Medicinal Uses of Aloe Vera

Aloe vera is a fairly well known herbal preparation with a long history of use. It is widely used in modern herbal practice and is often available in proprietary herbal preparations. It has two distinct types of medicinal use. The clear gel contained within the leaf makes an excellent treatment for wounds, burns and other skin disorders, placing a protective coat over the affected area, speeding up the rate of healing and reducing the risk of infection. This action is in part due to the presence of aloectin B, which stimulates the immune system. To obtain this gel, the leaves can be cut in half along their length and the inner pulp rubbed over the affected area of skin. This has an immediate soothing effect on all sorts of burns and other skin problems.The second use comes from the yellow sap at the base of the leaf. The leaves are cut transversally at their base and the liquid that exudes from this cut is dried. It is called bitter aloes and contains anthraquinones which are a useful digestive stimulant and a strong laxative. When plants are grown in pots the anthraquinone content is greatly reduced. The plant is emmenagogue, emollient, laxative, purgative, stimulant, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary. Extracts of the plant have antibacterial activity. Apart from its external use on the skin, aloe vera (usually the bitter aloes) is also taken internally in the treatment of chronic constipation, poor appetite, digestive problems etc. It should not be given to pregnant women or people with haemorrhoids or irritable bowel syndrome. The plant is strongly purgative so great care should be taken over the dosage. The plant is used to test if there is blood in the faeces. This plant has a folk history of treatment in cases of cancer.

Aloe barbadensis miller

Aloe vera is the drug of wonders, whether you use it as vital ingredient in beauty products or it is consumed as dietary supplement. Aloe vera is a hot fertile region plant, but now it is cultivated in most part of the world. It belongs to the onion/garlic family. There are about 300 species of Aloe vera. However the most important one is Aloe Barbadensis Miller. It is found to be full of 200 components and 74 known nutrients. This includes some of B vitamins like B12 and most of amino acids, iron, manganese, calcium, Zinc mineral, enzymes etc. According to reports Aloe vera is found to have various medical and cosmetic properties. Today lot of Aloe vera products are available in market like aloe vera health drinks, moisturizers, cleansers, wound healing creams etc. Today’s Aloe vera is widely used in beauty products.

Aloe vera is also known to have certain medical properties. Aloe vera drink is used as tonic for patient suffering from arthritis, diabetes and high cholesterol. This is because of the dietary supplement properties, which help in healing like anti fungal, anti oxidant, anti bacterial and some other properties. It is found to boost the immune system. Doctors say Aloe vera is not a medicine. However it is found to have certain curing properties.

Doctors says they read lot of news about Aloe vera in news, but they are not sported by medical journals.

However aloe vera has very good results in skin diseases and it is often taken as health drink. Aloe vera is also found effective in treating wrinkles, stretch marks and pigmentations. Where as auravedic practitioners are in the favor of use of Aloe vera. According to them Aloe vera has very good role in diabetic. Aloe vera is found to have smaller molecular structure and cutting properties. This help breaking down fat globules, therefore reducing obesity. Medical properties of Aloe vera are still on debate, but the beauty properties are highly accepted by the world.

10 REASONS TO DRINK ALOE VERA GEL

10. Dental Health and Hygiene

Aloe Vera is extremely healthful for your mouth and gums. Take that to your next dentist appointment!

9. Provides Rapid Soothing

Aloe Vera enhances fibroblast function. Fibroblast are those remarkable little cells responsible for collagen formation. They also assist in the soothing of minor burns, cuts, scrapes and skin irritations.

8. Aids in Healthy Digestion

A healthy digestive tract ensures that nutrients from the foods we eat are absorbed into the blood stream. Aloe Vera has natural, detoxifying abilities. Drinking Aloe Vera Gel regularly may improve bowel regularity and increase protein absorption, while at the same time decrease unfriendly bacteria and yeast – all done naturally! Aloe Vera has also demonstrated its ability to assist in soothing heartburn and other types of digestive upset.

