Does running through an injury ever really work, or is it almost always better to just suck it up and take time of? I know a lot of people who attempt to run through, only to find that they can't, and eventually screw themselves up so much that they have to take several months. So, have you had success running through an injury? If so, what type?
Salazar ran 60-90 mpw thru a tibial stress frature. By his own admission....not a good idea.
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, I have done it loads of times. It depends on the injury and the severity, but running on some muscle problems can stimulate the tissue and fibers to heal and normalize.
Last month I ran 150miles/week through a very strange right knee problem, and now it's gone!!
I would not recommend running through a stress fracture. I've had 2 stress fractures in my life and 2 months off (aqua running only) is the way to go.
Jason
could barely walk without excruciating pain because of ITBS/patella tendonitis...after 6kws i said F-this and started jogging a half hour a day, in 2 wks i was walking and running with no pain
Yes, and often. As a previous poster stated, I have found many soft tissue 'inuries' can work themselves out. There may be no sound medical or physio premise to back this practice, but sometimes I would rather run through than take sedentary days.
I've run through two what I would call injuries. Obviously everyone runs through some sort of pain or tenderness at some point.
One was tendonitis. I imagine I had a more mild case because I've seen people be incapacitated by it. For me it hurt, but it was something I could live with.
The second I never actually go diagnosed because I was positive it was a stress fracture at the time. It was just before my last year of cross and I knew if I dealt with it I'd miss the season. Probably not very smart, but I got lucky that it went away after about a month so it probably wasn't a stress fracture.
I tried running through ITBS (ran an ultra with it). This was easily my worst running decision every. Took ~5 months to recover to where I was doing decent mileage. If I miss more than 2 days of stretching, or more than a week out of the gym it starts to act up on me.
I also ran through some sort of weird medial tibial syndrome (not a stress fracture) and that seemed to work out fine. It was to the point that every step was excruciating but still managed 45-60mpw with it.
O. Pistorius wrote:
Yes, absolutely.
10/10. best post i've seen on letsrun in a long time.
I have run through ITBS twice, had some runs that hurt a lot but I made it. Currently running through some sort of wierd foot thing that has been going on for two months, only hurts some days and will only hurt for the beginning of my run.
haha, YO wrote: Currently running through some sort of wierd foot thing that has been going on for two months, only hurts some days and will only hurt for the beginning of my run.
Hey, me too! Mine's more discomfort than pain, per se. Usually worst first thing in the morning, and gets better as I move around during the day. Bothers me at the start of runs only. Weird. Worse some days than others. Usually worse the day after a race or workout. Tenderness is on the top outside of the left foot.
Generally I will NOT run through a (serious) pain that doesn't go away during the run. This is learned from bitter hard experience.
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O. Pistorius wrote:Yes, absolutely.
10/10. best post i've seen on letsrun in a long time.
HAHAHA!
If you can keep training, it's not an injury.
I ran through ITBS for an entire winter and still pr'd by 20+ seconds in the mile. Every step was miserable, though, and I'm lucky not to be still be dealing with it 5 years later
run through muscle injury, not bone injury
O. Pistorius wrote:
Yes, absolutely.
Completely brilliant. I wish LetsRun would pass out prizes for posts like these!
Sprained my ankle, & was instructed to take at least a month off. One day I was watching an NBA game & saw a player return right after his sprain. I said, if a basketball player can bounce back in, why can't I. After a week off I returned to track season & it went fine. Granted I had to deal with lots of pain & the swelling seemed to take an eternity to completely diminish.
I have always run through injuries and they always eventually get better. I really believe they heal faster that way.
Running through everything other than Achilles Tendinitis has worked for me. Don't mess with AT.
No.