Comments on: Every Athlete’s Biggest Fear – An Injury

By: Here It Comes – Your Old Injury Flaring Up « modelper4mance.com

Here It Comes – Your Old Injury Flaring Up « modelper4mance.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:04:51 +0000

[...] with all that being said, I am going to go back and read the blog post I wrote on injuries and how to make the best of them, take my own advice, and not let this deter [...]

By: Life is an Athletic Event: Don’t Overtrain for It « modelper4mance.com

Life is an Athletic Event: Don’t Overtrain for It « modelper4mance.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:49:25 +0000

[...] you do that, I’m going to go get my husband to have a meeting over our daytimers, then re-read Kas’s post about using injury timeouts wisely, and then start perusing meditation programs before I don’t know my yin from my yang [...]

By: Seanna

Seanna — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:09:38 +0000

I was running w/ my husband, flirting w/ the idea of building up to begin training in a few months for a marathon. I am not a runner, never was, still aren’t. But, what the heck, he is and I wanted to give it a try. Well, I start at the beginning in terms of distance per run, but was running 5 or 6 times each week, w/ Terry, who is a drill sgt. My hip started to hurt and each week it got worse, and then began to travel down the outside of my leg to the knee. I thought this was just the way it goes; Terry creaks around all the time, esp when he’s training for a race. So, I’m running and running, increasing miles (longest run was 10 miles in the humid KC summer!) and then one morning I just knew that I was done. I got down to the neighbors house and had to limp back home. So glad it was 6am and no one was up. The dr. said it was a bursa thing or an itb band injury. This was the beginning of listening to my gut and body with regard to training. Only do what you enjoy, get know your body and learn the diff b/w good, appropriate soreness and pain.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:51:50 +0000

Holy moly, Suzanne!

Nice how that worked out but man do you have our respect over here. I wouldn’t run with a broken toe nail, never mind foot.;)

Worst thing that has ever happened to me was popping my hammie in a split. That sidelined me for 4 mos. Then there was the really bad quad pull in an off the cuff sprint race with other trainers. Oh no, actually it was breaking both wrists in a volleyball tournament. Clearly I need some time to work this out…;o)

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:08:15 +0000

Suzanne, that is a great story. Having to wear a boot can be so impeding but you turned it into a way to improve your running and get into a new sport.

I can’t get over the fact that you ran the marathon with a broken foot. Now that is a story to go down in the books.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:46:07 +0000

A few years ago when I was running the Chicago marathon I was having a great race though about at the half way point I felt like I had a cramp in my foot. The cramp just got worse throughout the race and although I finished strong, when it came time to walk back to our hotel, I felt like I could barely walk. It turns out I had broken a bone in my foot, earlier in the week I had turned my foot during a short run but because I hadn’t run much the few days up to the marathon, it didn’t really bother me. I had to go 6 weeks with no running at all and had to wear a walking cast. I decided to try a spinning class and got hooked. The amazing thing was that the running break and concentration on spinning make me a faster runner when I started back. It also got me interested in triathlons now that I had a decent cycling base. For me that injury was game changer, and I’m glad!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:25:59 +0000

Joanna, I am with you 100% on that fear. It is hard to judge the line between pushing yourself and acting a fool. Even worse, the two often can feel similar. I’ve been training with Jodi at times where she makes me continue with whatever it is I am doing. I think I’m performing w/ bad form b/c I feel exhausted or I feel like my legs are stuck in cement, but she watches me, sees my form is fine, and that I need to be pushed to move to the next level. Other times she has stopped half way through a workout and said “go home, you’ve got nothing”, eventhough I don’t feel like I’ve got nothing. She sees my form break down and knows, for whatever reason, there is no sense in training today. But the line is so hard to judge when for yourself. I guess that is why they always say a doctor should never self diagnose, the person who writes their own training is a fool, and so on. This now sounds like a good blog post at some future date….hmmmm.

By: Joanna Sutter

Joanna Sutter — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:49:23 +0000

OUCH! I haven’t had many injuries but I live in fear of them. I’m always afraid of pulling a ham, popping a knee, or hurting my back. Which is probably why my squat weight hasn’t improved much over the last 12 months. I just don’t want to be sidelined. Pathetic, eh?

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:36:22 +0000

Thanks Heather! It was not easy, but you have to find a way to work through it. I am 100% with you on how important it is to stay on top of injuries, especially after they are healed but rear their ugly heads!!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:57:26 +0000

While I’m pretty fortunate to have little injury experience personally, I’ve certainly witnessed plenty of it in my years of practice. The panic among athletes is definitely the most profound. You are right on the nose with the fact that those who can emotionally chill and handle the situation with patience and grace–doing their therapy, making modifications–are going to do the best. I’m talking both short AND long term b/c those who heal best and most completely, and get right on top of any regressions, are at much less risk of re-injury. Longevity in your sport or activity depends on it. Way to pay attention to your bod, Kas, and for discovering new and exciting things as a result. What a positive spin on an otherwise negative situation!