Forums >Health and Nutrition>IT pain Need HELP
To paraphrase an old poster: Today is the first day of the rest of your training. It doesn’t matter where you started or how far you’ve come. Today is the day. Your training didn’t start 6 weeks ago. Your training started the last time you hit the road. John “the Penguin” Bingham Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire
Derek
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JK I think you are dead on. I have been so worried about that damned IT Band that I babied it and paid for it in the race. Thanks everyone for as JK put it giving me their "2 cents" It all adds up to something I can use. I really do love to run, even when it seems I hate it. Funny but I know everyone here understands that! In 2 weeks on the 19th I will start back running nice easy miles.
shonan marathon, girl
You can make it go away for good, but it takes some serious discipline. You need to rest -- for a long time. Maybe a couple months. No kidding. Otherwise it just keeps coming back. When you do start again, you need to be paranoid about it. At the first sign of pain, stop the run and back off your training. If you're running through any pain at all you're just adding to the inflamation. You need to stretch religiously, and do the various recommended exercises to strengthen your lateral muscles and your core. If you've never done something like yoga or martial arts before, you may really benefit from a gentle introductory class (aikido, tai chi, etc). Work on your form. Get a book like "Chi Running" by Danny Dreyer, which gives you exercises to work on. Have someone video you running and put some serious effort into correcting your bad habits. The bottom line is that you need to pursue the root cause of your pain. Don't focus on just your knee -- problems like this one often start elsewhere. The knee is just the symptom.
next race SHONAN MARATHON nov 3rd, 2012, OSAKA MARATHON nov 25th, i am aiming for nyc!
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