8 Replies to “I’m Not Injured, I’m Just a Klutz: ‘Life Injuries’ and Injuries While Cross-Training”
OHH man this post is like my life lol!! I’m a huge klutz, and that’s why I will never wear heels and I’m hesitant to do stuff like downhill ski and skateboard haha. Actually two weeks ago, I accidently slammed my chair down on my big toe and couldn’t walk on it for a few days – thankfully it was just tissue bruising (and I totally lost the toenail haha), but like….yeah, dumb. And I read the article on competitor and it’s definitely true. There was also an article about Lauren Fleshman in RT this month, and it was like “she cross trains 45-75 minutes 5 days a week” and I was like…”oh damn, that’s way less than I was doing” EPIC FAIL! no wonder I was struggling to get back to running, my body just couldn’t keep up with my excessive XT. It’s hard to remember your body’s trying to heal! PS what do you do for your hip flexors? my issues were totally due to the elliptical & pool running, but obviously bike and run aren’t really helping the healing process…I’m at a total loss lol.
haha…power to the klutz clan!! 🙂 oh, for those hip flexors, i do my best to stretch them (gently, not to the point past pain…gotta be careful not to just irritate them more!) throughout the day. ice them also, and give them that TLC. 😛 the foam roller and self massage can help too, but only do that AFTER a day or so at least that the flexors start really being sore, u just wanna be sure not to irritate them further.
I am a klutz-deluxe and face planted the floor yesterday because I tripped over my puppy = fat lip, gashed head and 2 very bruised knees along with arm strain from “trying” to prevent the fall. How I manage to stay on my feet running is a mystery to me 🙂
OHH man this post is like my life lol!! I’m a huge klutz, and that’s why I will never wear heels and I’m hesitant to do stuff like downhill ski and skateboard haha. Actually two weeks ago, I accidently slammed my chair down on my big toe and couldn’t walk on it for a few days – thankfully it was just tissue bruising (and I totally lost the toenail haha), but like….yeah, dumb. And I read the article on competitor and it’s definitely true. There was also an article about Lauren Fleshman in RT this month, and it was like “she cross trains 45-75 minutes 5 days a week” and I was like…”oh damn, that’s way less than I was doing” EPIC FAIL! no wonder I was struggling to get back to running, my body just couldn’t keep up with my excessive XT. It’s hard to remember your body’s trying to heal! PS what do you do for your hip flexors? my issues were totally due to the elliptical & pool running, but obviously bike and run aren’t really helping the healing process…I’m at a total loss lol.
haha…power to the klutz clan!! 🙂 oh, for those hip flexors, i do my best to stretch them (gently, not to the point past pain…gotta be careful not to just irritate them more!) throughout the day. ice them also, and give them that TLC. 😛 the foam roller and self massage can help too, but only do that AFTER a day or so at least that the flexors start really being sore, u just wanna be sure not to irritate them further.
I am a klutz-deluxe and face planted the floor yesterday because I tripped over my puppy = fat lip, gashed head and 2 very bruised knees along with arm strain from “trying” to prevent the fall. How I manage to stay on my feet running is a mystery to me 🙂
awww, i hope u’re feeling better soon!
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