Although Wei Youdi has more than ten years of coaching experience, he is still very cautious at this moment because he has never trained the elderly.
Mr. Liu who was trained by Wei Youdi was the oldest of the three retired cadres, so Wei Youdi had been carefully observing Mr. Liu's physical condition and did not dare to neglect him at all.
At the same time, Wei Youdi is also paying attention to the situation of Li Dai and Wu Guang, especially Li Dai, who is the target of Wei Youdi's heavy responsibility. Because Wei Youdi also knew that although Wu Guang's level was good, there was still a gap compared to him, and Li Dai was his biggest competitor.
"Dai Li has already started to rest. Is Mr. Zhang unable to keep up with his physical strength?" Wei Youdi looked at his watch and then at Mr. Liu whom he was training. He felt that he should also take a rest.
However, a few seconds later, Wei Youdi suddenly discovered that Dai Li was giving Mr. Zhang a muscle massage.
"Muscle massage? You've only been training for an hour, why are you doing muscle massage at this time? Muscle massage should be done after the day's training, why is it starting now!" Wei Youdi couldn't understand what Li Dai said. Behavior.
"Ouch!" A low groan came from when Li Dai was using rehabilitation massage on Mr. Zhang's lumbar spine. Mr. Zhang couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Wei Youdi, on the other hand, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"The force is too strong. It hurts the person! The massage technique is bad enough. I can't even control the strength of the massage. Although Dai Li has had amazing results in leading a team, he is still too young after all. , in terms of muscle massage, the level is still lacking!”
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On the other side, Wang Ping and Jiang Tao also frowned.
I saw Jiang Tao say: "This Li Dai, it seems that he is not very good at muscle massage."
"It shouldn't be. His application materials clearly stated that he is proficient in rehabilitative massage. And he has been in the national track and field team for a long time. As far as I know, the training intensity of the national track and field team is very high. He trains every day. After the game, muscle massage is a must. Li Dai has been in the national team, so he should have learned some real skills."
"Who knows, maybe there is some moisture in the competition materials." Jiang Tao paused and then said: "But I am more worried about Mr. Zhang. After all, Mr. Zhang is a retired cadre of the provincial party committee. If he trains here, One day, we ended up getting injured, and if word got out, we would be embarrassed."
While the two were talking, Mr. Zhang, who was still lying on the ground, had an expression of great enjoyment on his face.
"It's comfortable, it's really comfortable! I feel like my entire lumbar spine is relaxed." Mr. Zhang stood up and twisted his waist vigorously, only to find that the soreness that he often had due to lumbar disc herniation had disappeared. without a trace.
"Okay, Xiao Li, you are really smart. I have suffered from lumbar disc herniation for more than 20 years. I have been undergoing conservative treatment in recent years, but the treatment effect is not as good as if you gave me these few massages." Minutes. It seems that I don’t have to worry about twisting my waist today." Mr. Zhang said while shaking his body.
"Then let's continue training?" Li Dai asked.
"Okay, continue training!" Mr. Zhang nodded.
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At 11 o'clock, the morning training came to an end temporarily.
Mr. Chen's steps seemed a bit heavy, and even his walking seemed very strenuous.
Mr. Chen's appearance gave Wu Guang an ominous premonition.
"Is it true that the training in the morning was a bit too intense and made Mr. Chen tired?" Wu Guang recalled it carefully and felt that there was nothing wrong with his training in the morning.
But the other two retired veteran cadres, Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhang, are both walking fast, and their condition is much better than that of Mr. Chen.
"In terms of training time, the three of us are the same, and in terms of training intensity, we should be about the same. Why is it only Mr. Chen who walks a little unsteadily?" Wu Guang was full of doubts.
Li Dai and Wei Youdi also noticed this.
Wei Youdi only thought it was Wu Guang's improper training, but Li Dai knew very well that Chen Lao's arthritis must have relapsed.
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Wang Ping drove the three veteran cadres home in person.
"Mr. Chen, are your legs okay?" Wang Ping asked.
"It's okay, it's just that I haven't done so much exercise for a long time, and I can't stand it. This old man has arthritis. He can just take a rest in the afternoon." Mr. Chen paused, and then said: "Xiao Wang, I won't come over in the afternoon. ”
Wang Ping nodded, and then asked: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Liu, are you two feeling uncomfortable?"
"There's nothing uncomfortable. I have frozen shoulder. As long as I don't get cold and don't get tired, there should be no problem." Mr. Liu said.
