I am about to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow morning. I have averaged 55 miles a week for the past month and a half and am curious to see how long this will set me back. How long has it taken for you guys to come back and run after having the procedure done?
I don't want to lose to much fitness!!!!!
much appreciated
I was out for three days maximum when they were pulled (all four). I ended up taking a week off because I just wanted to relax my teeth and get some rest (they distort you mouth in ugly ways when you are asleep). If I had wanted to I could have ran my fourth day back.
Don't worry about it, taking a week off isn't going to kill you, the first one or two days back may be rough but you'll be back in shape fairly quick.
It hurt but i ran anyways. I was in my off season so i wasn't doing any workouts just miles and still got in the same mpw as planned.
runbeck wrote:
I am about to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow morning. I have averaged 55 miles a week for the past month and a half and am curious to see how long this will set me back. How long has it taken for you guys to come back and run after having the procedure done?
I don't want to lose to much fitness!!!!!
much appreciated
I just had mine taken out today! I just finished my season last week, so I'm taking a week off anyway, but I think I've heard it's usually a good idea to take 4-5 days completely off so that you don't get an infection. One of those would cause you to lose a lot more fitness than taking an extra day off to recover.
because dry socket is a bitch!
Think I went 4 or 5 days with no running. First runs back were horrible...mouth tasted like it was bloody, but it wasn't.
I ran the morning of, and the night after the extraction. Didn't even skip a beat in my training. Sure I bled a bit and it hurt a little, but why stop if it's not a serious problem?
CW: I just wanted to relax my teeth? What is that all about? Seriously.
After I got out of the chair and paid the bill, I went home and changed and then ran a hard ten miler. I spit out some blood along the way but it was not a problem.
I got an infection in mine. I was out 2 weeks. It was terrible. If you are racing this track season, do not have the surgery.
I also lost about 15 lbs. on an already lean frame. Dry socket in all 4. It was not good for me. My sister's wasn't bad, she ate a hamburger the next day.
running wont up your risk of getting a dry socket. it is purely luck/avoiding suction in your mouth (smoking, spitting, drinking out of straws). it just hurts. and if you get a dry socket you can still run, just get some of the paste that they put down in there (we give our patients a syringe of it so they can do it on their own).
the narcotic pain meds hurt your running more than actually getting the teeth out. the sooner you get off of those, the sooner you'll be fine to run. take them the first day, go to half a pill the next day, and just ibuprofen the third. depending on your particular situation you could easily run by the 3rd day.