Today's Injuries

[TheReverand]

So after weeks of running through a shin/shin area injury, which has progressively got worse, I made the decision to visit the physio today after a) not being able to run 50metres yesterday before having to stop and b) sundays Sedbergh hills race looming
I dont often visit the physio as like most runners, just tend to run through any injurys till they get better!!
So anyway the girl give me a thorough massage deep in my lower calf and on the edge of my shin where the initial problem seemed to occur, she seemed to hit the right spots!! And it was quite an uncomfortable 45mins :/
She reckons on shin splints and a problem in my calf which has developed due to me running despite initial injury.
She said no way should I run Sunday :/ but I reckon I will anyways as long as I can without too much pain....
Icing my calf now with a pack of frozen veg

[zephr]

sooooo. youre running through a painful injury, which has got so bad that you couldn't run further than 50 metres without agonising pain. You pay a pro to have a look at you, who then hits the spot, and says not just its probably a bad idea to run on sunday, but, really, its going to be way better for you not to run on sunday...
and you ignore the advice.

Have a lovely race, I'm sure the pain will magically disappear.

[Hes]

I've got to admit Rev, I thought the same thing as Zephr. Probably not much point paying to see a physio if you ignore the advice? I've had to pull out of the Esk valley summer series because of my injury and can't do any of the BOFRA races that I'd planned to do this summer but I tend to think...there's always next year and being able to run in the long term is more important to me. I really hope you recover soon, take it easy.

[Multiterrainer]

Rev - I've learnt from experience with calf problems that you cannot run through them/comeback too soon - it appears that your problem is similar to mine I mentioned on this thread: http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...f-muscle/page6 - see posts 59 onwards - particularly Andy K's comments. My calf/shin problem has recurred this last 3 weeks and am currently up to day 9 of at least a 10 day break having my first 'comeback' thwarted by the calf tightening again last Wednesday - just doing plenty of stretching/strengthening/icing plus deep self-massage and some short walks/bike rides. I'll hopefully be able to try a flattish run Mon/Tues next week.

Good luck but be sensible!!

[Penguin]

right! going to say this only once, but if you went to see someone regards the injury and then you still decide to run through the injury!!! your a prat for not listening to the advice given!
after having erm.. a long list of injurys in the last 5 years, going to see various pysios to put little Penguin back together again, I at least listened to there advice.. after all i wouldn't have paid for there advice only to go and undo the good work they had done!! shin splits will take between 2-4 weeks on average to clear up.. and erm one day all this i can run through the injury will come back and hit ya!! Prat!

[Stolly]

Ha! Ditto and Ditto! Although I mainly wear a hat to stop sweat and/or rain running into my eyes as the sweatband in the hat absorbs it to a certain extent. Gloves I usually wear fingerless weight training gloves if I'm going over rough ground where putting a hand down might result in a skinned palm.

I now wear gloves all the time, unless it is really hot and I am going up hill .... then I carry them and put them on at the top.

Gloves are for wimps

[Hes]

I just wear gloves if frostbite could be an issue (and then I have lots of varieties) but most of the time its callouses, scars and ingrained dirt all the way for me...I'm such a lady!

[Rob Furness]

Gloves are for wimps

Gashed hands are for idiots

[Stolly]

Gashed hands are for idiots

Wounds are manly

[Rob Furness]

Wounds are manly

Not having wounds is faster