even more benefit, do lunges both forwards and backwards, then side to side (also known as "step and squats").

LOWER BACK
Cause: Three strikes and your day job is officially in the dog house in terms of your physical health. "If someone is rounded throughout the day in their upper back, and then they go to the gym and do an overhead shoulder lift standing, their upper back cannot extend properly. They straighten and arch upward from their lower back, which has a nervous breakdown [anything from soreness to more permanent injury] because it's getting all the stress," says Price.

Prevention: Remember to stretch and strengthen your upper back to compensate for all that hunching you do at the office. Price suggests super-setting in straight-armed wall squats in with the rest of your lifting regimen. "Sit against a wall. Flatten your lower back into the wall, by tilting your pelvis under you. Straighten your arms in front of you, and try to raise arms up to your ears, without letting a gap form behind your lower back," says Price. And whenever you can, exercise standing up—really, you've sat enough at the office, right? "Standing helps you engage bigger muscles in your body," says Price.

SHOULDER
Cause: If you haven't been convinced to hang up your mouse and pick up a hard hat, this just might do it. That carpal tunnel you're complaining about 9-5 could contribute to a gym injury after-hours. "Your arms have to internally rotate when you type, which puts pressure on the shoulders," says Price. "Then you go to the gym and do chest press, shoulder press, pushups, all also with your arms rotated in," he notes. The outcome? Supraspinatus tendonitis, an overuse injury of the rotator cuff.

Prevention: You need to externally rotate your arms to balance your shoulders, and a great way to do that is by rowing with cables. "Grab the cables in front of you and pull the arms back, rotating your palms away from you and behind you," says Price.

NECK
Cause: The other four areas being out of whack lead to a misalignment in your neck, says Price. "If you sit with rounded shoulders, your neck follows your upper back, but then your eyes need to look at the screen, so you arch your neck and you get pain," says Price. As if work wasn't a pain in the neck enough, you get to the gym and that poor posture follows you all the way to the bench press, where the real trouble starts, when you're lying on the bench but your back isn't flush with the pad. "A lack of mobility and extension in your upper back will put stress on your lower back and neck," says Price.

Prevention: Clearly, when doing the bench press, make sure your lower back and neck are supported properly. Then, avoid putting additional stress on your neck with exercises that cause you to raise your arms over your head, especially if you've just put in a 12-hour day. Finally, strengthen your mid and upper back—and improve your posture—by doing reverse shrugs. "Sit at the lat pull down. Grab the bar in front of you and do straight arm pull downs. Pull down just the shoulder blades—not the arms—and go just slightly in front of you for three to four inches," says Price. You'll feel it in your lower traps—which, once strong, will help you maintain your posture—and health—whether you're at the office or at the gym.]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=773 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:50:12 +0000 milleniumgirl]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=773
The study used a pain scale of 0 to 10, with 3 representing the onset of pain and 7 representing very strong pain. The injured runners began the six-week trial registering pain of 7 when they ran on a treadmill, and finished the study period registering pain levels of 2 or lower.

According to Science Daily:

"PFP, one of the most common running injuries, is caused when the thigh bone rubs against the back of the knee cap. Runners with PFP typically do not feel pain when they begin running, but once the pain begins, it gets increasingly worse ... PFP essentially wears away cartilage and can have the same effect as osteoarthritis."

Vigorous physical activity in young children results in stronger hip bones.

More than 200 six-year olds participated in a study. Researchers measured bone mass and analyzed the structure of the hip and thigh bone. Physical activity was assessed for seven days.

If you find the excerpt from the treatment video helpful you might want to consider the full DVD set that can be very beneficial for a large variety of injuries.

According to Science Daily:

"The results showed that there was a relationship between time spent in vigorous activity and strength of the femoral neck, both in terms of shape and volumetric mineral density. This was independent of other factors such as diet, lifestyle and physical size."

Sources:

Science Daily June 7, 2010
Science Daily June 6, 2010]]>
The study used a pain scale of 0 to 10, with 3 representing the onset of pain and 7 representing very strong pain. The injured runners began the six-week trial registering pain of 7 when they ran on a treadmill, and finished the study period registering pain levels of 2 or lower.

