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You accelerate quickly trying to beat out that cheap little hit down the third base line or sprint to the finish of a 10K.You've pulled your rear-thigh muscle. Ice for 20 minutes while sitting with your leg straight out on a sofa or the floor. Repeat four times over the next 36 hours.

Most people who exercise have specific goals in mind (i.e. to lose weight, increase flexibility, tone muscles etc.). Before you begin an exercise program, you must think about what results you want to achieve, then you can gear your exercise program toward attaining your desired results.

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There is not much you can do to prevent some guy on the opposing soccer team from kicking you in the thigh and sending you home with a nasty swollen quad. Or the would be Charles Oakley in your pickup basketball game denting your dome with a flying elbow. However, the majority of tears, pulls, sprains and inflamed body parts can be averted by applying good technique, smart training, proper gear and common sense.

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Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage).

Or you've torn the muscles in front of your shin bone. Ice ASAP for 15 minutes; repeat four times during the first 24 hours. Don't run through the pain. Tape your shin from two inches above the injury to two inches below.

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Aerobic activities include: walking, biking, jogging, swimming, aerobic classes and cross-country skiing. Anaerobic activity is short in duration and high in intensity. Anaerobic activities include: racquetball, downhill skiing, weight lifting, sprinting, softball, soccer and football.

Otherwise it may supply up to 10 percent. Saturated fats come in foods from animals (i.e., meats, eggs, milk, cheese, etc.) and unsaturated fats in some vegetable products (i.e., corn oil).

(If you felt a pop, get to the emergency room ASAP; you may have a ruptured Achilles.) For three months after you return to action, massage your Achilles with ice for five minutes after each workout, rubbing the ice across your ankle rather than up and down.

To prevent a reinjury, wear an elastic knee brace during sports. Strengthen the muscles around your knee, particularly your quadriceps (squats and leg extensions may be particularly good preventive measures).

Body Mass Index

Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions.

A few minutes spent browsing a magazine stand or the Internet will show you that there is certainly no shortage of purported answers, complete with photographic documentation.

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Prevention- wear supportive shoes and strengthen your ankles. Improve your balance by standing on one leg for 30 seconds, gradually building up to one minute. Then do it with your eyes closed. Develop baseline fitness. In other words, before you start league softball or join your health club's tennis team, take a few weeks to build up your overall fitness.