In working with older adults or those new to getting fit, how to describe to difference between ‘pain’ and ‘burn’?

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Linda January 10, 2015 0 Comments

While feeling the ‘burn’ of working muscles is a good thing, feeling pain can be a sign of injury or aggravation of injury. How do I describe the difference so that my participants know when to pull back and when to push through?

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Hi Linda,

particularly when working with older adults, I do not ‘go for the burn’ at all. I instruct them to go to the point where they feel tired and the weights seem to get heavier. Unless it is a previous muscular injury, I draw a distinction between sensations in the muscles vs in the joints themselves.

Karin Singleton
www.meltnc.com

In working with older adults or those new to getting fit, how to describe to difference between ‘pain’ and ‘burn’?

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