Defensive Argumentative Essay

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Reginald Mouton
11/16/2016
Youngblood
Defensive Argument Essay
Some people may say they don’t really want to run track of do any of the field events. Others believe they are too slow and then the last handful of people are scared to risk getting injured. Track & Field may seem like one of the best sports to keep the human body healthy and active. But the question is how stress is but on the human body muscles when running competitively? Is it enough to pull a muscle or how about the risk of falling down on the hard rubber of the track? Possibly getting spiked by another runner whom a person may be running to close to. These are all questions that some people may take into consideration before training to run Track & Field competitively.
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Many distance runner’s experiences tightness in their calves. The calf muscle group consists of the gastrocnemius muscle and the soleus muscle. The symptoms are a gradual tightening in the calf muscles which can get worse when running or improve while running only to tighten up later (Sportsinjuryclinic.net, 1). Tight calf muscles may be caused by a compartment syndrome. This is where the muscle becomes too big for the sheath surrounding the muscle causing pressure, sometimes pain and restricted movement (Sportsinjuryclinic.net, 2). Calf muscles may have gradually tightened up over a period of months through not stretching enough before and after training. Tiny micro tears in the muscles cause them to go into spasm. When they are in spasm or contracted then blood cannot easily get into them. The muscles have squeezed the blood out like a sponge. If the muscles do not get enough blood then they will not get enough nutrients and so will tighten up to protect themselves (Sportsinjuryclinic.net, 3). From experience when my calves tightened up I couldn’t walk or apply pressure to my foot. In fact while running my calf tightened up and it caused me to fall. To fix the pain that was occurring I was stretch by an athlete trainer and given water to keep

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