Exercising while injured

Thanks for your reply Abigail.  It is really encouraging to know that you are running again and doing your first deadlift!  Well done.  I am booking with a physio next week and colleagues say she is great at massage.  I have a couple of pilates dv...

Hi Danica, I had a similar pain in my back after I suffered a herniated disk. I'm not suggesting that it's your disk simply that following the injury I also suffered from lower back muscle spasms for quite some years so I understand how frustratin...

I injured my back whilst weightlifting February 2012 and it is still not right.  If I bend in a particular way, say to put something in the rubbish bin I get a spam in my lower back.  I have tried to keep active by walking and renovating the house...

Hey Ben, I had a couple of ideas for you.  Have you asked your physiotherapist for exercises you could do between visits?  I'd be pretty nervous about doing anything that he/she hadn't recommended.

I was also wondering if exercising in the pool w...

Ouch, physio is one of the few things in my week that i look forwards to as it gets me moving.

Yeah, me too.  I mean I wasn't a competitive athlete or anything, but I was pretty physically active... boot camp, running, yoga.  On the move every day.  Now I can't do anything.  Like you, I can't even go for a short walk.  I've even been told t...

Sorry to hear that. Part of the problem for me is the sudden change, I went from being very active and competetive, I was my unis sailing team captain and 1st helm, having missed out on a place at the youth worlds by 1 position 2 years ago, to not...

Wow, I'm sorry to hear what you are going through, Ben.  I'm also sorry to say I don't have any answers for you.  But your post really struck a chord with me.  I've been sick since October with one thing or another & have just found out I've got a...

Hi. I broke my back in two places and both heels on the 20th January, so i have finally got to a stage where i can walk, although it is on crutches. And apart from having no muscle mass left in my legs at all, and generally hating myself at the mo...

Sounds like this is coming down to fibre type..endurance running and sprinting use completely different fibres. A warm up for any kind of sprinting  activity should include a series of submaximal sprints of gradually...

A couple of weeks ago I started to feel ill.  I had a cough and stuffy nose. I caught a cold.  This put a damper on my training.  I took a couple days off from my workouts and on the third day I tried to exercise but with little success.  I felt s...

i know how frustrating knee injuries are . i snapped my ACL and took a chunk out of my cartlidge at the same time .one hamstring craft and two screws later im on the mend .next two shoulders kneesare one of the worst...

All I know is if I where flip flops I have to wear the wedge kind or my arches and calves ache

Thanks Kirsten :)  I wish you all the best in your recovery!  Massage (rolling foot on a frozen water bottle), stretching, a good insert (preferably provided by a doc), some good anti inflamatory meds, and rest seem to be common items in recov...

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I am in the process of rolling a frozen bottle of water under my foot on a nightly basis along with some inserts the doc gave me.  Thinngs are progressing and I have made improvements but still far from full speed just yet.   

I am with you on this Lisa, after reading a bit they seem very "gimmicky" to me.

get yourself a knee support to wear during the day . ibropufen may take the edge of the pain

I've had 3 different knee pain issues in as many years. It is always something different: arthritus, runner's knee (aka anterior knee pain, which might be your issue), and recently my physiotherapist diagnosed me as...