Introduction and first injury
Those who know me know that I have been practicing very diverse sports all my life but despite being a veteran this has not freed me from injuring myself sometimes and in the silliest ways.
I still remember in 2016, running the Valencia marathon, that I decided to set myself a challenge; a challenge that you should never do (don't be as stupid as I am): run a marathon wearing brand new shoes without having put them on even once, not even to walk with them.
You should NEVER do this; not even to go running around the corner of your house with brand new shoes; the right thing to do when wearing new shoes is to wear them walking for a couple of weeks before any race.
This nonsense that seems little cost me an injury at kilometer 38 and, as I didn't want to abandon the race, I finished it running lame.
Result: 1 year injured in the iliotibial band and without being able to play sports for 6 months to later begin rehabilitation with professionals for another 6 months, doing specific stretching and strengthening exercises of the iliotibial band.
If someone interested I could give you more precise information about recovery exercises, etc..
Latest injury
My latest injury was also caused by the sneakers and is a fact that people do not usually take into account or, as in my case, even taking it into account, I did not count on the fact that my excess weight wore out the cushioning components of the shoes before meeting the estimated mileage of the sneaker's useful life.
- Adidas UltraBoost made with Parsley Ocean Plastic (1).
- Adidas UltraBoost made with Parsley Ocean Plastic (2).
While these shoes are sturdy and hold up well to +80 kilograms runners, I had a time when I was weighting 95 kilograms and would go running in them almost every day and even though normally, shoes like these will last you about 1,000 kilometers, at which point, as a precaution, you should stop running with them, in my case I ended up with them much earlier due to that overweight and after about 600 kilometers the cushioning components were no longer good, although the shoe seemed to be fine from the outside.
This led me to the fact that, without realizing it, I began to run with discomfort on the inner side of the tibial and I continued to force it without changing the shoes until I realized my mistake about the sneakers, by which time it was too late and the injury was produced.
- Pain.
So, this is a thing you have to take into account: It's not only the estimated total mileage of the shoe in question, but also the excess weight with which you have run with them for a certain time.
Starting the recovery
To recover I used many things together, wich all of them help but, first thing should be to change your old shoes for new ones.
Also some of these external things help:
- Half leg warmers & compressors, everytime you go running.
- Frozen gel band, 2 times a day.
- Kinesiotape bands, for 2 weeks.
- Low intensity electrical impulses, once per day for a whole month.
To all this, of course, we must add, specific strengthening exercises for the internal tibial as well as taking painkillers and anti-inflammatories to help recovery (if your doctor prescribes them, the better).
And also very important, not only for this injury but for everyone and, the better, to prevent them all: stretching, at least 1 hour per day.
- Stretching enjoying the sea views with my new sneakers, also Adidas UltraBoost.
Finally, and after more than 2 months of discomfort and pain, my physiotherapist recommended that I start running at a low pace and on dirt roads and not on asphalt, since the impact is much greater on asphalt.
Here I leave you with a Youtube short where I start the race on the dirt track:
Photographs and Youtube short taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G camera.