Ease into your spring activities to avoid muscle pain
Posted May 12, 2015 7:10 am.
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Springtime can often bring muscle pain.
People are gardening, going for long runs, or even spending the day cleaning out the garage; all activities they may not have done in months.
A new Advil muscle pain poll found 68 per cent of Albertans experience pain after doing things for the first time in a long while.
Calgary Family Physician Ted Jablonski said it’s best to take it slow.
“You can’t get it all done in one day, so slowly ease into it,” Jablonski said. “Build it up, and over time, so, through the summer, you will find your endurance gets larger and larger, or you have a better capacity. It’ll take time. It can take a month or two to get back to where you were.”
The poll also found that the most popular activities Albertans look forward to in the spring are walking and hiking (64 per cent), outdoor activities with friends and family (50 per cent), and gardening (29 per cent).