7. Immune Support and Function

Aloe Vera provides natural support for the immune system. Since the immune system works around the clock protecting the body, aloe vera, with its natural immune enhancers, gives the body a continual arsenal from which to draw. Drinking 2 to 4 ounces of Aloe Vera Gel regularly may give your immune system the helping hand it needs.

6. Regulates Weight and Energy Levels

Aloe Vera Gel naturally, and with regular use, allows the body to cleanse the digestive system. Our diets include many unwanted substances which can cause lethargy and exhaustion. Taken regularly, Aloe Vera Gel ensures a greater feeling of well-being, allowing energy levels to increase and helping to maintain a healthy body weight.

5. Collagen and Elastin Repair

Aloe Vera can add a rich supply of building materials to produce and maintain healthy skin. The skin replenishes itself every 21 to 28 days. Using the nutritional building blocks of aloe vera, the skin can utilize these nutrients daily to help combat the effects of aging! A daily dose of Aloe Vera Gel can be just what your skin is thirsting for.

4. Daily Dose of Minerals

Some of the minerals found in aloe vera include calcium, sodium, iron, potassium, chromium, magnesium, manganese, copper, and zinc. What a powerful storehouse! We all know that adding foods to our diets with naturally occurring vitamins and minerals is recommended for overall health. Drinking Aloe Vera Gel is a natural and healthful way to replenish the body’s supply.

3. Daily Dose of Vitamins

Aloe Vera Gel includes Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, Folic Acid and Niacin. The human body simply cannot store some of these vitamins; therefore we need to supplement them regularly through our diets. What better way than by drinking a daily dose of Aloe Vera Gel, while at the same time building the body’s defense system naturally against oxidative stress!

2. Anti-inflammatory Properties

Aloe Vera Gel has 12 natural substances that have been shown to inhibit inflammation without side effects. Aloe may also support proper joint and muscle mobility.

1. Body-Building Blocks

Amino acids are our body’s building blocks. Eight which are essential and cannot be made by the body are found within the aloe plant! Drinking Aloe Vera on a regular basis allows you to help maintain your health by replenishing your body naturally with these essential amino acids. An analysis of the aloe vera plant shows that it comes closer than any other known plant to the duplication of essential amino acids. Just think – all this, and in just 2 to 4 ounces a day.

Croatia

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.

Geography

Location:	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Geographic coordinates:	45 10 N, 15 30 E
Map references:	Europe
Area:	total: 56,542 sq km land: 56,414 sq km water: 128 sq km
Area - comparative:	slightly smaller than West Virginia
Land boundaries:	total: 2,197 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south) 25 km, Slovenia 670 km
Coastline:	5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
Maritime claims:	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate:	Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Terrain:	geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
Natural resources:	oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower National Anthem of: Croatia

Our Beautiful Homeland

Beautiful is our homeland,
O so fearless, o so gracious,
Our fathers' ancient glory,
May God bless you, live forever!

You are our only glory,
You are our only treasure,
Yes, we love your plains and valleys,
Yes we love your hills and mountains.

Sava, Drava, keep on flowing,
Danube, do not lose your vigor,
Deep blue sea go tell the whole world,
That a Croat loves his homeland.

When his fields are kissed by sunshine,
When his oaks are whipped by wild winds,
When his dear ones go to heaven,
Still his heart beats for Croatia!

Ruska plava macka

Preci ovih mačaka živjeli su u sjevernoj ruskoj luci na Bijelom moru, Arhangelsku.
Jednoliko plave, snažne, zdrave i otporne, privukle su engleske mornare koji su ih često trgovačkim brodovima donosili kući.
Već od 1875. god. postoje zapisi o izložbama na kojima su bile brojne ruske plave mačke tada još pod nazivom "arhangelske mačke". Gospođa Carew Cox je prvi ozbiljni uzgajivač koji se uspio dovesti u vezu s ruskim plavim mačkama čak i danas priznate jednobojne kratkodlake mačke, posebno one plave.



