Gym injuries or workout
injuries are very common and can happen to anyone, no matter your experience
or fitness level.
“Pick up a heavy weight!
Lift heavy or go home! You can! Another set! These words are motivation
and sound good in gym but many a times it can cause injury”.
Lifting heavy weight
leads to muscle gains, but you should never forget that it is more important to
think about your safety first. You know 90% of the injuries happening in the
gym are due to lifting more than the capacity or doing ego lifting.
Common gym injuries are:
1 Wrist injury- this is the most common in all gym
injuries. Why so?
Because during chest
exercise, shoulder or arms exercises our wrist is always under a lot of
stressful position.
· So wrist flexible exercises before workout and
supporting gloves can reduce the chances of wrist injury
2.ANKLE SPRAIN
Ankle sprain is also one
of the most common gym injuries. This usually happens while doing exercises for
calf muscles or lunges with heavy weights.
The best way to avoid
this injury is to remain focused and do it under the supervision of your
trainer.
3. knee pain
knee pain is also
very common and most of the people felt once in his or her life
Common causes of knee
pain are:
· Soft tissue injury
· Patellofemoral syndrome
· IT Band syndrome
Ø Wear Proper shoes,
Ø avoid doing exercises over the hard
surface.
Ø Proper stretching and pay attention during
exercises
4. Shoulder pain
If you are having
a shoulder pain during the gym exercises, it is recommended you to stop
exercise immediately and consult with your trainer or an experienced physiotherapist.
5. Lower back strain
This is one
of the most common gym injury which is mainly caused by lifting heavy weight
without maintaining the correct posture. People who do squats, dead lifts,
bench press, or chin ups with hanging weights are more likely to get lower back
sprain. Sometimes this can cause your disc to bulge out from normal position,
which is a very painful condition.
Need more advice or
treatment for the gym injuries? Many health care experts at antarnaad are
always here to help you out. Antarnaad is an growing network of experienced
physiotherapists, providing treatment for all the conditions using various
techniques such as, dry needling, mobilization, manipulation, taping ,
exercises and modalities. Physiotherapists who are experienced in providing
treatment for gym injuries are:
