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Re:Programming with Chronic Pain by bluefirebrand on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @05:56PM (#43096196)
> past the initial cooling down of the injured part of your body, rest is not going to heal shit

Rest is not for "healing" it is to avoid re-injuring something already weakened by an injury

This is potentially very reckless advice

Re:Programming with Chronic Pain by KevinGlass on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @07:31PM (#43097012)
Sure, but there are already many many people partially or fully disabled by over resting after an injury. The parent comment was hardly calling for running marathons right after a car accident.
Re:Programming with Chronic Pain by mikemcquaid on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:59AM (#43099375)
I know a lot of physiotherapists/physical therapists. They all talk about excessive rest causing more issues than not enough rest.

It’s potentially reckless to rest excessively, it just doesn’t feel that way.

Re:Programming with Chronic Pain by sjamaan on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @03:52AM (#43100059)
It's only reckless if you go full force right away. Test the waters with a light load to get the blood flow going, then increase weight as you feel the area is healing/getting stronger. Stop adding load or deload when it starts to hurt.