To paraphrase Mr Naylor, if I rested every time I had an ache or pain, I'd never get out of bed in the morning.
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To paraphrase Mr Naylor, if I rested every time I had an ache or pain, I'd never get out of bed in the morning.
Ime not Talking about Aches. I meant if there is a constant area thats causing a problem stop and get it sorted
Yes, but there's always a 'but' isn't there. I can't remember ever running through a pain or an injury and regretting it - it's all part of an endurance sport isn't it, not to give in? It's psychologically essential and confidence-building.
I'm not saying you should keep going regardless, but if you get into a mindset of letting niggles and injuries get the better of you then you've lost half the battle.
I only get to the hills every now and again, and if I sacked off the opportunity to run each time I felt crocked, I'd hardly run at all. You grit your teeth through the first five miles and then more often than not, you're fine.
Just my opinion like. :)
Turning into an interesting debate this
I get tendonitis in achilles, a touch of pf, tight calves, runners knee that comes and goes and I struggle downstairs every morning. Like most things in life its common sense. If you're proper injured you can't run, otherwise just MAN it out :cool:
Can i just add that ITBS can't be manned, i manned mine instead of getting it looked at and my constant moaning on here reflects the result. :o
Wow its incredible the amount of arm chair physios that are arguing with a proper physio (no offence) all id o when im injured is get on the indoor rower or run ont track for a while
Not sure anyone is really arguing Tom ;) Many if not most runners, have niggles, which they tend to ignore. The older you get the more this is likely to be the case.
Last time I HTFUd my ITB, I couldn't bend it properly for a couple of weeks (kind of important in running) and was out of it for a good few months. Just avoiding making the same mistake twice. A couple of week's rest at this stage, with some appropriate remedial work, should allow me a summer of hassle-free running, rather than a series of aborted attempts to restart and another wasted year.