how to get over the shame of being injured

Start walking like crazy until you can run again.

Walking like a 120 miles a week wrote:

Start walking like crazy until you can run again.

I need to avoid impact on my leg

injuredidiot wrote:

Walking like a 120 miles a week wrote:

Start walking like crazy until you can run again.

I need to avoid impact on my leg

Its walking.

****** wrote:

injuredidiot wrote:

I need to avoid impact on my leg

Its walking.

Then clearly you’ve never had a serious injury if you think walking isn’t impact.

OP, can you bike or swim?

MohammedAA wrote:

****** wrote:

Its walking.

Then clearly you’ve never had a serious injury if you think walking isn’t impact.

OP, can you bike or swim?

I don’t know if biking is ok. I’ve never really liked swimming , maybe I should try. At the moment my only cross training is SkiErg

Take this as an opportunity to learn from what you did wrong and come back stronger. Address the rehab and cross training with the same intensity as you would normal running.

Watch some videos on how to pool run. It will keep you in shape. It sucks, but it will definitely help you maintain some fitness.

You can also flirt with some of the older ladies floating around in the pool.

Here's the thing: lazy people don't get injured. If you'd driven everywhere and spent your evenings eating nachos, bingeing Netflix and watching your belly grow, you'd be able to walk on that leg right now. But you'd be a sad fat loser.

If you trained hard, put in the effort, got off the couch and did the work needed to get fit and compete, why would you be ashamed when occasionally you push your luck too far, or you train too much, or you take a fall? Injury is part of the life of being an athlete. You'll be back soon, so stop complaining and just get out and do some cross-training, and remember that if you don't even try, you're never going to win.

Two weeks is nothing. Be thankful you don’t have Plantar Fasciitis.

MohammedAA wrote:

****** wrote:

Its walking.

Then clearly you’ve never had a serious injury if you think walking isn’t impact.

OP, can you bike or swim?

Walking isnt impact. It's the closest thing to running you can do.

Running produces ground reaction forces that are approximately 2.5 times body weight, while the ground reaction force during walking is in the range of 1.2 times body weight.

Walking is impact. wrote:

Running produces ground reaction forces that are approximately 2.5 times body weight, while the ground reaction force during walking is in the range of 1.2 times body weight.

So the answer is to lose 20% of your body weight and to then Start walking around. That way you will break even regarding impact. As a bonus, you will have an improved power-to-weight ratio when you return to running, as well as reduced impact forces.

Win, win, win!

shamefulinjured wrote:

I feel so stupid for having injured myself, been out for over 2 weeks now and I'm losing muscle in my legs and fitness... feel like a complete idiot for not being more careful. How do I deal with these feelings

For the injury, go to a doctor. For the shame, go to confession.

You're not losing any fitness or muscle in 2 weeks. Your legs shrunk because they're no longer inflamed from the damage your training does to them 'swole'.

I'm just at the end of a 2 wk break. Pushed my luck doing 200kms of hard mountain trails in a week and thought I'd take a week off. First day off and I pulled something that tightened up on the inner side of my heel getting out of my car. ?

Minor, only felt it for a few days. But now I'll remember to make sure everything is mobile before I get up after resting. ?

As somebody stated, injury is an unfortunate part of leading an active life. There is no shame in that. I wish you a swift and full recovery.