Originally published October 26 2005
Arizona doctor gives advice about exercise and muscle pain
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Dr. Paul Donohue takes questions pertaining to fitness and provides reliable answers based on years of practice.
The doctor doesn't want me to quit playing tennis, but it is painful.
Answer: It's true that if you don't use it, you lose it.
It's also true that if you don't move the shoulder at all, it can freeze and move only with great pain.
You might have tendinitis or bursitis - inflammation of the tendons that run over the shoulder and hold the joint in place, or of the bursa that permits the tendons to glide over bones without friction.
Both cause pain when you lift your elbow upward and outward to the side of the body.
Keep the shoulder mobile by bending over at the waist and making circles with the dangling arm and hand - if it doesn't hurt.
It causes pain when lifting the arm over the head, and its pain often worsens at night.
If healing doesn't take place, surgery might be necessary.
Q: I am a 37-year-old man and weigh 160 pounds.
I want to build my muscle mass by about 20 pounds.
I lift weights every other night, and I jog every day.
A: Since muscle is protein, it's only natural to think that increasing the amount of protein in the diet will build muscles.
A person who weighs 155 pounds needs only 56 grams of protein a day.
If you want to try a protein supplement, go ahead.
There is evidence that eating protein an hour after exercise increases the body's synthesis of protein and, therefore, muscle.
The other day, he went home after we exercised and did two hours of sit-ups.
His muscles had broken down, and they were afraid his kidneys might shut down.
The excessive exercise damaged his muscle fibers, and they released myoglobin, a protein that helps muscles use oxygen.
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