8 Exercise Tips to Help Keep Diabetes in Check

Beware of Insulin Shots

If you take insulin shots you will need to be aware of where you inject them and what body parts you plan on exercising that day.

If you are going for a run, avoid shooting the insulin into your legs. Instead, inject in your stomach or arms. If you begin working out the muscles in which you injected your insulin, the insulin will be pushed throughout your body more quickly. This fast distribution of insulin could cause your blood sugar to drop rapidly.

Taking insulin shots should not keep you from exercising or being physically active, but you will need to be careful and pay attention to where you are injecting the insulin compared to your workout for that day.