Thank you for all of this and sorry about your wisdom teeth. The constant low-level pain must be horrid.I am so sorry you're injured! Hope you'll feel better soon x
When I got my wisdom teeth out two weeks ago and couldn't run I tried to embrace the forced break by doing all the things I haven't had time for like reading, playing sims and watching a new show. I also signed up for multiple runs to give me something to look forward to. It still sucked but I got thru it and my first few runs have been great. Obviously it's different when the break is caused by an injury but even this can have benefits! A few years ago I had a hamstring injury which meant I was back to square one with running and stretching but it gave me the chance to really focus on my technique for the first few workouts and I managed to improve my technique and have less issues now.
My best advise would be to make sure you are following all your doctors recommendations to a t so you'll be back to running/spinning asap. Don't push yourself too early or stopping phyiso / medication early.
I was lucky in the sense that the pain came out of nowhere and then was so intense that I really didn’t suffer long because they squeezed me in within 24hours! But still wasn’t funThank you for all of this and sorry about your wisdom teeth. The constant low-level pain must be horrid.
The last 2 weeks I have given myself a proper talking to and the lovely weather has helped. I’ve read, found some really good chair workouts and at times had the realisation that I won’t turn into an ogre if I don’t spin or run a certain number of times a week. Obviously, there are miserable times and a short walk into town just now ended with me needing a lift home.
I totally agree with the functional stuff. Doing chair workouts has made me realise that I was doing everything incorrectly (which has probably contributed to my current situation) and spending half an hour every morning and night on the PT stuff is hard but I know it will help. Sometimes a long step back is what you need.
How did you damage your hamstring and how long did it take until you were pain free (this is all new to me)?
I just want to sayI am currently facing this. Injured my knee about 10 weeks ago. 8 weeks of that spent visiting a physio who repeatedly told me I was "on it too much and that's why it's not healing". He assured me the only way it would heal is if I stayed off it completely.
Eventually (10 days ago) went to a new physio who told me this was terrible advice and not only do I have a knee injury but also now have lost 8 weeks of condition so was worse than before the injury happened
New physio has given me exercises which at least make me feel I'm doing something to help it but I rely on exercise 1000% for my mental health. The fear that it won't get better is always in the back of my mind and just feel very isolated. Everyone on Instagram is out living their best life in the sun and I nearly keel over if I have to stand for more than 2 mins in the queue in Tesco.
It sucks. Hope everyone facing the same heals quickly
Aww please do! Was amazed when I found this thread which matched exactly what I have been feeling. I'm driving everyone around me bananas. Keep being told to "just distract yourself". Easier said than done when exercise is my method of distraction.I just want to sayso much to your post. I will reply more in the morning but OMG if someone wrote down my feelings your last paragraph would be it.
I don’t know what to do with myself. Walking the dog hurts, going upstairs hurts, icing hurts, lying in bed hurts. I am doing my exercises and I can see some improvement (I no longer feel like something is going to ping) but my god, this is tedious af.Aww please do! Was amazed when I found this thread which matched exactly what I have been feeling. I'm driving everyone around me bananas. Keep being told to "just distract yourself". Easier said than done when exercise is my method of distraction.
Aww I hear you. I'm sat on the couch at the moment with an ice pack on my knee. Started to feel like it was getting slightly stronger with the exercises and then - boom! It's swollen againI don’t know what to do with myself. Walking the dog hurts, going upstairs hurts, icing hurts, lying in bed hurts. I am doing my exercises and I can see some improvement (I no longer feel like something is going to ping) but my god, this is tedious af.
Luckily my wife has had serious injuries (knee, back) before so can put up with me but I can’t put up with me. I just want to run. I lie to myself telling myself I can be a cyclist (I spin/spun all the time) but I just don’t think I can. I am panicking about food constantly. Panicking about starting from scratch, panicking about there being a deep seated problem with my knee that needs surgery that no one has picked up on that is causing this, panicking that the me that ran ultras was a different person.
I sit on my bench and lift light dumbbells and do 2 squats with body weight and feel like a fraud.
Pity party over. Peas back in the freezer.
Feel free to moan. I’m here with you.
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