cal signals for the brain to process.
"I think the ringing in your ears is worth it," Konrade says. "Why wouldn't you want to hear it loud?"
Hearing damage from loud speakers is actually less common than that from headphones, especially during exercise. According to headwize.com, aerobic exercise diverts blood from the ears to the limbs and leaves the inner ear more vulnerable to damage from loud sounds. The Web site recommends using headphones for only 30 minutes per day at half the volume.
"I can't work out without them." Lindsay Campbell, Scott City senior says. "I use them every time I work out for the whole time."
If you're experiencing persistent problems such as difficulty in understanding speech, slight muffling of sounds or difficulty understanding speech in noisy places, that should be your signal to see a doctor, headwize.com says.
When she was a freshman she smoked half a pack of cigarettes a day and over a pack a day on weekends. She had a chronic cough the whole year and was permanently sick. Christine McEchron, Bettendorf, Iowa, senior, told her unknowing parents that it was because of the residence halls, but in reality no one else at the residence halls was sick. It was because of her smoking. She was always coughing, and her parents wondered if she had a lung infection.
If you smoke, you've probably had a dry, raspy sore throat at one time or another. If you don't smoke, being at a concert or smoky bar has left you to feel a little hard to swallow. According to homehealth-uk.com, cigarette smoke is a major irritant of the airways and makes both viral and bacterial infections more likely. Uncomplicated sore throats such as these usually last about three days.
"I had a sore throat that lasted for probably about a month or month and a half." Jon Hills, Bonner Springs senior says. "It helped me to quit smoking."
We all know what a sore throat is and feels like but what can we do to help cure symptoms without visiting the doctor? Home health says to gargle warm salty water, suck on throat lozenges, use throat sprays, don't smoke and avoid alcohol.
"I had throat lozenges in my back pack permanently," McEchron says.
Playing basketball in high school can
be a good source of staying in shape. When Campbell began playing intramural basketball in college, she had been out of the swing of things for a while. After the season opener this year, she pushed herself a little too hard. She says she realized she's getting old because she couldn't walk for two days she was so sore.
No one said getting in shape was easy. If you want results,you have to first suffer through the pain. Programs that elicit results work by mak-
becoming ill more easily. Moderation is key.
People get sore muscles for three reasons; you're not used to exercising, your muscles are used to a different exercise or you push your regular exercise too far, according to Runner's World.
"I'm the most sore when I haven't worked out in a few days or when I lift weights," Campbell says. "It's not so much when I'm running but when I change the work out program or do a different activity that I don't normally do."
"I usually feel pain when I'm excessively working out and pushing myself to the limit." Campbell says. "It usually comes right when I'm done working out."
There are two kinds of muscles soreness -acute, which occurs immediately after working out and is caused by lactic acid build-up, and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), which develops 12 or more hours after activity and is caused by microscopic tearing of the muscle fibers, iVillage.com says.
To relieve pain from sore muscles, first ice to reduce swelling, then heat once the pain has peaked, Runner's World says.
Acute soreness will go away after a few minutes but DOMS will peak two days after exercising. IVillage says this soreness is expected but if you can't even walk down the stairs, you've overdone it. Some signs of this include lost coordination, elevated heart rate in the morning, frequent headaches and
Now that you know the consequences that follow all of the things that we, as students, overdose on, maybe next time you'll think about how to do it the smart way. Or at least if you do overdose, you'll know how to help yourself feel better the next day.
—Ashley Arnold, Jayplay writer, can be reached at aarnold@kansan.com
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