BG-2: Pain, Pain Go Away

If you were to ask anyone in the gym or someone that you know why they workout, there is a 99% chance that they will say “to lose weight.”  Weight loss is a great reason to move, however, it should not be the only reason and, in fact, for some, there is a more important reason.

We know that exercising and staying active makes us more physically fit, gives us more energy and lowers our chance of developing a number of different chronic health conditions. But did you know, by staying active and exercising you can also reduce joint and muscle aches and pains and reduce your risks of being injured?

It’s sad to say but one of the top reasons people give for not exercising is because of their aches and pains.  And because of that, in most cases, the pain only worsens over time or the it show up in places that “had nothing to do with” the original pain.

Although pain doesn’t “move” from one place to another, you can experience pain in places away from the original site of pain or injury.  And not only that, but an injury that may have happened years ago, that you let rest back then because you thought it was the best thing, could be a major contributor to the reason you have the aches, pains and injuries now.

The human body was designed to move.  So while we are sitting around letting muscles rest and trying to keep one thing from happening, we are creating or reactivating something else.

Unless you are ordered by a doctor not to, it is more important that you get up and move, and move often.  You don’t have to add weights and id doesn’t have to be a high impact activity, but movement helps keep joints from tightening up and muscles from becoming weak.  This helps lower your chances of getting injured again and helps with reducing the long term affects.

Coach Tim