Avoiding pulled muscles
If you suddenly attempt to move or stress a body part, without giving the related muscles the right conditioning, you have given your muscle ever reason to tear. This kind of tear or injury is called a pulled muscle.
Our muscles are attached to bones, other muscles and organs with soft tissues called tendons, ligaments and fascia. A muscle pull may be said to occur when the tendon or the ligament tears. A pulled muscle makes it difficult to move the swollen and bruised affected area.
Slow and Steady
Some people try to undo decades of inactivity in a few days or weeks – usually on 1 January, six weeks before their wedding, or just after watching a marathon on TV! To avoid problems, it’s important to build your exercise behaviour gradually. As a general rule, frequency, intensity, and duration should not increase more than 10% in each subsequent week. Another common mistake is the “no pain, no gain” mindset. Exercise is not supposed to hurt. If you feel real discomfort, it’s a signal that something is wrong or that you are asking more than your body can tolerate at that point in time – cramps and pulled muscles will be the result
Recovery is a Health Issue Too
Exercise takes a toll on the body which then needs time to recover. This may be as simple as building a couple of rest days into your exercise regime each week and getting enough sleep at night. However, sometimes people try to train too hard to improve performance and end up training beyond the body’s ability to recover. If you find yourself dragging through workouts or feeling knackered during the day, you may be doing more exercise than your body can handle. Cut back your training to allow your body to restore itself.
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