Ipak, pri kraju 19. st ruska plava mačka nije bila potpuno definiranog izgleda budući je iz Rusije stizalo više elegantnih ali i nešto snažnijih i zdepastijih mačaka. Razlika je bila najočitija u kvaliteti dlake, vrlo su rijetke imale kvalitetu dlake sličnu današnjoj.
Na žalost tada su se sve plave mačke natjecale zajedno u istoj kategoriji i zdepastija britanska redovito je pobjeđivala elegantnu ruskinju. Tek od 1912. god. ruske mačke se ocjenjuju odvojeno od britanskih.



1918. god. dolazi do Ruske revolucije što rusku plavu mačku čini prilično nepopularnom pasminom u to vrijeme, te se do II svjetskog rata gotovo izgubila izvorna pasmina. Tek 1945. god. skupljeno je nekoliko mačaka ali zbog malog broja morala se u uzgoj uvesti nova pasmina. Izbor je pao na blue point sijamku ( sa plavim oznakama). Ova činjenica je uvjetovala ponovni brzi rast ruskih plavih mačaka, ali i promjenu u građi naravi. 1962. god. službeni standard gotovo se nije razlikovao od standarda orijentalnih plavih mačaka, čak je i gusta dlaka karakteristiena za rusku plavu gotovo isčeznula.
1960. god. nekoliko engleskih uzgajivača pokušalo je i uspjelo odvojiti rusku plavu od orijentalne mačke. Ali nije samo u Velikoj Britaniji ova mačka privukla pažnju.Kasnih 40-tih ova mačke se uzgajala u Americi i skandinavskim zemljama.

Današnji uzgajivači vjeruju da je skandinavski uzgoj ruskih mačaka zaslužan za duboku zelenu boju očiju, a engleski za boju i kvalitetu dlake.



Zanimljivo je napomenuti da se i današnji standardi ruske plave razlikuju u raznim udrugama ne samo u građi tijela, nego i u boji. Naime, u Engleskoj, Australiji i New Zelandu dozvoljene si i druge boje.

Tijelo ruske plave mačke je čvrsto i mišičavo, ali uz to ipak elegantno i vitko. Šape su male, ovalne, noge su duge, a rep je vrlo dug i sužen pri vrhu. Najvažnije karakteristike ruske plave mačke nalazimo u obliku glave, te boji i strukturi dlake; naime prelaz nosa u čelo mora biti ravan bez "stopa" (flat-topped skull) a profil nosa lagano izbočen. Oči su zelene bademastog oblika. Jedinstvena je i dlaka koja je dvostruka, kratka, gusta i svilena koja nikada ne smije biti previše polegnuta uz tijelo. Poželjne su što svijetlije nijanse plave boje, ali najvažnija je jednoličnost boje, te osobit srebrni sjaj.



Kao kućni ljubimci nježnije su i rezerviranije od drugih kratkodlakih mačaka. Iako su živahne i razigrane uvijek su dostojanstvenog držanja. Glasaju se vrlo tihim mijaukom i u pravilu su vrlo privržene vlasniku što ih uz prirodnu skladnost, te gotovo nikakav gubitak vremena za održavanje dlake čini idealnim kućnim ljubimcem.



FIFe STANDARD:

GLAVA: oblik kratak klin duga i plosnata lubanja. Konveksnog profila. Čelo i nos čine konveksni kut u visini obrva, čelo ravno,
nos ravan, jastučići za brkove jako naglašeni, brada jaka.
UŠI: velike i prilično zašiljene, široke na osnovi. Koža uške je tanka
i prozirna. Smještene su okomito na glavi.
OČI: velike, bademaste široko razmaknute, blistavo zelene boje.
TIJELO: dugačko, kosti srednje građe, skladnog izgleda i rasta.
NOGE: visoke i nježne građe, šape malene i ovalne.
REP: prilično dugačak i sužava se prema vrhu.
KRZNO: kratko, gusto i nježno, mekano, plišasto neznato uzdignuto
od kože. Duplo krzno. Plavo-sive je boje sa srebrnkastim sjajem (poželjna je srednje plavo-siva boja).
Nosno ogledalo plavo-sive boje, jastučići našapama boje lavande.
GREŠKE: orijentalni tip, četvrtasta ili okrugla glava, okrugle oči,
žučkasta boja oči ,zbijeno ili debelo tijelo, preširoki rep na
osnovi pripijeno krzno, tigrasti uzork,te sve druge boje krzna
osim plave.

