Cool, thanks runnermama. I'm sorry to hear about your knees as well. I wondered about horseriding (I know, a bit different to swimming!) as there's loads of it around here and I don't think it'd stress my foot or knees.
Cool, thanks runnermama. I'm sorry to hear about your knees as well. I wondered about horseriding (I know, a bit different to swimming!) as there's loads of it around here and I don't think it'd stress my foot or knees.
track chick wrote:
to the person who mentioned jogging - i'd love to be able to do that but i simply can't take up jogging. I'm in pain most of the time, and worse pain when I walk for over 10 minutes. i really don't think i can jog 30 miles a week if I struggle to walk for 10-15 minutes at the moment and it's been like that for a while... i've been advised not to walk much on it either right now until i get the updated scans (because i can walk through the pain, but i never know whether to or not).
You're relying on medical advice from the same people who made the injury much worse in the first place.
The same people advised my mom to stay off her feet, due to some pain in her legs, she soon lost the ability to keep walking, and now realizes the advice was wrong but too late.
I would keep doing the gentle walking, being careful that any pain is not indicating injury. There's a big difference between general pain, healthy pain, and pain that is causing more injury. Personally, I would would apply icewater with a washcloth, dry with a towel, walk around for a minute and repeat.
Then keep doing the same thing for 10 minutes at a time, just icing in this manner, alternating with walking around the house, back and forth, then extending this gradually to more minutes of walking, and continuing the icing in this manner in between. The purpose of the icing is reducing inflammation and pain, and driving the blood deep in the tissues for healing and strengthening.
Never use heat on an injury, as it has the opposite effects, brings the blood to the surface, delays healing, makes the tissues weaker, increases inflammation and pain.
As long as you keep doing the icing, walking, icing, walking, then you can see how far you can go with your own determination and initiative. Maybe eventually you can walk for 2 hours, and don't try any running unless and until the injuries are completely healed, and always evaluate progress very gradually.
It doesn't sound like it is for you if you struggle to walk, but I had to stop running after almost 40 years and found the ElliptiGO to be a worthy replacement. It is more fun, I can push harder than I could when running, and it doesn't hurt my body like running was doing. I love riding it and did over 6000 miles on it last year. If you can't run due to joint damage, you might be able to ride!
What? I find heat is the only thing that helps it...
i've had this injury for 6 years, it isn't a new one.
track chick wrote:
What? I find heat is the only thing that helps it...
i've had this injury for 6 years, it isn't a new one.
The use of heat is the reason you have constant pain, and why the injury has not healed.
TDF wrote:
It doesn't sound like it is for you if you struggle to walk, but I had to stop running after almost 40 years and found the ElliptiGO to be a worthy replacement. It is more fun, I can push harder than I could when running, and it doesn't hurt my body like running was doing. I love riding it and did over 6000 miles on it last year. If you can't run due to joint damage, you might be able to ride!
This is the first thing I thought of. If you can elliptical without pain, investing in one of these would definitely be worth it.