Dont Let An Injury Stop You Training!

[996 sps]

Theres always A Way To Keep Training.

[JakeS]

Good man! I spent 9 months in plaster when I snapped my leg in half in a competition. I took 4 months off and was back in the gym working my upper body and other leg 4 times a week. Nothing worse than being stuck on your arse for a long period of time when you are used to training frequently.

[996 sps]

JakeS said:

Good man! I spent 9 months in plaster when I snapped my leg in half in a competition. I took 4 months off and was back in the gym working my upper body and other leg 4 times a week. Nothing worse than being stuck on your arse for a long period of time when you are used to training frequently.

Its a guy we're taking through exercise rehabilitation at the moment, just shows if you want to keep motivated and fit you can.

Good effort on your behalf as well.

[wmg100]

That's good to see.

Any ideas what I can do to keep in shape?

I broke and dislocated my shoulder a month back and won't start strengthening for another couple of months. I usually cycle 60-80 miles a week and play squash; doing nothing is starting to get me down.

[996 sps]

wmg100 said:

That's good to see.

Any ideas what I can do to keep in shape?

I broke and dislocated my shoulder a month back and won't start strengthening for another couple of months. I usually cycle 60-80 miles a week and play squash; doing nothing is starting to get me down.

When you say broke your shoulder what do you mean? Good to see your cycling you can also use the X-Trainer just hold the static centre handle, also I know machines are not ideal but you could use the leg press, knee ext and flexor machine and hammer your abs.

[Lost_BMW]

wmg100 said:

That's good to see.

Any ideas what I can do to keep in shape?

I broke and dislocated my shoulder a month back and won't start strengthening for another couple of months. I usually cycle 60-80 miles a week and play squash; doing nothing is starting to get me down.

Could your physio give you some exercises to do in a pool? Using your legs etc. to keep afloat should keep a high level of fitness up.

[Bill]

Lost_BMW said:

Could your physio give you some exercises to do in a pool? Using your legs etc. to keep afloat should keep a high level of fitness up.

With the incentive that you'll drown if you can't keep it up

Why don't you (wmg) use an exercise bike?

ETA: Back on thread I used to do a bit of rehab stuff with patients with Ilizarov frames and loading the fracture is an important part of helping the healing.

Edited by Bill on Sunday 20th December 13:21

[JakeR]

On a related note chaps, do you train through illness? I dont mean serious stuff, just colds etc.

I have had a crappy cold for a couple of weeks, so I've knocked training on the head in the hope it would help my cold... is this right?

I really havent fancied the gym while coughing and spluttering anyway...

[Lost_BMW]

JakeR said:

On a related note chaps, do you train through illness? I dont mean serious stuff, just colds etc.

I have had a crappy cold for a couple of weeks, so I've knocked training on the head in the hope it would help my cold... is this right?

I really havent fancied the gym while coughing and spluttering anyway...

I've not trained since 7th December (gutting) as I have one of the worst colds I can ever remember.

Unless it's v. mild or definitely on the way out I don't train, and do slower, less aerobic, work when starting back, after seeing a very plausible documentary years ago about Scandinavian athletes like orienteers. It's a while back but from what I remembered (and decided I needed to!) . .

Apparently they started to spot that many really fit people who pushed v. hard in training were staying ill for quite long periods, months, after upper respiratory infections and dying suspicious 'sudden deaths' of heart attacks etc. way after the initial illness.

Further studies showed many had trained through illness and the theory checked was that this damaged the upper tracts, scarring passages and blood vessels and made heart problems more likely. I believe that some of their sporting organisations banned training when ill, via funded programmes, and enforced delays/medical checks before letting them back after influenza etc.

Edited by Lost_BMW on Sunday 20th December 14:29

[996 sps]

JakeR said:

On a related note chaps, do you train through illness? I dont mean serious stuff, just colds etc.

I have had a crappy cold for a couple of weeks, so I've knocked training on the head in the hope it would help my cold... is this right?

I really havent fancied the gym while coughing and spluttering anyway...

I could preach the reasons as to why you should not train but I m pretty much addicted even with a cold/flu unless i m bed bound i ll get in the gym or for a run. Sometimes i ll even feel better for it.

[JakeR]

Lost_BMW said:

JakeR said:

On a related note chaps, do you train through illness? I dont mean serious stuff, just colds etc.

I have had a crappy cold for a couple of weeks, so I've knocked training on the head in the hope it would help my cold... is this right?

I really havent fancied the gym while coughing and spluttering anyway...

I've not trained since 7th December (gutting) as I have one of the worst colds I can ever remember.

