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I apologise for my lack of blog posts recently, being away at weekends means I have been unable to upload. I was planning on posting a recipe today but after a poll on my Instagram it was clear that an injury update was more popular. January 28th = The day after SEAA Championships. I tried to go for a run and it was an absolute disaster I was in so much pain and had to come home. At this point I had no idea what was wrong, the pain was spread up my shin; I suspected it was shin splints. (I have already written a blog posts on this so if you haven't heard the story head over to the blog). So since my last post I seem to... ... have taken 1 step forwards and 2 steps backwards, 2 steps forwards, 2 steps backwards so as you can imagine it is very frustrating and there is very little progression with running. In my "coming back from injury" blog post I said the same thing but then said I was finally on the road to recovery, well I know I came back too soon and I shouldn't have done any of track but this injury has been a huge learning curve even if it has been the most frustrating and a rollercoaster of emotions. On the other hand, my swimming and cycling have improved massively and I have learnt how important it is to incorporate strength training and rest days.
Cross training is something that all athletes should do because without it our bodies have to work overtime to recover and in actual fact you will not improve if you do the same training everyday and not rest or cross train (yes I fell into this trap in 2016/17... I think it is a trap many fall into and it is dangerous as well as a steep learning curve). As an injured athlete cross training can become tedious if all you want to do is get back to the thing that the injury is preventing you from doing eg. running. However, I think setting goals whilst you're injured helps to overcome this negative attitude, whether it may be strengthening your core/glutes/upper body etc or working on your speed in the pool or on the bike. Personally starting triathlon has been a "life saver" I can focus on swimming and cycling as well as strength training without having to even think about running. (Ok, now I am beginning to waffle) So after a few months of running 1-4 times a week (even if it was super short) with no speed work and without increasing the distance too much (averaging 10km-30km a week) I came to a hault. I had been taking each run and week as it came, if my ankle began to hurt even a tiny bit I would stop. However it got to a point last Sunday when the pain was abnormally high compared to what it had been. I came home, iced then completely rested for the next 3 days and only swimming from Thursday-Sunday. Friday = Trip to the physio... I mentioned that I had been getting really bad back pain as well as the pain in my ankle and he discovered that I have scoliosis. Luckily it is postural scoliosis which means that I have an imbalance of muscle in my back and the stronger side has caused my spine to curve. He thinks that is most probably the cause of the tendonitis in my ankle because of the strain and effects on my biomechanics . Anyway there we go. I not going to run for the next few weeks and I have another appointment soon so until then I will be doing the exercises he has given me, swimming and cycling.
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