Soleus tear
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diagnosed with partial tear in soleus. haven’t run in 2 weeks. last time i ran it was a 10 miler and i was crippled afterwards. haven’t done much but swim (trying not to push off from the wall). started PT yesterday – he does very light light stretching, ice and some easy massage. any ideas how to make this heal quicker and how long people were out for with this injury.
thanks.
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Anonymous
Took me 8 weeks to get back to running 1 mile at a time (from 8-10 miles); what worked: Initial ice massage, plain old massage, stretching very gently; rest and elevation; then (after about 10 days) walking 10 minutes. Still could not run to cross street and avoid traffic. Step ups onto box, all four directions. Balance on one leg – 30 sec at a time – hold leg out front, then to side, then to back; repeat balancing on good leg; staris; towel stretch; Pull against resistance – using rubber strap – four directions, good leg as well as bad leg; then walk 15-20 minutes every other day; then (after 6-7 weeks) run 1/4 mile/ walk 1/4 mile; repeat to 3 miles total; now working up to run 1/5 miles. Goal 4 miles after four months. Swimming helped keep aeroibc shape but I quickly bored of it. Keep after it! The body is amazing in its capacity to heal; it takes more than rest to heal – you must strengthen as well. Like a sprained ankle…don’t worry, it will get better. You can sabotage yourself by doing too much too fast = don’t push if it makes a sharp pain. Better to rehabilitate yourself in what seems way too slow a period than to re=injure yourself and make a chronic injury.
One benefit of all this: I REALLY appreciate being able to run at all. Darn it that perspective is so costly.
Anonymous
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On 2003-01-09 19:30, hsb wrote:
diagnosed with partial tear in soleus. haven’t run in 2 weeks. last time i ran it was a 10 miler and i was crippled afterwards. haven’t done much but swim (trying not to push off from the wall). started PT yesterday – he does very light light stretching, ice and some easy massage. any ideas how to make this heal quicker and how long people were out for with this injury.
thanks.
[This is an injury that can plague you off and on for quite a while. I have had this for about 6 months until last week when it finally tore. I am just starting physio this week. I should have sought help earlier and may have avoided the tear, but who knows.e]