How many aches and pains do you ignore in order to work out?

BinaryPulsar

I always have some pain. I try to prevent injury. I rest an injury because then it goes away. But, right now I have costochondritis in my chest. And I can't completely rest. I'm trying to work around it. It's difficult though. And I am a dancer and need this time to keep working. I recently had such a severe injury to the trigeminal nerves in my face that I had to take a year off. It was from a medical injury. That was difficult. And I don't want to keep having pain and needing to hold back. Sometimes it's challenging to know.

canadianlbs

HeyaBerg wrote: »

as long as your not injuring yourself more.

i think that's what this thread was about.

TavistockToad

HeyaBerg wrote: »

I ignore them all... and just train.. currently training like this... There are no excuses as long as your not injuring yourself more.

But the chance of you injuring yourself even more are greatly increased, so why put yourself in that position....?

Spliner1969

I have to constantly modify my workout routine to avoid aggravating small injuries or aches/pains. But I've found that with the right willpower I can work through just about anything. Even when I had 3 herniated discs in my back, once the initial pain was gone (that took about a week and a half along with narcotics and steroid shots) I would lay on a weight bench and work my upper body/arms. Once it was healed sufficiently I spent time on my elliptical until I felt well enough to walk again outside (another few weeks). Last week it was shin splints.. still nursing those so I'm back inside on the elliptical again instead of walking/running. I'm 47, have previous knee and back surgeries under my belt, as well as arthritis in both my knees and back so I figure it's par for the course. Good news is that the more 'in shape' i get the less issues I have.

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Sued0nim

mjaykup wrote: »

4!
Achilles tendinitis
Knees
Back
Forearm splints

5 if you count the pain in the *kitten* that lets *kitten* slam

LOL a man who answers the question literally...love it

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GiddyupTim

What line?
I have been running on a painful, swollen knee for the past three months. All that running hasn't helped.
After two months of not getting better (yeah, I'm stubborn), I went to the sports kinesiologist to get it checked out. Here's how bad my running was: He said he had seen me out on the road and he already knew what the problem was!
In seriousness, though, as one who has been old for a long, long time, if you let injury and discomfort stop you, you'll be stopped as often as you are active, and you will get out of shape and then you will get injured more.
I think you push through, when you can, and when you are not doing anything permanent. But you are really, really diligent about all the things you can do to take care of the injury, the warm ups, the wearing of a brace, the icing afterwards, the new shoes, etc. You do not want to perpetuate that vicious cycle where you keep aggravating something so it never gets better.

serapel

Sued0nim wrote: »

I've got a decent pain threshold and can work through quite a lot which is why I worry a bit more about ignoring stuff...I haven't quite got a grip on what's damage as opposed to get over yourself I suppose

If I were in your condition, I'd take the rest of the weak off. Sorry to hear that your ankle is swollen. Maybe it happened while you were moving in your sleep?

serapel

I get aches and pains in my lower back. If it's just a strain, then I work out with good stretching. If there's any tearing or swelling, I don't go.

Spliner1969

serapel wrote: »

I get aches and pains in my lower back. If it's just a strain, then I work out with good stretching. If there's any tearing or swelling, I don't go.

There was no swelling or tearing before I herniated the discs in my back, just back ache. A telltale sign that a disc impingement is occurring is pain elsewhere or shooting from the back, like shooting down your shoulder, legs, fingers, feet, etc. in conjunction with the back ache.

fishgutzy

None. At least not since surgery on my left foot.
I now listen to my body when it screams "rest day." Granted, it doesn't scream that very often.

Gianfranco_R

GiddyupTim wrote: »

What line?
I have been running on a painful, swollen knee for the past three months. All that running hasn't helped.
After two months of not getting better (yeah, I'm stubborn), I went to the sports kinesiologist to get it checked out. Here's how bad my running was: He said he had seen me out on the road and he already knew what the problem was!
In seriousness, though, as one who has been old for a long, long time, if you let injury and discomfort stop you, you'll be stopped as often as you are active, and you will get out of shape and then you will get injured more.
I think you push through, when you can, and when you are not doing anything permanent. But you are really, really diligent about all the things you can do to take care of the injury, the warm ups, the wearing of a brace, the icing afterwards, the new shoes, etc. You do not want to perpetuate that vicious cycle where you keep aggravating something so it never gets better.

Well, that happens because when we resume training after a stop, we want to be back to our previous fitness level too fast. It's avoidable.