Today's Injuries

[mr brightside]

Did 18 miles and 4500' on Sunday and had some soreness down the outside of my left leg, from thigh down to heel. Fine on Monday, ran again yesterday night (7 miles and 2000' including a fairly aggressively run steep descent (from 3 Fingers Rock on Caradoc). Now have a very sore thigh on the outside. It's ok when I'm not moving, but sore when I walk or whatever. Pain is concentrated just below my hip.

Any ideas what this is or what to do about it?

Jim

Sounds to be in the area of the Tensor Fascia Lata, it connects your ITB to your Pelvis i think. Did you go over on the ankle? Even if it wasn't painful at the time the tension can be transferred all the way up the outside of your leg and damage the Tensor, i tore the collagen that attatches the tensor to the pelvis once- took 4 months of physio to sort it, play it careful JT.

[jtinnion]

Ho hum. Thanks for that Mr Brightside. Been doing hamstring stretches which might have eased it (I seem to have very tight hams) or maybe it's just eased a bit of it's own.

What you're suggesting does sound plausible though. I've just recovered from an ankle problem which resulted in a DNF at Edale for me :-( I went over on it doing a BG Leg 1 recce in all the rough stuff coming off Skiddaw about a month ago, thought nothing of it (no sprain, just a brief bit of soreness which I ran off), but then had what felt like cramp in my calf and hamstring later in the night. It was ok to run on a few days later but that must have really aggravated it - I was in some discomfort with a dead leg feeling in my calf the following Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but again it felt a bit better on the Sunday so I pitched up at Edale and ran. It blew up big time at the start of the climb to Win Hill (predicatably). I saw a sports physio the following day and again on the Thursday. He thought it was probably a fibula misalignment caused by the original ankle twist which was perhaps trapping a nerve or reducing blood supply into the calf. He realigned and taped it, and then worked on the calf muscle in the following session. I started running again a fortnight ago, and have steadily increased the workload since then with little problem until I went for the long run on Sunday.

I'm not sure whether it's a separate issue or related to the original ankle thingy, but I'll take it easy and see the physio again next week unless the symptoms clear up. I'm entered for the 3 Peaks next weekend and wouldn't like to blow that one too...

I suppose I should probably be thankful that it's the first real injury issue I've had since I took up fellrunning a couple of years ago. I've seen people suggest that when your fitness jumps forward you can be at more risk of injury as your mechanics catch up with the CV fitness, and that might be the case here as I've been running 10 to 20% faster times than I was last year...

Cheers
Jim

[mr brightside]

Came off the bike on Otley Chevin today, knocked out for 30 secs or so after my head smashed into a rock and by face slowed me down by scraping along the floor. Ambulance and hospital job, can't tell you how much it stings right now.

Paramedics wanted to chop my FRA tee off to look at my shoulder joint, which thankfully wasn't dislocated in the end- No way Jose! just yank up the sleeve, i've got full range of movement.

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[Rob Furness]

Nasty mate, at least you'll still be able to run (although you may get mistaken for a fleeing criminal and get arrested). I once did similar when I was about ten, came off a makeshift sledge we were using on a grassy hill and landed on the pavement at the bottom on my face. Bled like hell as well, I looked like a burns victim for weeks.

ps - I saw you out running the other week, just at the top of station road.

[stevefoster]

Came off the bike on Otley Chevin today, knocked out for 30 secs or so after my head smashed into a rock and by face slowed me down by scraping along the floor. Ambulance and hospital job, can't tell you how much it stings right now.

Paramedics wanted to chop my FRA tee off to look at my shoulder joint, which thankfully wasn't dislocated in the end- No way Jose! just yank up the sleeve, i've got full range of movement.

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Bloody hell Luke, the lengths some folk will go to to post on this thread!

Looks nasty mate, get well soon

[Rodders]

Sweet Baby Jesus, you look like you went ten rounds with JohnM32. Hope you are feeling better soon.

[mr brightside]

ps - I saw you out running the other week, just at the top of station road.

Yeah, my little 2 miler up to Bluebell woods.

Bloody hell Luke, the lengths some folk will go to to post on this thread!

Looks nasty mate, get well soon

Cheers Steve, if that cut under my eye was a cm higher i'd probably have lost the eye. The whole of the side of my face is weeping non-stop!

[stevefoster]

Sweet Baby Jesus, you look like you went ten rounds with JohnM32. Hope you are feeling better soon.

That made i titter

[stevefoster]

Cheers Steve, if that cut under my eye was a cm higher i'd probably have lost the eye. The whole of the side of my face is weeping non-stop!

Lucky escape that Luke, keep an eye out for potential accidents next time:wink:
I had a similiar road rash face when younger, decided to run downhill from pub and head overtook legs, nice floating bit before landing on side of face. Was peeling tarmac encrusted scabs off for days after

[Mountain Goatess]

came off the bike on otley chevin today, knocked out for 30 secs or so after my head smashed into a rock and by face slowed me down by scraping along the floor. Ambulance and hospital job, can't tell you how much it stings right now.

Paramedics wanted to chop my fra tee off to look at my shoulder joint, which thankfully wasn't dislocated in the end- no way jose! Just yank up the sleeve, i've got full range of movement.

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OUCH! :thunbdown: Hope it heals well for you Mr. B. x