According to Science Daily:

"PFP, one of the most common running injuries, is caused when the thigh bone rubs against the back of the knee cap. Runners with PFP typically do not feel pain when they begin running, but once the pain begins, it gets increasingly worse ... PFP essentially wears away cartilage and can have the same effect as osteoarthritis."

Vigorous physical activity in young children results in stronger hip bones.

More than 200 six-year olds participated in a study. Researchers measured bone mass and analyzed the structure of the hip and thigh bone. Physical activity was assessed for seven days.

If you find the excerpt from the treatment video helpful you might want to consider the full DVD set that can be very beneficial for a large variety of injuries.

According to Science Daily:

"The results showed that there was a relationship between time spent in vigorous activity and strength of the femoral neck, both in terms of shape and volumetric mineral density. This was independent of other factors such as diet, lifestyle and physical size."

Sources:

Science Daily June 7, 2010
Science Daily June 6, 2010]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=772 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:47:37 +0000 milleniumgirl]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=772
About 82 percent of the 970,000 people injured were men, according to the study, which appeared in the April issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine. (The researchers used data from a national injury surveillance database.) But the annual number of injuries in women increased faster — by 63 percent, compared with 46 percent among men — perhaps because weight training is growing more popular with women.

Women were more likely to injure their feet and legs, while men’s injuries were more common in the trunk and hands; men had more sprains and strains, and women had more fractures.

People were most often injured by dropping weights on themselves, crushing a body part between weights or hitting themselves with the equipment. Overexertion, muscle pulls and loss of balance accounted for about 14 percent of emergency room visits. More than 90 percent of the injuries occurred while using free weights rather than weight machines.

Under 2 percent of the injuries resulted in hospitalization, but a few were fatal: the researchers estimate that 114 deaths nationwide were related to weight training over the 18-year period.

Estimates of the number of people who use weights vary, but according to the National Sporting Goods Association, a trade group, 34.5 million people participated in weight training in 2009.

“We want people to continue to use weight training as part of their physical routine,” said a co-author of the study, Christy L. Collins, a senior research associate at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. But, she added, they “should receive proper instruction and use proper techniques for their lifts.”

“As researchers,” she went on, “we want to learn more about these injuries so that we can develop targeted preventive measures.”

[Source: nytimes;com]]]>
About 82 percent of the 970,000 people injured were men, according to the study, which appeared in the April issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine. (The researchers used data from a national injury surveillance database.) But the annual number of injuries in women increased faster — by 63 percent, compared with 46 percent among men — perhaps because weight training is growing more popular with women.

Women were more likely to injure their feet and legs, while men’s injuries were more common in the trunk and hands; men had more sprains and strains, and women had more fractures.

People were most often injured by dropping weights on themselves, crushing a body part between weights or hitting themselves with the equipment. Overexertion, muscle pulls and loss of balance accounted for about 14 percent of emergency room visits. More than 90 percent of the injuries occurred while using free weights rather than weight machines.

Under 2 percent of the injuries resulted in hospitalization, but a few were fatal: the researchers estimate that 114 deaths nationwide were related to weight training over the 18-year period.

Estimates of the number of people who use weights vary, but according to the National Sporting Goods Association, a trade group, 34.5 million people participated in weight training in 2009.

“We want people to continue to use weight training as part of their physical routine,” said a co-author of the study, Christy L. Collins, a senior research associate at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. But, she added, they “should receive proper instruction and use proper techniques for their lifts.”

“As researchers,” she went on, “we want to learn more about these injuries so that we can develop targeted preventive measures.”

[Source: nytimes;com]]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=573 Sat, 15 May 2010 12:06:22 +0000 musclesprod]]> https://hypermuscles.com/showthread.php?tid=573
Learn how to keep your joints healthy and strong for many years.

