Looking for insight into how long it took people to return to their pre injury fitness level after a fairly large break "6-8 weeks"
Looking for insight into how long it took people to return to their pre injury fitness level after a fairly large break "6-8 weeks"
Post 8 weeks off, pr 5k 6 weeks post time off. That was 20 seconds and I felt better than ever.
I was sub 14:50 5k shape before injury if that helps
did you cross train at all? have you gained any weight? have you maintained core strength?
if not, then it'll be more than 7 weeks. if you were diligent during your injury, it'll most likely be less than 7 weeks.
out of curiousity, what was the injury?
Crossed trained fairly well
I had patella tendinitis
If you work just as hard at cross training as you did while being able to run, I'd say more like 4 weeks. But really it has to do with how well your body responds to the cross training and how much it's held over from when you were running everyday
not long. The body is an amazing machine. I ran some of my best races after long periods of time off from injury. Usually about 4 weeks in I was catching up to my teammates who trained all hard, then 6-8 weeks beating them and running great. Take the first weeks easy. Injury can be good for a body as it gets your blood values up.
I hate not training, but in 35 years all my best times have come post big time off. I believe it has to do with HPA axis that is prone to overtraining over long stretches. I am now breaking for 6 weeks and I am not injured, but certainly tired in a way I can't get benefit from training.
Hang in there, and know that you could have it worse. I was diagnosed with Osteitis pubis (basically pelvic fracture) after running through pain for nationals. That was back in Nov. I haven't ran since. And I'm not allowed to do biking or swimming either till probably end of March. Be patient, take it easy, listen to your body, and you'll be back at it in no time. If you think about it, 8 weeks is really a short time in a life long running career.
i agree with superawesomeness. keep it relatively easy the first couple of weeks, then be smart about progressing. let pain be your guide. if your knee hurts when you start running but the pain decreases with warm up and it's not painful the next day, you're probably fine. if the pain is worse at the end of running and is hurting the next morning, then take it easy. listen to your body.
it's still early yet, you don't have gain all your fitness back in 2 weeks.
Pulling up this old thread, really interesting ... have others had race success after only 4-6 weeks back, after being out for an injury for 6 weeks?
bump... I'd like to know too
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