Re:Programming with Chronic Pain
by KevinGlass on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @07:31PM
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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
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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.
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.
Rest is not for "healing" it is to avoid re-injuring something already weakened by an injury
This is potentially very reckless advice