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Hoping to Run Again :-(
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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
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"Today I broke my record for most consecutive days lived!"
You know, he said he would refer me to a PT if I wanted to do so. I'm still mulling it over. I *think* our ins. will cover it.
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It's worth asking around to find the right person.
That's one thing I wondered about...seeing if anyone else near me has seen a PT for sports-injury issues and who they might recommend, then seeing if my doc would refer me to that person/office.
My Dr sent me to a sports PT. Turns out it was a small gym that hired a couple of PTs on the side. My PT is a kickboxer. (And I thought I could HTFU...)
Hang in there Mark, being down almost month myself, I know how you feel and I found myself a bit depressed at times to the point, that I was not even doing my stretching and other activities like strength training (minus lower body workouts) and my eating habits went pretty much to the dark side. Don't know how long you've been running, but as you can see, injuries are pretty common in our world and most of them are brought on by ourselves. Some injuries can be big set-backs, but you've got to bear with them and in some cases even change plans for races etc. The most important thing is the race, it's about healing and getting back out there again and running because as you already know, you're much healthier in body and mind when you're running. (Electronic Engineers like us especially have to clear that mind) As I don't understand what the Soleus muscle is, (I think it's between the knee and the ankle) can you do things like bike ride or stationary bike, this would help keep the cardio up a bit. How about walking, can you walk okay? If so walk a couple of miles or 30 mins a day and see if that helps. Either way, be strong and hang in there, sometimes, the best thing is just to rest it like I finally had to give in and do. (Knock on wood) I feel pretty good, but still holding back hard training or hill training and I need to hit the hills as I've got a 5M on Aug 10th and a 5K on the 17th which were my target races for the year to PR. Larry
Now that I've been sidelined with a knee problem, I can tell I'm going into one of those funks.