Well sports fans, it's Sunday evening, and I have nothing to write about. I still can't run, so I can't blog about my workouts, and I'm determined not to complain about work so won't even mention that. Guess that leaves my general state of health.
I'm a little worried about my Achilles tendon. It feels stiff and is tender when I get up, but has improved enough that I can walk on it without limping. By the end of the day, however, it hurts to the point that I'm limping noticeably (sp?). I ran about 10 steps this morning while I was feeding the horses just to see how it felt, and think that maybe I should wait another week or two before I try to go for a run.
Since it's been over a month now since I was last able to go for a run, it will be almost like starting over when I actually do get to go. I'll have to be very careful, because I have a tendency to try to do too much too quickly, and I don't want to aggravate my injury.
Since I know that Laurie and Tom are the only ones that read this blog, do you guys have any suggestions to combat my injury? Do I completely forget about running until there's no hint of pain? Or should I try to run, and hope that exercise will help it heal? As I mentioned a post or two ago, the pain is where my Achilles attaches to my heal...it's not higher up on the tendon itself. Do you think it may just be an inflammation, or maybe some type of tendonitis? If that's the case, do you think a healthy dose of ibuprofen would help? Or would that just temporarily deaden the pain and heighten the risk of exacerbating the damage?
Help, please! I need your advice.
I would say the safest thing to do would be to let it heal until there is no pain before going out for a run and yes that is really going to suck but better safe than sorry. You should definately be stretching a lot in the mean time though. Hey have you thought about some biking or maybe even swimming to keep your heart and lungs in shape until you can run? They are more boring (I think) but then you'll only have to worry about getting your muscles in shape when that time comes.
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