We always lift weights thus placing a stress on our tendons and connective tissues. In case when we get enough time to rest tissues heals and become stronger to be able to support stress next time. In event of not getting enough rest the risk of trauma is unavoidable and if you don’t pay attention to this problem things may worsen. One of the problems some bodybuilders, weightlifters and other sportsmen may get is Tendonitis. Tendonitis is the painful inflammation of a tendon and its ligaments. If it is not treated it may become chronic or long-lasting. Usually it occurs in shoulders (rotator cuff tendinitis), elbow, (tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow), wrist and thumb, knee (jumper’s knee), ankle (Achilles tendinitis), and hip.

Some of tendonitis symptoms are: Pain when the tendon is under pressure and swelling, however to have pain is enough to start worrying.

That is why it is so important for bodybuilders to take care of your tendons and connective tissues. Do not wait until you will feel pain better to do some prophylaxis and routine maintenance to keep your tendons and connective tissues healthy and strong.

I will give you some advices on how to keep your tendons, ligaments and connective tissues healthy and strong.

1. Warm up – before you start lifting do some movements with your hands and legs.

2. Do light sets – do 2 sets with light weight for 20 reps, that will pump more blood there and

Use Supplements.
It is important to do some prophylaxis at least 1-2 per year to prevent any problems with your joints. Consider taking these supplements for your next prophylaxis stage.

- Fish Oil (Omega 3) - It is rich in EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) which provide anti-inflammatory effects as well as reduce inflammation and pain associated with arthritis.

- Glucosamine and Chondroitin – both will help in maintaining joint integrity and repairing damaged cartilage.

- Curcumin – relieves pain and inflammation.

- Vitamin E – Vitamin E actually improves joint mobility and prevents buildup of toxins in the joints. Also this vitamin will support your joints as you age. Also it works as anti-oxidants eliminating toxins from body.

Train hard and take care of your health.

© MusclesProd.Com 2010. You may copy and use this article only with source indication (BodyBuilding and Steroids Blog | Training | Steroids | Steroids Cycles | Anabolics | Androgenics | Weight loss | BodyBuilding News | Competitions | Mr.Olympia |)]]>
Learn how to keep your joints healthy and strong for many years.

We always lift weights thus placing a stress on our tendons and connective tissues. In case when we get enough time to rest tissues heals and become stronger to be able to support stress next time. In event of not getting enough rest the risk of trauma is unavoidable and if you don’t pay attention to this problem things may worsen. One of the problems some bodybuilders, weightlifters and other sportsmen may get is Tendonitis. Tendonitis is the painful inflammation of a tendon and its ligaments. If it is not treated it may become chronic or long-lasting. Usually it occurs in shoulders (rotator cuff tendinitis), elbow, (tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow), wrist and thumb, knee (jumper’s knee), ankle (Achilles tendinitis), and hip.

Some of tendonitis symptoms are: Pain when the tendon is under pressure and swelling, however to have pain is enough to start worrying.

That is why it is so important for bodybuilders to take care of your tendons and connective tissues. Do not wait until you will feel pain better to do some prophylaxis and routine maintenance to keep your tendons and connective tissues healthy and strong.

I will give you some advices on how to keep your tendons, ligaments and connective tissues healthy and strong.

1. Warm up – before you start lifting do some movements with your hands and legs.

2. Do light sets – do 2 sets with light weight for 20 reps, that will pump more blood there and

Use Supplements.
It is important to do some prophylaxis at least 1-2 per year to prevent any problems with your joints. Consider taking these supplements for your next prophylaxis stage.

- Fish Oil (Omega 3) - It is rich in EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) which provide anti-inflammatory effects as well as reduce inflammation and pain associated with arthritis.

- Glucosamine and Chondroitin – both will help in maintaining joint integrity and repairing damaged cartilage.

- Curcumin – relieves pain and inflammation.

- Vitamin E – Vitamin E actually improves joint mobility and prevents buildup of toxins in the joints. Also this vitamin will support your joints as you age. Also it works as anti-oxidants eliminating toxins from body.

Train hard and take care of your health.

© MusclesProd.Com 2010. You may copy and use this article only with source indication (BodyBuilding and Steroids Blog | Training | Steroids | Steroids Cycles | Anabolics | Androgenics | Weight loss | BodyBuilding News | Competitions | Mr.Olympia |)]]>