Thinking about quitting XC due to an injury

Cross train. Limit your time actually running, do pool running, elliptical, whatever you can handle to keep your aerobic system going that doesn't hurt your knee. Don't be a pvssy.

quittersonlyquit wrote:

Cross train. Limit your time actually running, do pool running, elliptical, whatever you can handle to keep your aerobic system going that doesn't hurt your knee. Don't be a pvssy.

If its Osgood schlatters run through it, even if you are thinking of quiting you probably need motivation cus running is about not quiting, its about pushing through and not being a b*tch

sweg wrote:

If its Osgood schlatters run through it, even if you are thinking of quiting you probably need motivation cus running is about not quiting, its about pushing through and not being a b*tch

Pushing through and "not being a bitch"...and getting injured even worse. Could I do that? Probably. Is it a good idea as far as the future is concerned? No way. Quit trolling.

OP wrote:

sweg wrote:

If its Osgood schlatters run through it, even if you are thinking of quiting you probably need motivation cus running is about not quiting, its about pushing through and not being a b*tch

Pushing through and "not being a bitch"...and getting injured even worse. Could I do that? Probably. Is it a good idea as far as the future is concerned? No way. Quit trolling.

Lmao Osgood shlatters isn't an injury, If you research it it happens when you stop growing, and your growth plates harden nothing will happen if you run through it, which it probably is because I got it soph year of high school as well

My sophomore year I thought I had patellar tendinitis from running during the winter, so I took 4 weeks off and it came back when I started running again. Finally went to a doctor and he said it was my growth plates closing causing inflammation that was painful but not doing any damage. I'd recommend seeing a doctor.

And don't be close minded about it, because you think your convinced its a fracture, I was and it was Osgood schladders, which nothing bad happens if you run through

gave away my Grammies on insta wrote:

And don't be close minded about it, because you think your convinced its a fracture, I was and it was Osgood schladders, which nothing bad happens if you run through

If this is the case then I really hope it's OS. Unfortunately I'm not sure at the moment. As for running through it, that's a lot easier said than done. After a workout it gets so bad that I can't run at all without intense pain. Like, I take two or three steps sort of hobbling and then stop because it hurts so bad. I don't even want to think about what would happen in if this came up in a race.

They make Osgood shladder knee bands, or just wrap a rope below your knee reduces pain but be ready for the pain when you take them off, and take some ibuprofen

kneepain wrote:

I'd recommend seeing a doctor.

Do this. But, you need to find someone who has some experienced with young athletes.

A quick and dirty MD will just move you along, maybe missing something. Maybe there's nothing to miss... But try to find someone who will take a minute with a diagnosis.