Dealing with an Injury

jordantylergillespie
jordantylergillespie Posts: 18 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I won't give my whole story here but I've done really great on my weight loss so far, almost 60 pounds lost since October 2012. I was active and doing really great until last Friday.

I live in Utah so last Friday I went snowboarding, something I hadn't done regularly since maybe 5 or 6 years ago. I had a great day on the mountain, I had never been at this weight on a snowboard I had always been heavier. It felt great I felt more in control, more balanced, less fatigued and lots of strength and energy. About lunchtime I started to feel tired and knew that I should rest but went on one more run anyways... big mistake, about halfway down this last run I fell pretty hard and ended up separating my shoulder, ouch!

Its about 10 days later now and the intense pain of the injury is mostly gone, its still really uncomfortable and I'm on some prescription anti-inflammatory meds still. My question is how do I keep my activity level up while still nursing this shoulder back to full strength. Doctor said that it will be about 3 weeks until the pain is completely gone and I can start lifting weight again. I've ridden my bike a couple of times last week and that was nice, but it hurts to run and I'm not allowed to do any weightlifting yet.

So I'm reaching out to the MFP community, what have you guys done to not let an injury be a major set back in your weight loss and fitness goals?

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  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I joined this forum. I suffered a major ankle injury during exercise in February 2012 and I had to be almost completely sedentary for months. I'm still not sure my ankle will ever be the same. I tracked my food, was realistic about how much I could eat, and weighed myself several times a week.

    It sounds like you can walk. I would take brisk walks on a treadmill several times a week. But the key thing is to let your body heal, no matter how long it takes. At the same time, do other things to keep health and fitness uppermost in your mind: Spend the time reading up on nutrition. I recently found an interesting blog written by an M.D. www.theeatingacademy.com .

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