So we have a big meet on March 8. I'm loading my 4x8 up in hopes of lowering our time so that we can qualify for Penn Relays. One of my legs is having his wisdom teeth removed today. How long will he be out? (I'm expecting to have him back Tuesday or Wednesday). Will he be able to go for the 8th? What type of training should he do when he comes back? Everyone else is doing some faster workouts but should I play it safe and just keep his fitness up? Any constructive comments are welcome.
I had all 4 of mine out late last year and was told I could run 3 days after surgery, and they were pretty impacted. 5 days at the most.
Make sure he takes the prescribed pain meds. He'll have a much more pleasant time and be back running much faster. I didn't and it took me a week to get running again. The above poster seems spot on. If you can trust his personal gauge of training, I'd say just do what he feels like he can handle reasonably well. He'll be fine. Since you're checking up on this to make sure you keep him healthy, I highly doubt you will do him any wrong in training anyway. Good luck on the 8th!
Thanks guys! Any more advice is greatly appreciated!
interested coach wrote:
So we have a big meet on March 8. I'm loading my 4x8 up in hopes of lowering our time so that we can qualify for Penn Relays. One of my legs is having his wisdom teeth removed today. How long will he be out? (I'm expecting to have him back Tuesday or Wednesday). Will he be able to go for the 8th? What type of training should he do when he comes back? Everyone else is doing some faster workouts but should I play it safe and just keep his fitness up? Any constructive comments are welcome.
I had a teammate in HS that had his wisdom teeth removed (it was more than 1 but I don't know if it was all 4) and ran a 3200 race that afternoon. That is at least the legend I recall in my own mind, but it could have been the next day. I vividly remember him taking bloody gauze out of his mouth as I was stepping on the track for the 4x4. It was a tri-meet and he won the race, but I don't recall it being one of his best times (10:10ish maybe? - he was a low 16 5k guy in xc).
It's obviously too late now, but unless it was something that was causing him pain, he should have waited until after the season. I did that and I think I took 3 days off and then started back with a couple of easy days.
It depends on if he has to go under or if he is awake. That impacts a lot of people differently. If he goes under, I would take it easier. If they just cut/pull them out with some novocaine, then you might be able to resume his workouts earlier.
abubenjamin wrote:
It depends on if he has to go under or if he is awake. That impacts a lot of people differently.
Echo this. I had a general anaesthetic for a minor op (minimal trauma) and it hit my running times by about 5% for weeks afterwards. I felt absolutely fine in training but racing was a new kind of hell.
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that one of the general anaesthetic cocktails contains a chemical that adversely affects oxygen transport. My google skills are failing in finding that link again though.
I had my wisdom teeth out last Wednesday morning (2/12/14) with no general anesthetic. I drank protein shakes and rested for most of the day, then was able to go for an easy fartlek that evening with plenty of ibuprofen on board. The next day I did a hard interval session and weights with no adverse effects. Everything was totally normal from then on, and I have been able to post up a decent block of mileage with no pain since then. Certainly glad I didn't wait the 7-10 days of rest they had recommended.