Saturday, February 16, 2013

How You Can Prevent Tissue Injuries

By Tyron Thompson


Soft tissue injury is just what the name implies : injury to any of the soft tissues of the body. Such wounds can occur in the skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. They are frequently caused by overuse and impact.

These type of wounds are not unusual in sportsmen, but can happen to any person and are often noticed after a very long day of gardening, doing work around the house, and doing repeated heavy lifting in the workplace.

While a great defensive measure against soft tissue damage is stretching before unnecessary exercise and focusing on the body's warning signals, what percentage of us basically stretch before gardening or cleaning out the garage? Even highly trained sportsmen are notorious for not stretching correctly. Then we feel the pain after it is too late.

Sadly, soft tissue injuries can take a while to fix, often weeks, months or even years depending on the extremity. Treating the injury swiftly and properly is critical to assisting the body in the healing process.

What are the symptoms of soft tissue damage?

The extremity and nature of soft tissue injury symptoms will vary dependent on the cause and location. Besides the clear pain you'll feel, other localized symptoms may include :

-inflammation in the concerned area

-redness

-muscle cramps

-muscle weakness

-increase and drop off in discomfort depending on use and rest of affected area

How Does Whey Protein Support the Recovery from a Soft Tissue Injury?

In simple terms proteins like those in whey are made up of amino acids. These amino acids help your body add muscle after a session. They also get sent to the muscle fibres and augment the recovery process post-injury.

Undenatured whey protein, a derivative of cheese production, has the highest known levels of branched chain amino acids of any natural food source. It's these high levels that give whey protein its name for being so effective at muscle tissue repair [*T]. In particular, the amino acids glutamine and leucine help in reducing soft tissue damage.

Briefly if you have suffered a soft tissue injury and you want to speed up the recovery process, give your body the support it needs and take a high quality whey protein. In fact , while we may not understand the complex healing processes going on within the body, pain is our warning signal that something has gone wrong and the body is in major healing mode.

Any time the body is getting over an injury, it needs enormous amounts of energy to do the recovery process and get you well again. And that requires good nutritive support including good protein. Your food is your fuel. So take care it's premium grade.




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