By Sara, on March 2nd, 2011 Hey gang.
Recovery from any injury or surgery usually comes with its fair share of pain. It can be really difficult to stay motivated during the healing process. What happens if your injury leads to chronic pain? What if you find yourself facing a chronic injury pattern, or a physical condition that limits your ability to be active because of pain? It can be very frustrating, de-motivating, and I have known more than a few people that have given up an active lifestyle because of chronic pain. Devastating.
I’m doing a variety of things to manage the chronic pain that comes with my . . . → Read More: Reconstructing a Beer Runner: Acupuncture, What’s with the Needles?
By Sara, on February 16th, 2011 Hi. Howareya.
I’ve been a bit of a slacker in getting my series installments up here on FitMilwaukee.com, and I feel pretty bad about that. So, I’m sorry. (Inhale, exhale.) Now that I’ve acknowledged that I haven’t been able to keep up with my previously promised blogging schedule, and apologized for being such a slacktard, I’m moving on.
That’s how I’m working on getting through the ups and downs of recovering from surgery, dealing with the ups and downs of my condition, and coping through setbacks in the healing process and training schedule. I acknowledge the frustration, disappointment, sadness, or just general pissed-off-ness, . . . → Read More: Reconstructing a Beer Runner – Try again.
By Sara, on October 27th, 2010 I love food. I live to eat and drink and be merry. I feed people as a way to show my love for them. I love to cook. I love to try new foods, strange foods, foods that no one else at the table will touch. It’s part of who I am. I associate food with joy, family, and new experiences. (I’m not saying any of this is a healthy way to look at food, it’s just the way I look at food. It isn’t going to change. I don’t feel the need to change it, either.) In the past, I operated . . . → Read More: Reconstructing A Beer Runner – Saying Goodbye to Second Breakfast
By Tracey, on March 29th, 2010 One of the first injuries I encountered when I decided to start running was something called plantar fasciitis. If you’ve ever experienced sharp pain in your heel when you get out of bed first thing in the morning then chances are plantar fasciitis may be the culprit. This pain is very common among runners but is another one of those injuries (much like shin splints or IT band syndrome) that can pop up if you participate in other sports or activities that emphasize a lot of pounding on the feet. You can also develop plantar fasciitis if you are . . . → Read More: Injuries 101: Heel Pain
By Tracey, on March 10th, 2010 A while ago I talked about IT band syndrome being a common injury among runners. Another nagging pain you may encounter is something called medial tibial stress syndrome, more commonly known as the dreaded shin splints. Pain from shin splints occurs along the front of the lower leg when the connective tissue between the muscle and tibia bone becomes strained from overuse. A sharp increase in weekly mileage can cause this inflammation or if you have taken up running again after a considerable break. A lot of times the soreness will be present at the beginning of a run . . . → Read More: Injury Report: Shin Splints
By Tracey, on February 22nd, 2010 Nobody like to think about getting injured, but if you run/train/workout a lot you do run that risk. Runners in particular can experience a host of nagging injuries- myself included- especially when increasing weekly mileage. I’d like to highlight a few common injuries you may experience as well as how to treat them. This week I’m beginning with something called Iliotibial band syndrome or IT Band Syndrome.
Ilio- WHAT? The iliotibial band is a tough group of fibers that run along the outside of the thigh- extending out of the pelvis, down over the hip and attaching to . . . → Read More: Running Injuries 101: IT Band Syndrome
By Anne, on December 14th, 2009
If you’ve been running for a while without significant injury, consider yourself lucky. Every year, anywhere from 65 to 80 per cent of all runners suffer an injury. Bruce Dierbeck, (@btothed on Twitter) is one of them. Read on to see how Bruce dealt with a knee injury that kept him sidelined for most of the year.
So what’s your injury story?
In early June, I went for a jog along the lakefront. I didn’t stretch beforehand. There was a four to five mile routine I had come up with. The problem with it, though, was that a portion of it was uphill. . . . → Read More: The Road to Recovery: Interview with Bruce
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