Pay attention to these to prevent sports injuries!

With the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, national fitness has become more and more popular along with the Asian Games. Jogging, swimming, cycling...a variety of fitness exercises have gradually become a part of everyone's life. Participating in exercise is for good health, but with the increase in the number of fitness people, the number of people suffering from sports injuries is also expanding.

Chen Guanjing, a sports health manager at the Health Management Center of Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, said in an interview with a reporter from People's Daily Online that in sports medicine clinics, 60% of patients seeking medical treatment due to injuries caused by daily exercise are mainly middle-aged and elderly people. Mainly, common problems are joint and waist injuries; for young people who love fitness, the problem areas are usually ankle joints, shoulder areas, and waist muscle strains.

"The purpose of exercise is to be healthier and we need to prevent sports injuries." Chen Guanjing said that the first reason for sports injuries is insufficient preparation, including rashly exercising without knowing enough about exercise, and starting exercise without fully warming up. ; The second is irregular sports movements; the third is improper selection of exercise methods. Different groups of people should choose appropriate exercise methods according to their own conditions.

So, how to avoid sports injuries? Chen Guanjing suggested that you should fully warm up before exercising. Warm-up activities mainly include two parts. One is endurance exercise of small and medium intensity, such as standing in place, brisk walking or jogging, cross steps, jumping jacks, etc., to improve cardiopulmonary adaptability. The second is dynamic stretching of various parts of the body to improve the extensibility of muscles and joints. After exercise, you can perform cleaning exercises such as slow foam rolling and static stretching to improve the body's recovery rate.

In addition, when exercising, you should wear suitable sports clothing and shoes, pay attention to the safe use of sports venues and equipment, and avoid exercising in high temperature and high humidity environments.