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Question when injured

  • 16-07-2012 8:50am
    #1
    DriverMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    What do people train at when they are injured? Injured by leg will be out for about 2 months.

    1. Firstly I will cut down on the food as I will not be training as much.
    2. Swiming? Might be not be too bad? using my upper body?
    3. Weights, Gym work?

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    DriverMad wrote: »
    Hi All,

    What do people train at when they are injured? Injured by leg will be out for about 2 months.

    1. Firstly I will cut down on the food as I will not be training as much.
    2. Swiming? Might be not be too bad? using my upper body?
    3. Weights, Gym work?

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.

    Get the injury checked out by a physio, the injury will determine what you can do in terms of cross training

    Regarding diet eat to hunger. If you are training less you will probably find you appetite will drop

    Weights and gym work can be beneficial in terms of addressing weakness's and imbalances which can cause injuries but again this refers back to my point of get it checked out by a decent physio

    Alot of people tend to take injury time as a time when they cant really do much but in fairness you need to be working just as hard getting back on your feet that you would while training


  • #3
    Peterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭Peterx


    another option http://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/3042/

    more seriously many injuries that stop you running don't stop you biking. Get a bike. And then remember to stretch your hamstrings a lot as cycling can shorten them.


  • #4
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Peterx wrote: »
    another option http://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/3042/

    more seriously many injuries that stop you running don't stop you biking. Get a bike. And then remember to stretch your hamstrings a lot as cycling can shorten them.

    There are also some running related injuries however which can be aggravated through cycling which is why I said to get it checked out


  • #5
    cloneslad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭cloneslad


    I mostly spent my 14-15 months of injury hating any unfit / lazy / smoking / overweight people I would see waddling to a bus / restaurant / pub knowing that they didn't need their knees as much as I wanted to use mine.


  • #6
    DriverMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭DriverMad


    Thanks for the replies All.
    I got advice from the Physio, have to take it easy for 2 weeks and try to do some swiming / small upper body weights until I get back.
    Hopefully that will keep me ticking over....


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