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Has anyone been injured and felt that they'd never be able to run again?
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I hope you get it sorted out very soon.
Good luck for your debut marathon Rhino...which one is it?
Mister W...I haven't been to the GP yet, I'm afraid to say that that's a last resort
And here's me about to start whinging about a chest infection that won't go away and not being able to run for a 5 weeks.
Best of luck.
I spent 6 months seeing if my sore knee would heal.... no such luck - then spent 18 months on many waiting list, test after test... still no definite diagnosis.... eventually I was given an arthroscopy (sp?) and they found out i had a deformed cartilage (something i was born with and just decided one day to cause me agro).
To cut it short, despite the medical profession not being able to find out the problem, i persisted (almost nagged) until they took it further and further.
now, 6 weeks post op.... still can't blooming run (but did manage 45 seconds on the treadmill this morning!!) demoralised and fed up but with so many on here having either been there or going through it, where there's a will, there's a way.
so my advice NAG NAG NAG..... :-)
I was sort of in a similar position after I damage my medial knee ligaments (falling off a wind surf)... although the knee got better I developed incredibly painful shins and just couldn't run... i got my frustration out by doing all my running with an aqua jogger in the pool instead. Eventually i went and got my gait etc analysised and they spotted that the weight going through my legs was uneven, which indicated that possibly my pelvis was out of line. A visit to a fantastic chiro confirmed this and after only a couple of treatments I was back running pain free again! I still regulary go to the chiro to have my back and pelvis put back, but each time the gap is getting longer (it is now 1.5 years). It was expensive (and still is), but i decided that I would far rather spend the money so that i could and can run again than sit at home feeling miserable, because at the end of the day i am a runner and one that doesn't do that is not fun.
Good luck and I hope that you find the cause soon, maybe a trip to a chiro might help... and remember there is a reason, and you will find it and you will get back running.
Oh and one final thing... the break actually did me masses of good and I came back alot stronger, in fact i swear that that was the spring board for where i am now...
Spans x
Reading your post is almost making me cry.
I am just so frustrated with it all and barely clinging to some kind of hope that it will be correctly diagnosed soon, so I know what I'm dealing with.
Whilst I might not know when/if I can run again I do know what the problem was, that it wouldn't have got better and that now I have a chance, which I didn't have before.
Keep looking for that answer, you'll find it.
When the physio I was seeing realised that he wasn't able to get to the route of the problem he referred me on to a colleague who is another step up the ladder.
I saw him yesterday and I now have an MRI scan booked for next Friday. Going the NHS route would take about 9 months to get this far.
Ok, the guy I saw yesterday has a £70 initial consultation fee and the MRI is going to cost £200 but I'd sooner know now than have to wait and do nothing. It just means I need more overtime at work to pay for it all.
The Orthopedic Physiotherapy Specialist I saw yesterday has an idea of where the problem lies but an MRI scan will define it.
The bad news is that there is no treatment for this kind of problem, the only thing I can do is strengthen my quads and try and retain some fitness at the gym....and wait. I can't run at all for 6 weeks, and then it'll be a case of trying it out. If my leg still doesn't like running then it'll be another 6 weeks off.
And there are no guarantees that I will be able to run as much as I have done, and if that's the case I don't know what i'll do
You've got me concerned now though, if an MRI didn't show up your problem maybe I'm wasting my time...and money
Did he say you could cycle or anything instead? if so do you have a MTB that you could get out on? I think that the biggest thing that always pulls me down when i am injured is the lack of being in fresh air... which is where just being out on the bike, splashing through puddles etc really helps...
Fingers crossed that they find what they are looking for in the MRI. x
Yes I can do other stuff, anything so long as there is no impact.
I've got a bike covered in dust in the garage...might get the hose on it and see if it still works
But not today...I'm going back to bed coz I seem to have picked up some kind of bug
I hope it's worked for you and you can run pain free
...it's not much to ask really is it...running pain free
I've slept for most of the day, don't feel tired anymore but still have stomach pain so i think i'll just have to starve this nasty bug out.
Going over to Rich's for the weekend soon, and I'm sure he'll look after me...he usually does
I got the results of my MRI and thankfully the pictures clearly showed what the problem was... hyaline cartilage damage and ulceration over the lateral facet of the patella.
The physio said that this was probably caused by a tightness and strength imbalance within my quad muscles causing the knee to track wrongly.
So he gave me 6 weeks of exercises and stretches to do to correct it. Every day I have to do 4 sets of 10 leg raises with ankle weights on both legs, I haven't missed a day so far and have totalled 1120 leg raises on each leg and today I move up to 4lb ankle weight.
I don't know if it's working because I'm not allowed to run yet. The 6 weeks will be up on 20th July by which time I will have had 4 months off.
I've all but forgotten what it's like to run, still, at least I haven't got the 'shorts tan' this year
I haven't really been doing anything to replace running. To begin with I just wanted to give my leg the best chance of recovery. But now I guess I could try something... I just don't have much motivation if I can't run
Anyway, I should be in bed now...I've just got home from night work
I'll keep you posted
I've been back running about a month now. Hadn't been able to run since October. Very frustrating!
I can only run now with a knee strap, can't run far or fast (but never could!). My knee feels a bit sore or stiff after a run and I ice it immediately. But it's great to be back running.
I did quite a lot of cycling when I couldn't run. Learnt how to use my gears (well, I'd only every cycled a level few miles before - I hadn't really needed them). I cycled 47 miles one Sunday a few weeks ago - not the same as running but was pretty pleased with it.
I've missed several races this year and am sick of spectating. :-) I've got my first race - Totnes 10k - in a few weeks time. (Remember numbers 1, 2 & 118). Am going to Berlin to watch others from my running club run the marathon in September - not sure I'm looking forward to that.
I've also decided that I will never run more than 3 times a week now - and I will continue with the cycling.
Hope your injury sorts out very soon for you Trinity. Stay strong.
Val X
Morning everyone!
However I still couldn't fully make the transistion so gave up on it.
Since then though I found that, when I was running fast, I did retain some of the technique naturally.
It remains to be seen if I will ever run fast again, let alone whether I can run in the POSE technique