Does it work?
lately i've been sore, my tendon in my foot has been flaring, i've been having non stop plantars foot, ITBS randomly, it's ALWAYS SOMETHING. Should i just take a few weeks off and let everything get back to normal?
Seems with my day or 2 off here and there it goes away then comes back full blast once i run again :(
Rest and check your diet
This is more or less what I'm doing right now. Currently halfway through 2 weeks completely off; not even any cross training. So far it seems to be working, but as you say, we'll see what happens once I start running again...
I think it will work if you use the time to correct the imbalances and weaknesses that caused all of the issues to begin with.
I have the same probably except I get re-injured even after taking a few weeks off. I'll get back into some solid training, feel awesome, and then BOOM another injury. I am seeing a new chiropractor now who says that my body has taken a beating from all the running I've done (I'm 38 and have run 18 marathons) and he said I need to do yoga to try to reverse the effects of running. Who knows.
i just did this summer, just to return to the same problems. I took 2 months off and it just flared everything back up even after a very easy transition. I too had achilles tendonitis problems which caused a hip problem in the other leg...Time off isn't good for tissue/muscles always. Obviously a bone injury is different. I started to look at my shoes, biomechanics, and started a strength program. You could take like a couple weeks off of just every other day light runs. It didn't work for me though and the weird thing was the injuries never went away during the break but remained, when I started running they subsided a bit, flared up, and subsided a bit, it's ongoing.
im in ur current situation with the flaring and going away..
3 days ago my symptoms went away, i ran and felt GREAT.. but then went to bed last night, woke up and my foot tendon was hurting again, i ran and it hurt more back to normal, how the hell can sleep make it worse! Running is so annoying sometimes. i'm oging to start watching my feet postions while i sleep make sure im not sleeping on that tendon weirdly.
You need to see a good physical therapist who works with athletes. He/she will teach you exercises to reduce these injuries and prevent them in the future. Some of these exercises are similar to yoga poses, so yes, yoga might help too, but only those few exercises that help with that particular problem.
Next, go to a good running shoe store and talk to their best fitter about your problems. An off the shelf orthodic might help with your PF and ITBS.
Next, improve your form. Poor form probably contributes to your PF and ITBS.