"My lumbar disc herniation is also very good!" Mr. Zhang then added: "Don't mention it, Coach Li's massage techniques are really good. After he massaged me, my whole waist felt relaxed. Woolen cloth!"
"Comfortable? Lao Zhang, I heard you screaming all the time. You don't look comfortable at all!" Lao Chen said with a gloating smile.
"You don't understand. It hurts a little when I massage it, but after I massage it, I feel really comfortable. Let me tell you, if you feel pain during the massage, you are really hitting the point. You are not sick. The joints will definitely not hurt if you press them! Having said that, I have also found many masseurs, but none of them can compare to Coach Li. I think if he is not a coach, he can make a fortune as a masseur." Mr. Zhang said laughingly.
Wang Ping said steadily: "Mr. Zhang, I see that Li Dai pressed your lumbar spine two or three times. Does he know that you have a lumbar disc herniation?"
"Yes, I understand." Mr. Zhang continued: "But I didn't tell him. When he was massaging me, he touched my lumbar spine and said that my lumbar spine was herniated. I thought, he must have felt it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have given me such a good massage!”
"It turns out that Coach Li figured it out himself!" Wang Ping nodded silently. At this time, he already understood why Dai Li would give Mr. Zhang a massage. The reason was that Dai Li planned to use massage to relieve Mr. Zhang's pain. pressure on the old lumbar spine so that you can better devote yourself to training.
"This Li Dai deserves to have been in the national team. It's really not easy." Wang Ping thought to himself.
Then he asked: "Mr. Liu, does Coach Wei know that you have frozen shoulder?"
"I didn't tell him, he didn't know where to go!" Mr. Liu replied.
As for whether Wu Guang knew that Mr. Chen had arthritis, Wang Ping didn't ask at all. If Wu Guang had known that Mr. Chen had arthritis, he would have paid more attention during training. Mr. Chen would not have been like this, unable to even walk.
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, training continued.
Li Dai, Wei Youdi and Wu Guang arrived at the training ground early to wait.
After a while, Wang Ping also came back with the retired cadres, but only Mr. Zhang and Mr. Liu came in the afternoon, but Mr. Chen did not come.
"Coach Wang, where is Mr. Chen?" Wu Guang couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Chen won't be here in the afternoon. His arthritis has relapsed. He has to rest at home in the afternoon." Wang Ping said casually. He paused and then said, "Xiao Wu, since Mr. Chen can't come." , you should go back and rest early, you don’t need to participate in the afternoon training.”
Wang Ping's words are obviously equivalent to announcing that Wu Guang has been eliminated. Today is the on-site trial training. If there is no one to train with, then there is no need for the coach to stay.
When Wang Ping said these words, Wu Guang looked as if he had been struck by lightning, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Arthritis? Mr. Chen has arthritis!" Wu Guang's eyes widened.
Arthritis is a common disease and the mortal enemy of all sports. When Wu Guang heard the news, he felt a panic in his heart.
"It's just common osteoarthritis. It's said to be the root cause of the disease when I was an athlete." Wang Ping then added.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease, mainly caused by degeneration and damage of articular cartilage, proliferation of joint edges and subchondral bone. There are many predisposing factors, such as obesity, strain, trauma, congenital deformities, and even injuries with age, deterioration of bone quality, and natural degeneration of articular cartilage, leading to osteoarthritis.
For example, many athletes, dancers, and even heavy manual laborers engage in a lot of training, exercises or labor when they are young, which will cause wear and tear on their joints and even damage them. This kind of wear or damage may not be felt when you are young, but if you don't pay attention to maintenance, it will induce osteoarthritis as you get older.
When Mr. Chen was young, he was a professional athlete and had to do a lot of physical training every day. In that era, there was no scientific training at all. Many athletes devoted themselves to training with enthusiasm and failed. There are many athletes. Therefore, Chen Lao's joint damage is inevitable, and it is also normal to develop arthritis as he gets older.
In fact, there is no very effective treatment method for osteoarthritis. It mainly relies on rest and physical therapy. For slightly more severe cases, you can take medicine. However, you can also take medicines such as chondroitin and anti-inflammatory and analgesic, which can reduce pain, but have no effect on the recovery of the disease. Sometimes injecting hyaluronic acid silica into the joint cavity is not a radical cure. When the situation is very serious, artificial joint replacement is probably the only radical cure.
