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Show Take to spring like a lamb, doctors advise This is one of a series of health columns about your heart, prepared by the Utah Heart Association and published pub-lished by this newspaper as a public service. "In the Spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." And, Tennyson Ten-nyson might have added, men of any age begin to stir forth at the coming of Spring, like bears coming out of hibernation. hiberna-tion. Now's the time to dust off your gilf clubs, repair your fishing tackle, restring your tennis racket, check the camping camp-ing equipment. And then there is work to be done around the house before the hot weather sets in: Take down the storm windows, put up the screens, repair the roof, paint the window win-dow trim, plant shrubs, mend the lawn, attend to countless other landscaping or gardening garden-ing jobs. Spring is a pretty strenous time of year, you will agree. If you are one of those men who stick pretty close to the fireside all through the winter months, you are cautioned to swing into Spring gently like a lamb instead of a lion. Many heart disease authorities authori-ties consider that an annual check-up is "recommendation No. 1" for the man who wants to lessen the risk of heart attacks. at-tacks. Physical examinations once a year are helpful in spotting early changes for which preventitive and curative cura-tive measures may be instituted. institut-ed. Even after you've been given giv-en a clean bill of health from your doctor, don't throw yourself your-self into energetic amusements or home repairs until you've first conditioned yourself by less strenuous activity for awhile. Walking and doing some of the easier gardening chores might be a good way to work up to the more strenuous jobs. Discipline your muscles gradually, taking on heavier jobs, little by little. This sort of preparation is easier on your muscles including your heart muscle and will also help to avoid accidents that sometimes occur because conditioning con-ditioning and coordination are rusty. |