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hsb
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 Posted - 06/26/2005 : 19:15:47
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i was just thinking that one of the things that runners do and i feel that if you are an avid runner, you get obsessed and don't want to take time off when you are "injured". every runner i know battles with that - i'm hurt, how much time will i be off running?
i have had a trillion running injuries and like art, i can't image that my body is so weak that i succomb to every injury. but as a running addict and i think alot of us are "addicts" - it becomes i'm hurt what can i do to get back the fastest and least amount of time of of running.
that is why i sometimes think that i use the psychogenic and mind/body stuff as an excuse to run. i say to myself hmmmm another pain, should i take off months and months and try all the therapies and go from doctor to doctor or should i "just run through the pain". is the tms belief granting you that license.
that is the magic bullet, the $64,000 question - how does one know when to take time off with a legitimate injury or not?
i am going back to running because i have nowhere else to turn. not even major surgery helped with that.
i will keep you guys posted.
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altherunner
Canada
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Posted - 06/26/2005 : 21:10:17
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I am also a running addict, and have had a my fill of running injuries. i ran a marathon last october, after getting over my back and neck pain, just to prove to myself that my nagging aches and pains from running were also tms. I have not been running long distance, but i still run 4 times/week with no pain whatsoever.
My first marathon, in 1997, I had every "injury" you could imagine.
i believe it was partly being worried about failing,and putting too
much importance on the event, rather than enjoying the training, etc.
Good luck with whatever you are training for! |
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art
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Posted - 06/26/2005 : 21:31:18
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hs,
This is the very same question you implied in your previous thread...In my view it doesn't matter. Sure it gives you a license to run. That's the beauty of it...
Every single one of my injuries seemed ligit. That's what TMS does. It's taken me a good month to really get in the habit of ignoring stuff, and I'm not there yet, but I'm close.
For just one example, I went on a run yesterday. About a quarter mile in I got a knife like pain in my right knee...I thought about it for a second to try to determine what would account for this in a seemingly structural sense. And sure enough, I'd gone for a long bike ride the day before, something I hadn't done in years...
So, perfect set up, right? In times past I would have gone with it and become totally rapped up in the pain and worry and fear. Instead, I reminded myself that I have a strong body and there's nothing in a bike ride of the kind I took which my body shouldn't be able to handle...Alos, and this is crucial, instead of limping home and taking a week off to "rest" my "injury" I simply kept running...and the pain was not minor...for a few seconds it was borderline very painful...but gradually the pain subsided and after another quarter mile or so it was completely gone never to be heard from again I've got a feeling...
No one can really answer your questions about how one can know but you...Think about your history, think about whether there's something about your body that would make it unable to handle the running you'd been doing...If you feel you need to, consult a TMS doc...
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