When suffering from osteoarthritis, the main thing is not to "treat", but to "nurture". Don't be too tired, don't over-activity, reduce the load on the joints, reduce the burden on the joints, slowly allow the joint inflammation to disappear, and the symptoms will naturally become lighter.
Therefore, Mr. Chen, who has arthritis, is not suitable for long-term and high-load training.
However, Wu Guang didn't know this, so he didn't deliberately avoid irritating Mr. Chen's joints. As a result, after a morning of training, Mr. Chen's joints were obviously in an overloaded state. Therefore, when he left in the morning, Mr. Chen It will appear to be faltering.
At this time, Wu Guang looked frustrated. He felt that he had been tricked by Mr. Chen. If Mr. Chen had told him about his arthritis earlier, Wu Guang would have always paid attention to avoid irritating Mr. Chen's fragile knee joints. .
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In the three-choice situation, Wu Guang was eliminated, leaving only Wei Youdi and Li Dai.
Wei Youdi looked at Mr. Liu beside him and asked cautiously: "Mr. Liu, you don't have arthritis, do you?"
"As people get older, their joints will have some problems." Mr. Liu continued: "My joints are definitely incomparable to those of you young people, but I haven't reached the age of Lao Chen yet." That’s how serious it is.”
Mr. Liu said, patting both knees confidently.
"It's okay." Wei Youdi took a deep breath and then added: "Mr. Liu, if you feel uncomfortable somewhere, you have to tell me quickly!"
"Don't worry. If I feel uncomfortable, I'll tell you right away." Mr. Liu promised.
Wei Youdi relaxed a little. He couldn't help but glance in the direction of Dai Li, only to find that Mr. Zhang was lying on the ground, and Dai Li was doing massage there.
"Giving massage again? This afternoon's training hasn't started yet. What kind of muscle massage are you doing at this time? You are a coach, not a masseur." Wei Youdi muttered softly.
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On the training ground, Mr. Liu's movements gradually slowed down.
"Mr. Liu, what's wrong?" Wei Youdi asked immediately.
"Xiao Wei, help me go over and take a rest." Mr. Liu said, and Wei Youdi immediately went over to help Mr. Liu's shoulders.
"Don't, don't touch your shoulder, it hurts!" Mr. Liu grinned, and Wei Youdi immediately grabbed Mr. Liu's arm and sat down with him.
"Mr. Liu, what's wrong? Does your shoulder hurt? Did you twist your shoulder?" Wei Youdi asked eagerly.
"It's okay. My old problem with frozen shoulder has returned. I'll go back and put on a patch of plaster and it will be fine." Mr. Liu said, minding his own business: "I had a lot of activities today, and I was sweating again. I was so blown away by the wind. When it blows, my shoulders will get cold. I have frozen shoulder and am afraid of getting cold!"
"Mr. Liu? Do you have frozen shoulder? Why didn't you tell me when I asked you just now!" Wei Youdi had an expression on his face that looked like he was about to cry.
"Didn't you just ask me if I have arthritis? I have frozen shoulder, not arthritis." Mr. Liu said with an innocent look.
Wei Youdi suddenly felt like he wanted to cry without tears.
Frozen shoulder is also a common disease among the elderly. When it occurs, it is not only shoulder pain, but also affects the biceps and triceps, making it possible to be unable to lift the entire upper limb.
This disease is a chronic disease. Many patients with frozen shoulder appear to be normal, but when the weather changes or they are overworked, their shoulders begin to hurt.
Another major feature of frozen shoulder is the fear of cold, so patients with frozen shoulder should pay attention to keeping their shoulders warm all year round. In summer, they dare not bare their shoulders, let alone let a fan blow on their shoulders, or even Some people wrap their shoulders with cotton pads all year round.
Like arthritis, frozen shoulder also requires conservative treatment and physical therapy. Taking medicine can only reduce inflammation and shock, but has no effect on the recovery of the disease. On weekdays, in addition to keeping warm and not getting tired, I just need to take good care of myself.
But Wei Youdi didn't know that Mr. Liu suffered from frozen shoulder, and he didn't deliberately avoid this in his training plan. As a result, Mr. Liu's shoulders caught a cold after straining, and he naturally fell ill.
Dai Li's training is still going on, but Wei Youdi's side has stopped. It seems that in the next period of time, Mr. Liu, who has frozen shoulder, will not be able to go to the training ground again.
From a distance, Wang Ping looked at Mr. Liu who was sitting aside and resting, and sighed lightly: "It seems that the results of this competition have come out!"