Unless it's v. mild or definitely on the way out I don't train, and do slower, less aerobic, work when starting back, after seeing a very plausible documentary years ago about Scandinavian athletes like orienteers. It's a while back but from what I remembered (and decided I needed to!) . .

Apparently they started to spot that many really fit people who pushed v. hard in training were staying ill for quite long periods, months, after upper respiratory infections and dying suspicious 'sudden deaths' of heart attacks etc. way after the initial illness.

Further studies showed many had trained through illness and the theory checked was that this damaged the upper tracts, scarring passages and blood vessels and made heart problems more likely. I believe that some of their sporting organisations banned training when ill, via funded programmes, and enforced delays/medical checks before letting them back after influenza etc.

Edited by Lost_BMW on Sunday 20th December 14:29

Sobering stuff LBMW, I feel a bit more justified in my lay off now...

anyway, there are that many mince pies and glasses of booze on offer at the moment

[Pickled Piper]

JakeR said:

On a related note chaps, do you train through illness? I dont mean serious stuff, just colds etc.

I have had a crappy cold for a couple of weeks, so I've knocked training on the head in the hope it would help my cold... is this right?

I really havent fancied the gym while coughing and spluttering anyway...

Usually I rest, but recently had a protracted winter cold/ manflu, felt like it lasted a month. I had one hard training session, sweated a lot, felt crap immediately afterwards but by the next day the cold had gone.

pp

[okgo]

Just had a henia fix that kind of renders me useless..Or does it?

[996 sps]

okgo said:

Just had a henia fix that kind of renders me useless..Or does it?

Ah mate feel for you there, (I was doing press ups in the toliet at the hospital before the op because I knew was not going to be able to train for 6 weeks) I started training to early after mine, did they tell you at the hospital 6 weeks before starting light exercise?

I found doing light weights okay as long as my knees where bent, i.e. bench press with feet up, my abdominals was not then on stretch so no problems, basically I tried to adopt all my exercises with knees bent and just light weights so I was not straining. The other thing I found useful was putting a float in between my legs (the correct figure of 8 leg floats) and just purely using arms to swim. I enhanced my technique and it kept my cardio up.

What I began to early was sit-ups and to add I then went out on my motorbike to early and the juddering through the suspension had me in tatters.

[okgo]

They didn't say anything, it feels fine now, a week later, the smll hole needs to heal, but internally, I think its ok.

[996 sps]

okgo said:

They didn't say anything, it feels fine now, a week later, the smll hole needs to heal, but internally, I think its ok.

Good news, in that case let common sense dictate and just do some light weights and cardio, mine hurt like hell first couple off weeks from what I can recall.

[wmg100]

996 sps said:

When you say broke your shoulder what do you mean?

Fractured Humerus up its length and split the ball. Fixed with pins and the dislocation was reduced through surgery so there's quite a lot of muscle damage from the surgery on top of whatever I did in the first place.

Bill said:

Why don't you (wmg) use an exercise bike?

Very good idea, thanks. I used to do all my exercise outside so the most obvious solution didn't occur to me!

[Bill]

okgo said:

They didn't say anything, it feels fine now, a week later, the smll hole needs to heal, but internally, I think its ok.

You need to go very steady with anything that uses your abdominals for 6 weeks or so as they've repaired a hole in your abdominal wall. Bear in mind that your abs are used to brace as you lift so even if they're not on a stretch you'll be using them, and make sure you exhale with effort (as you should anyway) to reduce your intra-abdominal pressure.

wmg100 said:

Bill said:

Why don't you (wmg) use an exercise bike?

Very good idea, thanks. I used to do all my exercise outside so the most obvious solution didn't occur to me!

[okgo]

Thanks guys, think I will get back on the bike in 2 weeks after xmas, and give the weights a miss till feb.

[996 sps]

wmg100 said:

996 sps said:

When you say broke your shoulder what do you mean?

Fractured Humerus up its length and split the ball. Fixed with pins and the dislocation was reduced through surgery so there's quite a lot of muscle damage from the surgery on top of whatever I did in the first place.

Bill said:

Why don't you (wmg) use an exercise bike?

Very good idea, thanks. I used to do all my exercise outside so the most obvious solution didn't occur to me!

Ouch, had a few guys with reduction of mobility to prevent further dislocation but so far I have not seen anyone with pinned or bolted gleno-humeral joint, don't really therefore want to comment to much but am sure you've heard of scapula setting exercises and rotator cuff work, seen loads of good results with sports persons once they can bring there mobility back.

Are you seeing a physio or sports therapist?