Sports The Fitness Center Stretching Helping Yourself Starting from Scratch Aging Glossary Rapid responses to injuries to stabilize the problem, promote recovery, prevent re-injury, and get back into action quickly. While preparation for vigorous activity is your best defense against injury, many of us don't think we have the time to prepare properly for sports.
Proper hydration is also critical.
Water intake and stretching to produce proper elasticity for muscles that will be under duress are critical to avoiding injury. Since many aspiring, but aging athletes do not properly prepare, they suffer injuries. This can cause the body to slip into biomechanical dysfunction, where one body part takes up the slack for the injured part and , in turn, can set up injuries to other areas. This can set up a series of problems emanating from the original problem. However, if you do incur an injury, healing begins as damaged tissue is replaced by collagen, which is more commonly known as scar tissue.