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Fuck. I sprained my ankle last night during a soccer game
. I'm doing my best to ice it as often as I remember to and I am wearing an ankle brace to support it a little. I hope it heals enough it 2 weeks cus that is when the next season of soccer starts.
Anyone have advice how to make it heal faster? So far I know of icing it, keeping it elevated, and pretty much trying to stay off of it as much as possible (which means I can't do any running for a while now
)
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Anyone have advice how to make it heal faster? So far I know of icing it, keeping it elevated, and pretty much trying to stay off of it as much as possible (which means I can't do any running for a while now
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#283
Fuck. I sprained my ankle last night during a soccer game
. I'm doing my best to ice it as often as I remember to and I am wearing an ankle brace to support it a little. I hope it heals enough it 2 weeks cus that is when the next season of soccer starts.
Anyone have advice how to make it heal faster? So far I know of icing it, keeping it elevated, and pretty much trying to stay off of it as much as possible (which means I can't do any running for a while now
)
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Anyone have advice how to make it heal faster? So far I know of icing it, keeping it elevated, and pretty much trying to stay off of it as much as possible (which means I can't do any running for a while now
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#284
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Any tips for a newb? i want to run but i find myself giving up early on and my ankle that i sprained last year starts acting up. theres a park by my house that if you run around it, it comes out to about a mile, i think im going to start there and time myself.
I need to take some weight off, Ive put 10lbs on in the last few months
I need to take some weight off, Ive put 10lbs on in the last few months
#285
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I am by no means an expert, but I also have bum ankles. I run in an ankle brace and ice after each run, seems to do the trick for me. Maybe read up on the Pose method, that has helped with my shin pain.
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I dunno if where you run has a concrete trail or grass, but if you run on grass it takes some of the pressure off your knees and a little off the ankles imo. Also make sure you have decent running shoes
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Tip: Instead of going in a loop, is there a long trail that goes for several miles and then back? If so, do the trail instead of a short loop because if you do the loop and feel like quitting then you know you only have a little more to go and you are done. But if you lets say run 1 1/2 miles in one direction then you know you can't quit because you have to go 1 1/2 miles back the same way.
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Tip: Instead of going in a loop, is there a long trail that goes for several miles and then back? If so, do the trail instead of a short loop because if you do the loop and feel like quitting then you know you only have a little more to go and you are done. But if you lets say run 1 1/2 miles in one direction then you know you can't quit because you have to go 1 1/2 miles back the same way.
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#287
an asshole from florida
I havent really looked up any trails but Ill do that, my friend wants to go on the treadmill but i think thats why i despise running so much
#289
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also another one of my problems is i get really really bad shin splits, my friend told me that if i get them i should keep running and theyll eventually go away but i dont know if i want to believe that
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Any tips for a newb? i want to run but i find myself giving up early on and my ankle that i sprained last year starts acting up. theres a park by my house that if you run around it, it comes out to about a mile, i think im going to start there and time myself.
I need to take some weight off, Ive put 10lbs on in the last few months
I need to take some weight off, Ive put 10lbs on in the last few months
Check out this site on Runner's World. It has a lot of information for beginning runners. The most important thing to do is not start out to fast or you will injure yourself. You need to build up a base first. I good way to do this is the run/walk combo. You run for a given time or distance then walk to recover then start to run then walk, etc. This will help your body (ankles) adjust to the stress that they will feel from running.
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thanks, i do take short walk breaks in between and its nice to know that i should be at first, my friends keep telling me that i shouldnt take a walking break at all
#293
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Can't stand the treadmill, I will run outside all year round from now on.
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Thx - I'm already looking into another one in June.
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no real issues yet. every once in a while i get a little pain. i go tomorrow morning to see another dr in the same facility.
i ran 5 miles after work and the knee hurt a little from 2.5-3.5 miles. i expect that i may feel some aches, but we'll see
i ran 5 miles after work and the knee hurt a little from 2.5-3.5 miles. i expect that i may feel some aches, but we'll see
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saw the dr this morning. He says everything seems normal and doesn't see any issues. He says that it looks like the pain i was having was where the muscles come together at my knee. Most likely the pain started around sept when i ran a 1 mile downhill race.