Wireless LAN

A wireless LAN or WLAN is a wireless local area network, which is the linking of two or more computers without using wires. WLAN utilizes spread-spectrum or OFDM (802.11a) modulation technology based on radio waves to enable communication between devices in a limited area, also known as the basic service set. This gives users the mobility to move around within a broad coverage area and still be connected to the network.

For the home user, wireless has become popular due to ease of installation, and location freedom with the gaining popularity of laptops. Public businesses such as coffee shops or malls have begun to offer wireless access to their customers; some are even provided as a free service. Large wireless network projects are being put up in many major cities.Google is even providing a free service to Mountain View, California and has entered a bid to do the same for San Francisco. New York City has also begun a pilot program to cover all five boroughs of the city with wireless Internet access.

Types of wireless LANs

Peer-to-peer

A peer-to-peer (P2P) allows wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Wireless devices within range of each other can discover and communicate directly without involving central access points. This method is typically used by two computers so that they can connect to each other to form a network.

If a signal strength meter is used in this situation, it may not read the strength accurately and can be misleading, because it registers the strength of the strongest signal, which may be the closest computer.

802.11 specs define the physical layer (PHY) and MAC (Media Access Control) layers. However, unlike most other IEEE specs, 802.11 includes three alternative PHY standards: diffuse infrared operating at 1 Mbps in; frequency-hopping spread spectrum operating at 1 Mbps or 2 Mbps; and direct-sequence spread spectrum operating at 1 Mbps or 2 Mbps. A single 802.11 MAC standard is based on CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance). The 802.11 specification includes provisions designed to minimize collisions. Because two mobile units may both be in range of a common access point, but not in range of each other. The 802.11 has two basic modes of operation: Ad hoc mode enables peer-to-peer transmission between mobile units. Infrastructure mode in which mobile units communicate through an access point that serves as a bridge to a wired network infrastructure is the more common wireless LAN application the one being covered. Since wireless communication uses a more open medium for communication in comparison to wired LANs, the 802.11 designers also included a shared-key encryption mechanism, called wired equivalent privacy (WEP), or Wi-Fi Protected Access, (WPA, WPA2) to secure wireless computer networks.

AP client-to-AP

Bridge

A bridge can be used to connect networks, typically of different types. A wireless Ethernet bridge allows the connection of devices on a wired ethernet network to a wireless network. The bridge acts as the connection point to the Wireless LAN.

Eliksir mladosti-"Aloe Vera"-cudesna biljka

ŠTO JE ALOE VERA ?

Od davnina je poznata kao eliksir dugovječnosti. Zbog svoje hranjive vrijednosti i izuzetnih ljekovitih svojstava nazivaju je »Kraljicom ljekovitih biljaka«.
U svijetu je poznatija kao Aloe vera Barbadensis Miller. Ime je dobila po botaničaru Milleru koji ju je otkrio na otoku Barbadosu i uvrstio u registar ljekovitog bilja.
Aloe vera je trajna sukulenta iz obitelji ljiljana (Liliaceae). Prirodno raste samo u područjima sa toplom i suhom klimom (najbolji uvjeti su tamo gdje je prosječna godišnja temperatura iznad 22°C npr. Karibi, Meksiko).
Od biljke se najviše upotrebljava njezin gel, želatinasta masa koja se nalazi u unutrašnjosti lista.

ŠTO SADRŽI ALOE VERA GEL ?

