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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
skinnycaponesugar
Love, Run, Sleep
Go see a sports med doc or an orthopedist. You doc should not be a runner any more than your psychiatrist should have mental illness or your oncologist should have cancer. But your doc should have expertise in the area s/he is treating, or refer you to somebody who does have it.
Bugs
I have a question for everyone: right now I have a small case of achilles tendonitis on my left foot. In addition, the outside of my right knee hurts/aches after I've run for more than 2 or 3 miles. I managed to run a marathon a few days ago despite these ailments, so I guess they're not that bad yet, but they've persisted now for at least 3 to 4 weeks. So I wonder what I can do to help them heal properly, and I wonder what is the best way to heal them without losing fitness too much. And I'd like to minimize the amount of time I don't run. I'd like to see my doctor and get these questions answered. But I know I won't get any satisfactory answers, because my doctor isn't a runner. Perhaps I can ask her for a referral - but to what kind of doctor? An orthopedist? And how do I find a doctor who is a runner? Any ideas or suggestions??
You doc should not be a runner any more than your psychiatrist should have mental illness or your oncologist should have cancer.
This is not a logical analogy, but let me expand on it into what I think is a logical one. If your doctor is a runner, ask him/her whom they go see for running injuries.
Oh Mighty Wing
"Wouldn't it be nice if your doctor was a runner so that your doctor would have enough shared experience with you to be able to treat you correctly." Which IS the same as this: "Wouldn't it be nice if your psychiatrist had mental illness so that your doctor would have enough shared experience with you to be able to treat you correctly."
Frowzy has Achilles Tendonitis. She happens to have two General Practitioners at her local family practice. Doctor A- Is a runner Doctor B- Is not. 1) Which would you make an appointment with? 2) Who do you think would give better advice? 3) Who do you think would give a referral to the better sports med, if necessary?
1) Neither. I'd go to a sports med.
Logic 101: "Medical specialist" treats people suffering from "affliction" "Specialist" begins to suffer from "affliction" Therefore: "Specialist" is not good at their "specialty." ??
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right now I have a small case of achilles tendonitis on my left foot. In addition, the outside of my right knee hurts/aches after I've run for more than 2 or 3 miles. I managed to run a marathon a few days ago despite these ailments, so I guess they're not that bad yet, but they've persisted now for at least 3 to 4 weeks. So I wonder what I can do to help them heal properly, and I wonder what is the best way to heal them without losing fitness too much. And I'd like to minimize the amount of time I don't run.
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