Competition training is swimming until you feel pain in your knees, ankles or feet. Now, you are staring at the possibility of missing your dream race, and you are not sure what to do.
Dealing with running injuries? Read these tips to safely approach your next marathon or match. (Source: Getty Images / Kupicoo) Sound familiar? Runners pour their minds and souls into the game, which is a cruel reality when all the possibilities of smoking occur. The dilemma is twofold: you need to determine what is best for you, and also manage the emotional impact of losing something so important.
How does this manage this tense time.
Is your injury insufficient to escape the game?
This is a million dollar question - to answer it, you need to be honest with your body.
Meghan Wieser, physiotherapy doctor at Recharge, Ellicott, Md., asks you to ask yourself these questions: “When your running pain worsens? How about after 24 hours? Your mechanic will Change?" If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, then give up your game this time.
Wieser likes runners to use pain scales to help them evaluate. “If you can put the pain in the zero to two range of 10 to 0, you can participate in the competition,” she said. "When it enters three to five ranges, it may be acceptable. But once you get above it, this is a very good indicator and you should back down."
Wieser points out in the range It may not be easy or comfortable to play at the lower end, but it is possible that you will not make long-lasting tissue damage. But there is one exception to this rule: "If you suspect a bone injury, don't use it," she said. “This can be difficult to treat and may develop into more sinister injuries.” (According to the Mayo Clinic, pay attention to tenderness, swelling and soreness in specific areas.)
If the pain is not too serious and you No doubt that it is bone damage, then you may go to match day. "Make sure you do all the right things along the way," Visser said. "Get warm, sleep well, keep your running ahead until the game."
How to deal with psychological setbacks
Injuries are not just physical problems, just like any runner can That's what you said. They also disrupt your thoughts and emotional health. Dr. Justin Rose, a sports psychologist based in Denver, says injuries can bring losses and benefits: "For some people, getting hurt and giving up is like losing your identity," he said. “On the other hand, hurt adds pain, uncertainty, and sometimes even anger. When it affects race, it raises questions for many people.”
Dr. Ross said that for runners, remember that you think common emotions can help. He recommends setting a level for your injury, starting at the bottom and gradually returning to health.
"Walking, maybe the boots on your feet, will be one," he said. “The ability to do a short jog is one or two. Going back to the car will rank 10 because you feel good both emotionally and physically.” This emotional scale gives runners some effort and feel when they make progress. Good things.
On the other hand, if you live in a refusal state about your ability to give up the game, you are doing your own harm. "Your mind wants to race, even if your body tells you the difference," Rose said. “We often listen to our thoughts here, this is a mistake.”
reminds myself that will become another game in another time
- your long term Health is more important than your short-term goals. "The same dream game will appear next year," Rose said. "Re-adjust the situation, find the mental state, and say 'I am willing to give up this.'"