Znanstvenici su ustanovili da gel Aloe vere sadrži preko 240 hranjivih i ljekovitih sastojaka i među njima:

• VITAMINE: A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, B12, C, E i folnu kiselinu;
• MINERALE: (više od 20); Ca,K,Fe, Na, Mg, Mn, Cu, Cr, Zn ...
• MUKOPOLISAHARIDE: imuno-modulatori (pomažu kod AIDS-a, karcinoma, imunoloških poremećaja), antioksidansi, imaju protuupalno, antibakterijsko i antivirusno djelovanje.
• AMINOKISELINE: (potrebne za sintezu bjelančevina) - sadrži 7 od 8 esencijalnih i 11 od 14 neesencijalnih;
• ENZIME: (16 enzima) iz grupe proteaza, amilaza, lipaza i celulaza (pomažu probavu bjelančevina, ugljikohidrata, masti i celuloze)
• ANTRAKININE, LIGNINE, SAPONINE, STEROLE,...

KAKO SE SVE UPOTREBLJAVA ALOE VERA GEL ?

Ako se gel Aloe vere pije kao napitak (oralna uporaba), djeluje dobrotvorno na mnogobrojne funkcije organizma:

• jača imunološki sustav
• smanjuje upale
• uništava viruse, bakterije, gljivice, parazite, ličinke i spore
• detoksicira organizam
• potiče metabolizam i djelovanje svih organa: jetre, žuči, bubrega, srca, probavnog i živčanog sustava, kože, očiju…
• pomaže kod odvikavanja odpušenja, alkohola i opojnih droga.
• Kod lokalne uporabe u obliku krema, sprejeva i kapljica idealno je sredstvo za: njegu kože, alergije, cijeljenje rana i opeklina, zaustavljanje krvarenja iz rana, kod bolova u zglobovima i mišići- ma, za njegu zubi i usne šupljine (upala desni, paradentoza, afte), njegu i bolesti očiju (konjunktivitis, mrena…), za akne, seboreju, prhuti…

KAKO DJELUJE ALOE VERA GEL ?

• UTJECAJ NA PROBAVNE FUNKCIJE (Prof. dr. Ivan Danhof, dr. Jeffrey Bland) - Potiče probavu, neutralizira povišenu želučanu kiselinu, uravnotežuje djelovanje gastrointestinalnih simbiotičnih bakterija, smanjuje gljivice, normalizira pH stolice, pomaže kod iritabilnog crijevnog sindroma, kolitisa, proljeva i zatvorenosti. Prodire kroz stijenku probavnog trakta, ispire štetne bakterije i čisti crijevne resice od naslaga. Na taj način smanjuje upale i povećava apsorpciju hranjivih tvari.
• JETRA I ŽUČ - Poboljšava rad jetre, detoksicira je i regenerira. Preporuča se kao dodatna terapija kod bolesti žuči, ciroze jetre, akutnog i kroničnog hepatitisa i masne jetre.
• ŠEĆERNA BOLEST - Regulira i snižava razinu šećera u krvi, smanjuje oscilacije šećera (posebno važno kod bolesnika na inzulinu).
• SRCE I KRVNE ŽILE - Jača srčani mišić. Snižava razinu kolesterola u krvi i krvni tlak te smanjuje učestalost napada angine pektoris.
• BOLESTI IMUNOLOŠKOG SUSTAVA (TUMORI, RAK, AIDS) - Aloe vera sadrži faktore koji uništavaju tumore (alfa faktor, blokira dotok krvi u rastući tumor, acemanan…). Potiče imunološki sustav. Kao dopunska terapija, smanjuje štetne nuspojave kemo i radio terapije.
• ALERGIJSKE BOLESTI, ASTMA - Ublažava simptome astme i alergija.
• MOKRAĆNI PUTEVI I PROSTATA - Ublažava akutne i kronične upale, djeluje i na bakterije koje su otporne na antibiotike (npr. Escherichia Colli).
• RESPIRATORNI ORGANI - Pomaže kod akutnih i kroničnih upala respiratornih organa (upala sinusa, ždrijela, glasnica, pluća itd.).
• BOLOVI U ZGLOBOVIMA, REUMA, OSTEOARTRITIS, OSTEOPOROZA - Smanjuje upalu, crvenilo, bolove i oteklinu zglobova i mišića. Učinkovita je kod uganuća, nategnuća i upala tetiva, modrica… Pomaže kod neuralgija, išijasa i glavobolje. U kombinaciji sa organskim spojevima kalcija učinkovita je kod osteoporoze.
• BOLESTI OČIJU - U obliku kapljica za oči uspješno se upotrebljava kod upale očne sluznice (konjunktivitis), mrene, trahoma, glaukoma, keratitisa (upale rožnice), herpes simplexa…
• NJEGA KOŽE I KOŽNE BOLESTI - Izvanredno vlaži kožu jer prodire do najdubljeg dermalnog sloja, pomlađuje kožu jer povećava stvaranje fibroblasta 8x brže nego je to normalno te na taj način ubrzava cijeljenje rana. Izvanredna je za suhu, osjetljivu i oštećenu kožu; ublažava i otklanja staračke pjege po rukama. Oralnom primjenom u obliku napitka i lokalnom u obliku krema djelotvorna je kod psorijaze.

