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I'm in a similar situation, and here are some thoughts: How quickly do you increase your training volume? Do you have enough rest and recovery time? When you
by stephenbez 10y ago
I'm in a similar situation, and here are some thoughts:
How quickly do you increase your training volume? Do you have enough rest and recovery time?
When you first start feeling injured, do you stop, and rest a week or two, or do you continue through the initial pain?
For running, it's commonly known that you shouldn't increase your distance by more than 10% per week. For me, if I find that increasing 10% per week causes injury but if I increase only 6% per week, I'm ok.
Do you warm up and stretch? Do you do strength training or rehabilitation exercises? What about core strength?
I found a great massage therapist who points out issues with my body and recommends stretches to help fix some of them. (I can give you a recommendation if you are in SF)
Are you sure you have the correct form for the exercises? Maybe work with a personal trainer? I biked for years with a bike way too small for me. Only when I went to get my bike fit, and got a different one did pain go away.
Have you read up and gotten a good understanding of your injuries? I was better able to understand and manage some injuries when I read "Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff" and "Treat Your Own Back".
How carefully do you track your exercise? I tracked my exercise for a year and discovered that I was 3x more likely to be injured after any given workout if I had done X minutes of lower body exercise in the past Y days so I cut back and had less injuries.
If you find any good solutions, please respond to the thread and let us know!