25-06-2013, 12:28 PM
Hi again!
I read the article you posted - and totally agree that one should try to learn from injuries. However, I also must admit that find it difficult to do just that.
Difficult:
- To diagnose one self.
- To understand what exactly triggered the injury.
- To know what to do for treatment
Reading online articles often seems to make me more confused than well informed.
At first I was sure it must be ITB syndrome that hit me in my last (admittedly stupid) race entrance (stupid: that I went for the full marathon, a distance I am not trained for, one week after my first trail half:noway
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This is a description of how it went by: The mid week between 21 k and marathon races I felt a tightness just above the left knee, on the side (like in the lower tigh). This was not very problematic during half an hour of easy running, but it was something I took notice of and that made me a bit concerned. However, the curiosity and eagerness to achieve more was stronger, so I entered the Marathon.
It went good for the first 21, then gradually more problematic. Just at the same spot as in mid week, the left leg was starting to tighten up and after a while it was difficult to bend it and then eventually I had to stop running and walk.
I iced it down after crossing the finishing line an hour later, and it was quite "out of order" for the rest of the weekend. I also felt pain in the hip and down troughout the tigh.
What confuses me is that this guy writes that ITB is not pain in the hip, not pain in the tigh, only pain in the knee itself. And I have not had too much pain in the knee...
Well then.
The recovery has gone quite ok, I`ve been back on my feet, walking normally for a week now. And the hip pain is not so much there I think. So saturday I wanted to test out how it was, and went for a little run again. It started out well, and I was happy, thinking maybe everything was ok. But then after 40 min, the same symptoms that hit me during the marathon started to come (tighted up in the same spot just above the knee / lower tigh, outside). So I stopped.
Before this I did two easy 30 mins of cycling (low gear). This I think was not triggering any problems.
For the moment I`m a bit uncertain how to go along. Considering to consult a physiotherapist, but have experienced during my football career that it doesnt allways solve anything... Would love to be injury free during a couple of weeks, but not sure what to do to get there and learn from it all :mmm:
I read the article you posted - and totally agree that one should try to learn from injuries. However, I also must admit that find it difficult to do just that.
Difficult:
- To diagnose one self.
- To understand what exactly triggered the injury.
- To know what to do for treatment
Reading online articles often seems to make me more confused than well informed.
At first I was sure it must be ITB syndrome that hit me in my last (admittedly stupid) race entrance (stupid: that I went for the full marathon, a distance I am not trained for, one week after my first trail half:noway
.This is a description of how it went by: The mid week between 21 k and marathon races I felt a tightness just above the left knee, on the side (like in the lower tigh). This was not very problematic during half an hour of easy running, but it was something I took notice of and that made me a bit concerned. However, the curiosity and eagerness to achieve more was stronger, so I entered the Marathon.
It went good for the first 21, then gradually more problematic. Just at the same spot as in mid week, the left leg was starting to tighten up and after a while it was difficult to bend it and then eventually I had to stop running and walk.
I iced it down after crossing the finishing line an hour later, and it was quite "out of order" for the rest of the weekend. I also felt pain in the hip and down troughout the tigh.
What confuses me is that this guy writes that ITB is not pain in the hip, not pain in the tigh, only pain in the knee itself. And I have not had too much pain in the knee...
Well then.
The recovery has gone quite ok, I`ve been back on my feet, walking normally for a week now. And the hip pain is not so much there I think. So saturday I wanted to test out how it was, and went for a little run again. It started out well, and I was happy, thinking maybe everything was ok. But then after 40 min, the same symptoms that hit me during the marathon started to come (tighted up in the same spot just above the knee / lower tigh, outside). So I stopped.
Before this I did two easy 30 mins of cycling (low gear). This I think was not triggering any problems.
For the moment I`m a bit uncertain how to go along. Considering to consult a physiotherapist, but have experienced during my football career that it doesnt allways solve anything... Would love to be injury free during a couple of weeks, but not sure what to do to get there and learn from it all :mmm: