Injury Training

[vaulter870]

I recently hurt my self by running to much and i cant run for a while and i was wondering if there was anything else that i could do tofor the time being to get into shape for the indoor season. i am currently lifting and riding my bke if you have any suggestions psot them.

[fong520]

i heard aqua jogging is really good. i guess so is swimming to heh..
whatd u do?

[vaulter870]

well i am not realy sure but i went to a sports doctor and they still dont know and i am scheduled for am mri soon

[vaulter870]

oh yeah and it is my knee that i hurt

[rainbowgirl28]

Elliptical trainers are fun if they don't hurt your knee.

[vaulter870]

another good idea
is there any way that you can still build the explosiveness in your legs whit a hurt knee cause i really need to build that up for indoors but i dont know what to do while i am hurt?

[Skyin' Brian]

Elliptical trainers are fun if they don't hurt your knee.

ill agree to the second part of that sentence. unless of course you meant that to add after fun"for about 30 seconds"

seriously though there a good training tool if you are injured. i spend a lot of time on one coming back after hurting my ankle since i couldnt jog yet. take advantage of something like that if you can. it helps to stay in shape

[vaultmom]

The pool is the best for the knee... YOu may find you can even do weights in the pool that doesnt hurt your knee.. What happend to your knee?

[Russ]

Because of my advanced age ( ), I have become somewhat of an expert on training while injured. I'm currently, for example, rehabing a pesky calf muscle.

If you have access to a pool, swimming is a fabulous alternative. It exercises every part of your body.

I spend hours on a stationary bike. I listen to Rock music to help keep me going. I also spend a lot of time on my Nordic Track (the single best Christmas gift I ever got...from my wife 1986...I've been through 3 replacement belts abd the odometer/speedometer has long since given up the ghost). That's the best alternative for me because there's no impact, and it gives you one heck of a great workout.

I also take the view that I should work extra hard on the part of me that isn't injured. So, when I hurt my bicep, I spent extra time running. When I have a leg injury, I'll spend extra time on my upper body or abs. I suppose that I'd have to be in a body cast to quit all training - and then, of course the thing to do would be to watch videos and do visualization (mental practice).

I like your attitude. The smart thing to do is to find alternative cross-training to keep you going while rehabing whatever is injured. Don't use injuries as excuses to quit altogether.

[Skyin' Brian]

all of this pool talk reminds me of a question that i ask when it seems that we seem to send all of our injured athletes to the pool. it makes me wonder why swimmers ever get injured...

[VaultNinja]

Do Bubkas, over and over and over. Best exercise ever! Don't need your knee for that. Work on everything vault wise that has to do with your core and upper body strength. When you return with a heathly knee, you'll find coming up the pole to be much easier than you remember.

[vaulter870]

unfortunatly i have tried several times and i cant remember how to do a budka! i have the place to do it i just cant remember. if anyone has a good explanation of this please post it