Runner's Blind Spot

Krusty_Clown

I recently picked up a small achilles injury, which I'm trying to pacify at the moment, before it turns into a proper injury. Out of curiosity, I did a quick query in my searchable online training log for the word 'achilles', after I had told my physio two days ago that it was something that just reared its head up in the last two weeks. The result?
22 different activities so far this year, where I have mentioned having trouble with the same injury/niggle. :eek:

Question is: Am I the only one who suffers from an injury blind-spot / selective memory, or do most runners fail to recall recurring injuries/niggles, so that they can go on training?

RoyMcC

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Question is: Am I the only one who suffers from an injury blind-spot / selective memory, or do most runners fail to recall recurring injuries/niggles, so that they can go on training?

Unusual I think Krusty. In my experience most runners are hyper-sensitive to any strange aches and pains, to the point where they imagine them. The opposite to what you say.

Maybe you're just losing your memory :eek:

Woundedknee.

I suffer a bit with my ITB and because of that I always make sure to get a sports massage the week before and after a race. In my last 2 races I had problems with my Hamstrings tightening up and because it's happened twice I now know it's a weak spot and a potential injury. I have since started to work on strengthening the weak areas by getting a few personal training sessions.

W.B. Yeats

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Question is: Am I the only one who suffers from an injury blind-spot / selective memory, or do most runners fail to recall recurring injuries/niggles, so that they can go on training?

RoyMcC wrote: »

Unusual I think Krusty. In my experience most runners are hyper-sensitive to any strange aches and pains, to the point where they imagine them. The opposite to what you say.

Maybe you're just losing your memory :eek:

I agree with both of ye
I imagine aches and pains all the time
I have known/selectively ignored my achilles for the last 6 weeks, I always stretch it but have made a deal with myself that if I get through next race I will go to physio (although I went through a period a few weeks ago imagining knee joint pain having had a conversation with my brother in law who told me I was mad to be doing any sort of road running due to the potential joint damage. The imagined knee joint pain took my mind off the achilles which was fine funnily enough until the other night when it was sore)

menoscemo

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Question is: Am I the only one who suffers from an injury blind-spot / selective memory, or do most runners fail to recall recurring injuries/niggles, so that they can go on training?

You'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on

TFBubendorfer

I'm getting some paindiscomfort from my achilles at the moment as well, but I've been there before a few times. So far the problem has always sorted itself out eventually.

So, I don't guess I have a blind spot. I do remember the previous occasions when I successfully ignored the problem.

Btw, eccentric calf raises work very well for me every time it threatens to get worse.

Krusty_Clown

menoscemo wrote: »

You'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on

Well, see, I don't think it's a case of forgetting, rather, I think I choose not to remember. Eccentric calf raises - I'll look these up, thanks. If I can't find a calf, can I use a rabid sheep instead?

TFBubendorfer

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

can I use a rabid sheep instead?

Whatever rocks your boat.
Pervert.

aero2k

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

If I can't find a calf, can I use a rabid sheep instead?

Should work fine, as long as it's eccentric.:D