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Recovery from stress injury pre IM

Naftali PresserNaftali Presser
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OK so I need the teams input on recovery after injury... I completed IMChoo 70.3 on May 19 and have been working towards building for IMLP on 7/28/2019. Have been having leg pain issues and turns out on MRI I have a bunch of periostitis, periosteal reaction, bone edema (just short of a stress fracture) in my tibia. The Ortho has basically told me no running for 6 weeks and no cycling even for 3 weeks ... ie racing is out....while this delays yet again my hopes of finishing an IM, i am trying to be proactive towards the recovery process . As such I have a few questions:

  1. when I do start running again does anyone have thoughts on doing little bits every day ( say 1 mile qday every day increasing every 1-2weeks to 1.5 daily, 2 daily etc. with this i would reach 21-28 miles per week in not very long but would not have any longer runs (as opposed to working towards running 4 times week with higher volumes (4-6 miles/run etc...)- keeping in mind that I have basically abandoned the thought of doing a full IM this year.
  2. Anyone have experience with these injuries in general and have thoughts, helpful tips to share?
  3. I'm basically relegated to swimming/pull sessions (doc didnt even wnat me to do straight swimming for the next 1-2 weeks) for the next little while- anyone with other suggestions to work towards that might a) help prevent similar injury in the future or b.) be an area that can be worked on without stressing the leg that will be of benefit when I finally do get back to training

All thoughts appreciated

Naftali Presser

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