The safest path to healing is the slowest

Many times doctors look at you cross-eyed when you tell them how much you run, how far you run and how much you want to run now. They tell you that you ran “too much” and got injured. The snap recommendation is to stop running. 

Doctors want you to heal your running injury. Many times doctors recommend the “safest” path…stop running. Be patient. Wait for healing. 

Slower treatment is not always better, and isn’t even always safer.

The goal for most injured runners is not to just heal the injury. 

The goal for most recovering runners is to get back running. 

The critical piece is to not lose sight of what “not running” does to your longevity as a runner. Time is of the essence. 

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about how the safest path to healing is the slowest.