Pains and injuries CAUSED BY fitness programS

By Rajeev Mittal, PT, MTC, CEAS

With inceasing awareness of the benefits of exercises, there is a significant increase in number of people participating in some form of exercise or fitness program.May it be a self help video or a neighborhood fitness club or a state of the art gym.

While exercises provide great health benefits, they also are a common cause for problems like:

• Musculoskeletal injuries like muscle/ligament strains
• Increase in pre-existing joint, muscle and ligament related symptoms
• Increase in back and neck pains

Most of these problems are caused by

• Poor body mechanics while using the exercise equipment
• No warm up/stretching prior to an exercise program
• Rapidly increasing the resistance
• Ignoring your limitations. Pre-existing muscle /joint problems
• Inadequate supervision and/or instruct

How to Avoid injury

• If you have any pre-existing spine, joint, muscle or other medical conditions, please consult a medical professional prior to enrolling in a fitness program

• Do a warm up and stretching session prior to any physical activity
• Make sure that your trainer/instructor is aware of your pre-existing health issues
• Gradually increase the resistance per your tolerance or as advised by your trainer/instructor

How can Physical Therapy help?

A skilled Physical Therapist, can not only help treat such injuries/pains, but also instruct you on important stretches and body mechanics tips, so future recurrences may be avoided.

At Wyandotte Physical Therapy Associates, our experience and expertise enables us to help such cases successfully.

Contact Us

We’ll be happy to assist you . Please feel free to call us at 734 284 9533 to talk to one of our Physical Therapist.