'Crying' because of sports training

Exercise is meant to make the body healthier. However, many people suffer injuries and joint damage due to incorrect exercise.

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This not only happens to professional athletes, but even ordinary people can hardly avoid the risk of getting more and more painful the more they practice...

Release and tense at the right time

Ms. Hanh (Tan Phu District), because her right leg was weaker than her left leg, was instructed by a gym trainer to do leg weightlifting exercises. After 2 months, the result was that her knee joints often ached and felt prickly. After going to the hospital for examination, the doctor concluded that she had knee arthritis and advised her to stop strenuous exercise and limit going up and down stairs.

After treatment with medication, Ms. Hanh’s knee pain was gone, and the doctor instructed her to do physical therapy. During the exercise, she “realized” many things. When lifting the leg with weights, the practitioner must brace the leg - this also applies when lowering the weights, otherwise, the knee joint will inevitably “break apart”.

In addition to the knee joint, the shoulder joint is also a part that is easily "injured" when playing sports such as badminton, tennis, swimming. The main causes are not warming up properly, playing too hard because of frequent competitions with prizes being... drinking, and incorrect techniques in raising the arms above the head or rotating the shoulders. For example, with frequent movements of raising the arms above the head, the joint's synovial sac is rubbed, causing swelling, fluid accumulation, and pain.

Choose the right person to trust

For those who are new to sports, the first important principle is to have an experienced person guide you through the basic movements. With each movement, the practitioner uses many different muscle groups and focuses force on different positions on the body. This is not visible if you simply observe with your eyes. An experienced instructor will show you which muscle groups to use mainly, where to focus force, and detect errors in the process of performing the movement to make timely adjustments.

Experts at the University of Cologne have also proven through a controlled research model that athletes who choose all exercises regardless of their body type, regardless of their own health weaknesses, are not as strong as the group that is advised to choose exercises in the style of "although not for everyone, but no one is the same".

Practicing tai chi and yoga in our country, many people think that if they go to practice, they have to practice all the movements to be worth the money, but many gyms do not have doctors or experts to help narrow down the manipulation area for each individual subject. In fact, even in cases of torn knee ligaments, patients can still exercise with movements suitable for the disease, mainly focusing on strengthening the thigh muscles, thereby keeping the knee joint strong.

In addition to injuries, practitioners may face many annoying problems such as:

- The body is exhausted from over-exercising, so the sleep center is disturbed, causing the homeowner to yawn but cannot sleep.

- Lack of minerals that calm the nervous system and regulate muscle contraction and relaxation, specifically calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. Even though the practitioner snores in bed at night, he still screams in the middle of the night because of cramps.

According to TNO