Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i...
by stephenbez on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:47PM
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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 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!
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!