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So, you’re all dressed up to go, and you even know where… The problem you are probably facing now is to decide how far and how fast you should run or ride, right? Well, wrong…
The actual first question anyone should ask themselves about running is “what am I able to do?” Look, most sports are great for your health. It is a fact that is probably well known to you from your health care provider and from the media. Aerobic sports may improve your general well being (running actually makes you feel good), lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, improve how well diabetes is controlled, strengthen muscles, make you look better; improve social skills and confidence and more. But, before improving your health by sports you need to make sure that you are not doing any damage to yourself.
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Running medical precautions:
As a rule of thumb here are a few conditions that may impinge on your ability to run and jog: orthopedic conditions (problems with the bone and joints in your feet, legs, knees, hips, pelvis or back), heart problems of any kind, problems with your breathing (and lungs), neurological problems (such as a problem with your sensing abilities that may be primary or as part of other diseases such as diabetes) and problems with your ability to see. Anyhow, your surest bet would be to consult your doctor about what you may or may not do. We don’t mean to nag, but the rest of what we write here assumes that you’ve read what we wrote up here and that you’ve consulted with your doctor. If so – let’s go ahead with the running.
Bicycle riding medical precautions:
Riding a road bicycle has many potential medical hazardous implications:
- Injury – Sure enough, whoever got on a bicycle once in their lives also fell (at least that once…). Road bicycle riding is not the most stable of bicycle rides, and falling is a constant hazard, especially when truck woosh past you at incredible speeds, whirling a ton of wind and dust. Now, falling at no speed at all is one thing (that happens – read all about using clits in the next sections), but falling at 30 – 40 km/h (20 – 26 mph) is another.
- Perineal damage – Riding a road bike is both strenuous and lengthy. During those long bumpy rides you perineum (bottom side) gets hit and tumbled. There are proven, well known, effects on sperm counts and the pain is something most any rider can tell you about.
- Orthopedic wear and tear – They say riding a bicycle is a repetitive, low impact, low intensity activity. They are wrong. After a good ride shoulders, knees, ankles – heck, even teeth, hurt.
- Pollution damage – When riding the road, one breathes the road, if you catch our drift.
Riding a road bicycle has many potential medical hazardous implications but there are also a lot of good things about it
As a rule of thumb here are a few conditions that may impinge on your ability to ride a road bicycle: conditions that interfere with how well you balance yourself, orthopedic conditions (problems with the bone and joints in your feet, legs, knees, hips, pelvis or back), heart problems of any kind, problems with your breathing (and lungs), neurological problems (such as a problem with your sensing abilities that may be primary or as part of other diseases such as diabetes) and problems with your ability to see. Anyhow, your surest bet would be to consult your doctor about what you may or may not do. We don’t mean to nag, but the rest of what we write here assumes that you’ve read what we wrote up here and that you’ve consulted with your doctor.
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