KAKO PREPOZNATI KAKVOĆU PROIZVODA OD ALOE VERE ?

Mnogo tvrtki u svijetu nudi razne proizvode od Aloe vere. Međutim, većina tih proizvoda sadrži vodu kao glavni sastojak, a Aloe veru u minimalnim količinama, nedovoljnim za bilo kakav zdravstveni učinak. Natpis "Aloe vera" na proizvodu uglavnom služi u marketinške svrhe, kako bi se poboljšala prodaja proizvoda. Prilikom izbora kvalitetnog proizvoda i proizvođača obratite pozornost na sljedeće:

• Imaju li proizvodi certifikat IASC (Međunarodni Aloe vera Znanstveni Savjet) ? Certifikat garantira vjerodostojnost deklaracije proizvoda, čistoću, visoku koncentraciju, te ekološki uzgoj i kvalitetnu preradu Aloe vere.
• Kakve sve certifikate ima proizvod (Kosher, Islam, FDA, jesu li proizvodi testirani na životinjama) ?
• Gdje raste Aloe vera iz koje se dobiva gel ?
• Posjeduje li proizvođač vlastite plantaže Aloe vere ?
• Kakvim postupkom se stabilizira gel (kuhanjem, zamrzavanjem, sušenjem i mljevenjem u prah izgubi se većina ljekovitih sastojaka)?
• Upotrebljava li proizvođač suvremeni, patentirani postupak stabiliziranja gela ?

BICIKLIZAM

Kao prvo, najèešæi uzrok boli kod zaljubljenika u biciklizam jesu koljena. Kada osjetite bol u koljenima najbolje je otiæi doktoru. Ne mora biti ništa ozbiljno ali bolje sprijeèiti nego lijeèiti.

Ukoliko tijekom vožnja osjetite bol u koljenu, siðite sa bicikla, sjednite i stavite nogu u opušteni položaj. Lagano savinite koljena i odmorite se desetak minuta. Možete odmarajuæi lagano i masirati okolne mišiæe, ali lagano.

Morate li nastaviti vožnju, vozite polagano i nemojte se suviše naprezati. Kad doðete kuæi stavite leda na koljeno ali nikako duže od 20 minuta (oko 10-15 optimalno). Tretman ponavljajte što èešæe u sljedeæih 24 sata sa obaveznih sat ili dva razmaka.
Ne bi bilo naodmet uzeti neki od analgetika (poput aspirina), no opet nemojte se zalijetati u lijekove ukoliko nisu potrebni.

Sljedeæih desetak dana nemojte voziti niti naprezati, dakle, puno hodati, trèati, penjati se uz stepenice... U sluèaju da bol nikako ne prestaje niti se smanjuje, obavezno otiðite doktoru.

Ukoliko ste se udarili u koljeno, pali na njega ili vas je kamen pogodio i osjetite oštru bol pri daljnjem pokretanju, obavezno posjetite doktora!

