Article: Preventing Injuries
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Preventing Injuries
Contrary to popular wisdom, stretching is not the cure-all that we?ve been led to believe. Walking, riding on a stationery bike, or doing calisthenics is a better way to warm up than stretching. If you stretch before your muscles are warmed up, you have a much greater chance of actually injuring the muscles. Stretching is best saved for after a vigorous workout.
Prevention of injury during exercise is best achieved by going slowly and paying attention to the task at hand. If you?re not careful, you can let your attention drift, and between that and doing something physically challenging, you can genuinely hurt your body.
Let?s look at some different injuries and how to treat them.
During weight- or strength-training, chances are that you migh...
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