I expressed my concerns with cortisone and he says that it would be ok to get another in the future so i can get the half done in sept.
If i can get that race done and still have issues i'll take off 3 or 4 months to let it heal up.
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I am hoping to run a 5k on memorial day if i am home.
I expressed my concerns with cortisone and he says that it would be ok to get another in the future so i can get the half done in sept.
If i can get that race done and still have issues i'll take off 3 or 4 months to let it heal up.
but until then
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I am hoping to run a 5k on memorial day if i am home.
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yesterday i ran a hill workout. I did a 1.2 mile warmup. I stretched for a couple minutes and began a 110 meter sprint up a steep ass hill.
The hill is about 1/2 mile long but i have a stretch that i like to use.
I would sprint the 110 meters in 25-30 seconds @ 90-95%. i would then walk down to the start and then rest for 10-15 seconds and repeat. In all i sprinted the hill 8 times. Then i ran back to the house.
It is an ass buster of a hill. i hate hill workouts, but they are so very necessary.
The hill is about 1/2 mile long but i have a stretch that i like to use.
I would sprint the 110 meters in 25-30 seconds @ 90-95%. i would then walk down to the start and then rest for 10-15 seconds and repeat. In all i sprinted the hill 8 times. Then i ran back to the house.
It is an ass buster of a hill. i hate hill workouts, but they are so very necessary.
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^ That sounds like a great interval training workout. And yea hills are killer, even going up just once!
I haven't been on a run since last week since I tweeked my ankle but looking forward to a 5 miler after work today; I feel so lazy!
I haven't been on a run since last week since I tweeked my ankle but looking forward to a 5 miler after work today; I feel so lazy!
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Yea you are right. I am moving my foot/ankle around a little bit sitting here at work and I can still feel certain points with mild pain. I know if I were to make a sharp turn or go on some uneven surface it would .. not be pleasant. I will rest it a little while longer. I just have that feeling where I am lazy and need to be active to get out and run and stuff. Oh well I guess a long weekend of drinking and no working out will help.
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I ran a pretty good 2 miles last night. 1.2 good hill climb and then down hill home - feeling the burn today.......
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ugh. my lazy ass really needs to get going again. I haven't down much running since my Half besides a 5k that I did as a recovery run. I have cross trained riding my road and mountain bikes though. I am going to have to find time this weekend to go out at least once then a few times next week. The week after I'm on my honeymoon
Might take my GPS with me.
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#311
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well since i first posted here its been raining nonstop so i really havent been able to run, i have been at the gym playing basketball but today is a bright and shiny day.
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
#313
well since i first posted here its been raining nonstop so i really havent been able to run, i have been at the gym playing basketball but today is a bright and shiny day.
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
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well since i first posted here its been raining nonstop so i really havent been able to run, i have been at the gym playing basketball but today is a bright and shiny day.
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
I went to the park down the street and barely got a mile in because my shins hurt so bad. I read up on stretching them and did exactly that but im thinking it may be the shoes I have. Ive had em for a good 2-3 years now and am gona go get me a new pair hopefully thatll help a bit. I know that i am probably going to have some pain for just starting to run but i could literally see my shin throbbing
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well i tried again as last night and made myself go alot slower and stretched out way more, plus i started by walking for a few minutes in get the blood in my legs moving a bit. I got them but they were bareable. I still want to get some new shoes but dont have the money currently which sucks because there are some sales right now on some nice asics i had tried on
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well i tried again as last night and made myself go alot slower and stretched out way more, plus i started by walking for a few minutes in get the blood in my legs moving a bit. I got them but they were bareable. I still want to get some new shoes but dont have the money currently which sucks because there are some sales right now on some nice asics i had tried on