Jedan od èestih uzroka bolova u koljenu je preveliko optereæenje na te vrlo važne zglobove. Naime ukoliko vozite sa malim okretajem pedala, odnosno pod velikim optereæenjem, koljena mogu poèeti zaribavati (poput automobilskog motora!) što može dovesti do veæih ošteæenja. Kako biste to izbjegli, vozite se (pa èak i na uzbrdicama) sa najmanjim brojem okretaja od oko 60 u minuti.

Ali zašto uopce dolazi do takvih bolova, ne samo u koljeno ne i u leðima i ostalim djelovima tijela!? Mogu biti dva uzroka tih bolova: neodgovarajuæa obuæa i neodgovarajuæe podešena bicikla (volan, sic...). Osim što vam zadaje bol neodgovarajuæe podešena bicikla vas i èini sporijima!

NAMJEŠTANJE SJEDALA:
Sjedalo mora biti tako namješteno da u najveæoj moguæoj mjeri pruža oslonac vašem tijelu. Jer ako sic stoji previše nagnut unaprijed to rezultira poveæanim naporom koljena i ruku, a i èini vožnju neudobnijom jer s takvog sjedala tijekom vožnja klizite naprijed. Takoðer, ne valja niti da je sjedalo previše unazad nagnuto jer to može izazvati bolove u kralježnici.
Isto važan faktor je i visina sjedala. Evo kako namjestiti sic – sjednite na sic i vozite se ali tako da samo PETAMA gazite po pedalama, podižite ili spuštajte sic dok ne namjestite da vam pri takvoj vožnji noga bude potpuno opružena u donjem položaju. Pri takvoj vožnji nemojte tijelo naginjati lijevo-desno, sjedite u istom položaju na biciklu. Sad kad ste podesili sic za takvu vožnju, vozite normalno gazeæi gornjim dijelom stopala kako i treba, koljena vas nikad neæe boljeti, a snaga u nogama i pritisak na pedale je optimalan. Ovo vrijedi samo za XC, gradsku vožnju i sl. svakodnevne aktivnosti, a ne za DH i sl.

NAMJEŠTANJE VOLANA:
Ako je volan preblizu, previsoko, prenisko ili predaleko to bi moglo uzrokovati bolove u vratu, rukama, kralježnici i vratu.

Èesti problemi i rješenja:

BOL U KOLJENIMA; povezan je sa neodgovarajuæom obuæom i loše podešenim sjedalom. Takoðer, èesti uzrok boli u koljenima je i vožnja na premalom broju okretaja. Idealno je vrtiti pedale izmeðu 70-100 okretaja u minuti. To možete pratiti sami ili pomoæu ciklokompjutera. Takoðer, postoje osobe kojima su noge neznatno razlièite duljine pa ta neravnoteža djeluje na koljena. Takve osobe bi trebalo stavljati uloške u obuæu da smanji razliku.
Previsoko postavljeno sjedalo uzrokuje bol u stražnjem dijelu koljena, dok sjedalo koje je prenisko ili previše unaprijed postavljeno uzrokuje bol u prednjem dijelu koljena.
Nepravilni položaj nogu na pedalama koji može biti posljedica neodgovarajuæe obuæe može uzrokovati bolove na boènim stranama koljena.

BOL U VRATU; je posljedica prenisko ili predaleko postavljenog volana.

BOL U STOPALU; je posljedica premekane obuæe i/ili vožnje u previsokoj brzini koja uzrokuje poveæani pritisak nogu na pedale.

BOL U RUKAMA; kako bi izbjegli bolove u rukama i ozljeðivanje dlanova najbolje je nositi biciklistièke rukavice kojih ima u svakom bike-shopu za kupiti. Druga važna stvar je da u vožnji ruke uvijek moraju biti blago savinute u laktu èime se smanjuje pritisak udaraca na mišiæe i kosti jer tako savijene ruke apsorbiraju udarce i neravnine.

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