60 seconds on avoiding injury - Page 3 - General running

Welsh Alex

16/09/2005 at 23:26

Having read page one I can see a two tips that work well together (so I am told).

"Self-massage" and "vaseline is your friend"

Welsh Alex

16/09/2005 at 23:33

More advice would be

Stretch before, and make sure you include your IT band. Cold shower after from the waist down.

17/09/2005 at 02:49

Strengthen your quads. Particularly the medialis, the one on the 'inside' of the thigh.

then you'll stand less chance of your kneecap coming off the rails and leaving you unable to run for a WHOLE SUMMER!!

[sulk]

RSG

17/09/2005 at 06:34

There's a reason why people say you should be running for at least 6 months (or more?) before you start training for a marathon and they are called injuries. Too much too soon will hurt!

Re marathons - respect the difference

Don't expect to lose a lot of weight from running. Some do, some don't.

Cross training is really important so you build your strength up (and can help you lose weight).

Don't come to the forums - you will get injured (when your partner starts getting p'd off you are spending too much time here). Apart from that, they will help you.

Don't do hills or increase your distance too soon - your knees will get their revenge

So if you get injured, some say MICE now instead of ice with M being movement like gentle stretches. The foot over the edge of the step thing works really work for sore calves. And compression sleeves can be a godsend

Do go at your own speed - "the race is long but in the end its only with yourself" so ignore those people who race by you 10 times faster

oops think my 60 seconds are up!

Welsh Alex

17/09/2005 at 10:41

"Don't expect to lose a lot of weight from running"

I would modify that to

"Don't expect to lose a lot of weight from long distance running" - You have got to eat to fuel and that's where the weight doesn't get lost.

Shorter training up to 10k and where you can run on empty loses weight.

aunty moggy

17/09/2005 at 11:11

Don't ignore your core. Work on strengthening your abs, back and hips.

Bodyglide is magic.

2 trenches

17/09/2005 at 11:19

Don't tell 'er indoors ow much you've just spent on kit.

Burnt Out

17/09/2005 at 11:50

If you are running faster than you have ever run before ease off the training for a while.

You can't keep on improving at the same rate indefinitely or you will injure yourself. You can (with luck) keep on improving if you ease back periodically to recover and consolidate before your next push.

If you always feel tired when running ease off for a week or two.

Race fresh.

BO

RSG

17/09/2005 at 18:55

And active stretching - really really good for you after runs

miles to go

17/09/2005 at 19:38

Better to be patient rather than to be a patient.

goldbeetle

17/09/2005 at 23:02

Avoid injury......run with your eyes open at all times

or a day after a race a little recovery run works wonders especially the stretching afterwards

JWebb1

23/09/2005 at 10:59

If it hurts, stop. There's no shame in having your husband run back and get the car to bring you home! :-(

kathy_pinkrunner

23/09/2005 at 12:18

Eat/drink something with protein in it after you train. I've been having a Myoplex diet protein drink (200 cals, 25g protein, 20g carbs) after I run and it has revolutionised my running. I never get sore muscles now no matter how far I run (well they were a bit stiff after the Nottingham marathon but my 22 mile training run was fine).

I also do resistance training now (upper and lower body) and that's made a big difference too. I used to run 6 days a week, now I run 3 (weights or cross train the other 3 or 4) and I just ran a PB at Nottingham (3:53 compared to 4:15 last time).

Dodge

23/09/2005 at 14:05

Don't run in the corridors. You'll have someones eye out and it'll all end in tears.

Slow Going

23/09/2005 at 14:22

Don't run with scissors

Don Minquez

23/09/2005 at 14:53

Welsh Alex, I think you're wrong.

Ms Toria

23/09/2005 at 16:13

A tennis ball is your friend when you don't have any human ones (to massage you).

For feet (rolling them under your feet)

For ankles (throwing it against a wall when balancing on one leg helps proprioception)

For calves (sitting with legs out in front of you & pressing it into the muscle with the weight of the leg/s)

For thighs/buttocks (sit on it to hit that piriformis. Ouch!)

For back & neck(lying on your back & moving back & forth rolling two of them, one either side of your spine. Feels magic)

And

Don't believe the first thing you're told by a medical person. If in doubt, go see someone else or ask for a second opinion.

Strapping should not be a permanent fixture.

Gorakh Agrawal

24/09/2005 at 12:18

Aloe vera gel is much better than vaseline

Graeme Rolfe

22/11/2006 at 11:45

Be sceptical when buying shoes, first shop assesssed me as a neutral runner, and I had problems with my knee, a new pair of shoes from a different shop and after a further assesment, I was in Stability shoes, problem gone. The first shop used a presure pat system with computer modeling of foot pressure, the second had an experienced knowlegable guy who spent some time watching me run up and down in bare feet.

XL-man

22/11/2006 at 11:55

Interesting that no one has mentioned supplements, like Glucosamine Sulphate.

Any thoughts?