Kara Goucher reveals she's been falling at times on runs and Mayo Clinic determines she's battling runner's dystonia

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    StillRunnin

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    2 years ago 02/10/2022 8:25pm EST
    re: CarolinaRunner

    “The doctor confirmed repetitive exercise dystonia, and tried to tell me, as gently as possible, that the more I run the worse my symptoms will get. I have to drastically cut back or not only will I lose the ability to run at all, I will struggle to walk as well."[/quote]

    I have never heard of exercise dystonia.  Can anyone explain why continuing to run will result in losing her ability to run and possibly even walk?  [/quote]

    Because when you constantly get pulled to the left, you run into s**t and get hurt. Aka: headslap on a road sign.

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    re: rojo

    YouTube.com
    Neurologist Explains Kara Goucher's Runner's Dystonia
    Dr. Brandon Beaber
    Elite long-distance runner Kara Goucher was recently diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called runner’s dystoniaThe article I am discussing https://r...
    Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-SV-9tloU

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    Don Juan

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    re: oldburgrunner

    She is living a Peter Pan type existence in her forties and it’s time to call it quits .

  • such a strange condition

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 09/17/2022 9:07pm EDT
    re: rojo

    Came across this video of a woman with runner's dystonia. She can no longer run forward but she can run backwards. The lady actually runs marathons backwards.

    YouTube.com
    Backwards Marathon Runner Justine Galloway
    Sean M Byrd Sr
    This video is about backwards marathon pkg
    Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3U09incRQ

  • high school xc coach

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 9:13pm EDT
    re: such a strange condition

    I didn't catch this when it came out several months ago. It's honestly heartbreaking to read. I know life can be much, much worse, but it sucks to have something you love taken out of your life like that. I hope she is able to find meaning in other areas that she always had with running before.

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  • Simping Hard For Kara

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 10:05pm EDT
    re: wejo

    wejo wrote:

    This is heartbreaking to read as you can tell how important running is to her. But hopefully Kara can find joy in just being a part of the running community without running as much.

    I had never heard of this condition before but glad she figured out the diagnosis. It will spread awareness of it for sure.

    Best wishes to her and her family.

    Sorry, but you and Rojo have always come off as such hypocritical simps over Kara G, respective to Schumacher vs. Galen/Salazar. The Gouchers pretty much pioneered the thyroid meds from Dr. Brown, and brought that existing relationship into NOP, so if anything corrupted Salazar, not the other way around. As their careers were winding down, it seems like Gouchers resented Salazar, as if they suspected Galen was getting "the good stuff," and they weren't, so they went to Schumacher, which was always rumored to be the more aggressive and dirty part of NOP.

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:12pm EDT
    re: high school xc coach

    high school xc coach wrote:

    I didn't catch this when it came out several months ago. It's honestly heartbreaking to read. I know life can be much, much worse, but it sucks to have something you love taken out of your life like that. I hope she is able to find meaning in other areas that she always had with running before.

    I just listened to her on a podcast from a few weeks ago and she didn't even mention this. She referenced needing to run on trails instead of road but it sounded like a foot issue🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Surprise!

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:15pm EDT
    re: wejo

    wejo wrote:

    This is heartbreaking to read as you can tell how important running is to her. But hopefully Kara can find joy in just being a part of the running community without running as much.

    I had never heard of this condition before but glad she figured out the diagnosis. It will spread awareness of it for sure.

    Best wishes to her and her family.

    For sure....what a horrible irony - doing something healthy impacts your health. Wish the best for her.

  • Surprise!

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:17pm EDT
    re: Dwightarm

    Dwightarm wrote:

    Holy crap. I’ve never heard of this before. It sounds like a nightmare!

    Is this the running equivalent to what Simone Biles had at the Olympics?

    Yikes. This would terrify me.

    So, I don't know the real answer to this, but I think Biles issue was more nerves or something? Apologies if I'm incorrect on this.

  • Valler

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:19pm EDT
    re: Surprise!

    Surprise! wrote:

    wejo wrote:

    This is heartbreaking to read as you can tell how important running is to her. But hopefully Kara can find joy in just being a part of the running community without running as much.

    I had never heard of this condition before but glad she figured out the diagnosis. It will spread awareness of it for sure.

    Best wishes to her and her family.

    For sure....what a horrible irony - doing something healthy impacts your health. Wish the best for her.

    I wonder if it was psychosomatic and maybe she has a med that is treating it now. Probably she got treatment because I think she is running more now. I want to apologize for my earlier posts, as I know that 80 year old women are attractive and that I was wrong.

  • Surprise!

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:23pm EDT
    re: Valler

    Valler wrote:

    Surprise! wrote:

    For sure....what a horrible irony - doing something healthy impacts your health. Wish the best for her.

    I wonder if it was psychosomatic and maybe she has a med that is treating it now. Probably she got treatment because I think she is running more now. I want to apologize for my earlier posts, as I know that 80 year old women are attractive and that I was wrong.

    I got the first half of the post, but then became a bit confused.

  • Valler

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    1 year ago 09/17/2022 11:42pm EDT
    re: Surprise!

    Surprise! wrote:

    Valler wrote:

    I wonder if it was psychosomatic and maybe she has a med that is treating it now. Probably she got treatment because I think she is running more now. I want to apologize for my earlier posts, as I know that 80 year old women are attractive and that I was wrong.

    I got the first half of the post, but then became a bit confused.

    I understand. It is not your fault. I made a huge mistake by saying that women lose their looks so they deleted it. Of course no women lose their looks.

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    Everydog

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    1 year ago 09/18/2022 12:14am EDT
    re: wejo

    wejo wrote:

    This is heartbreaking to read as you can tell how important running is to her. But hopefully Kara can find joy in just being a part of the running community without running as much.

    I had never heard of this condition before but glad she figured out the diagnosis. It will spread awareness of it for sure.

    Best wishes to her and her family.

    Sure about the running but maybe it's the tip of the iceberg. What happens as she ages running, or not, is it progressive? Does she know?

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