Today's Resting

[Stagger]

Badly sprained my left ankle out in Beetham woods on Wednesday night's club run....:thunbdown: It's swollen, bruised and sore, sore, sore....

Had it X rayed today, not broken, thankfully! But that me resting, tubigrip, ibuprofen, and frozen peas on it. I think it'll be at least two weeks before I'm back running, what's other people's experience of how long to leave it before getting back to normal training?

Strange thing Vics, some times back in a week when I considered it bad and other times 3 weeks when I consider it mild.

Your doing the right thing with the RICE, compression and elevation appears to be the most successful for me.

[Tahr]

I did the same thing 6 days before the OMM, the physio told me not to run the OMM, but I strapped it up well and it was fine. I was in no pain with it when running, it only hurt if I twisted it, hence loads of strapping to prevent this. After the OMM I went back to the Physio and he was amazed that I did the OMM, he asked me if I had rested it after the race, it was Thursday, I said "sort of, only ran on the road" I said, "how far" he asked he nearly fell of his chair when I said 28 miles in the last two days.

I would listen to your body, I could run with no pain once the swelling has gone down, if you are the same crack on carefully, if in pain I would say rest, I was given exercises to do in a bucket of ice water might be worth a go.


ATB

Tahr

[vics]

25 days on from spraining my ankle - I'm still not running! :thunbdown:

Tried running last Sunday and I paid for it through to Wednesday.

Now that all the swelling is down, treatment has started with physio, but I've been told definitely no running. So a 2 mile muddy walk today is ok? No, aches, aches, aches :angry: Worth it though to be out and pushing uphill! So much so I went up and down the hill 6 times just to get a bit of a fix. Hmmm, I'll not get better if I carry on doing this. And my entry to the Dark and White mini mountain marathon for this coming Sunday has had to be sadly given up.

Several things I've noticed without running - 1. I need much less sleep, 2. Much less hungry, 3. All the DIY and fiddly jobs are getting done, 4. Kids aren't getting away with half the stuff they used to.

Roll on 2013 and getting back to RUNNING!

[Splatcher]

Chin up vics - you'll get there. I've had two whole seasons out with back & hamstring injuries, & I'm surprised you haven't also listed "5. Getting fat."

[vics]

Chin up vics - you'll get there. I've had two whole seasons out with back & hamstring injuries, & I'm surprised you haven't also listed "5. Getting fat."

Thanks!

I'm keeping a close eye on the scales to try to avoid number 5; I'm not the most svelte of runners and I don't want to start again with any excess, however, Christmas is coming.....

[shaunaneto]

Resting, the whole of this week. Well, by resting I mean running every day. But there all easy runs which I reckon counts.

[TheReverand]

Resting, the whole of this week. Well, by resting I mean running every day. But there all easy runs which I reckon counts.

haha, I dont think technically it does !

[TheReverand]

7th consecutive day of inactivity :closed: can't take much more of feeling so lousy :thunbdown: