If you get an overtraining injury and your doctor tells you to stop running, so you sit still doing nothing, lots of bad things happen.
If you stop running, you will feel terrible physically. Zero exercise makes athletes feel worse.
Additionally, you're probably going to get super grumpy.
Don't be surprised if your spouse, your kids, and your friends start to think you're being a little bit of a jerk. That is because you're in a really terrible mood all the time... because you're not running.
You also start to lose your identity as a fit runner.
We all feel good when we run. We feel good when we accomplish goals. We feel good when we do a long run at a good pace.
But all that gets washed away when you're sitting around recovering from an injury.
Your identity needs to be that of a recovering runner.
That's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
Partial credit vs pass or fail with running injuries
Add stress systematically after running injury (DAY 3)
Is it a big deal if I run with a partially torn plantar fascia?
Every run is test run after healing an injury (DAY 2)
How can gout lead to hallux rigidus?
Find the gaps between you and running (DAY 1)
When does a pregnant runner need orthotics?
How to use Yasso 800s to test marathon readiness after injury
Can my doctor tell if I need peroneal tendon surgery by looking at my ankle?
How big toe position can help sesamoid stress fracture or bipartite sprain
Injured 5 weeks out from half marathon. Is there hope?
What does a fracture walking boot do?
Difference between a sesamoid fracture non-union and bi-partite sesamoid sprain
The #1 question for a runner with a second stress fracture
When should I give in and have plantar plate surgery?
Reduce your risk of the #1 most common injury by 35%?
What do injured runners do that makes as much a sense as picking at a healing skin incision?
How much earlier than X-ray can ultrasound prove fracture healing?
What info would I give to a high school cross-country team?
What is a common cause of 5th metatarsal fracture in a trail runner?
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