I've often said that the worst patients are doctors and farmers. Each works too hard, won't take time off, and thinks they know everything.
As it turns out, I am no exception. I see people all the time with injuries, both of the acute and over-use variety, and the prescription always includes rest.
Last Thursday, while playing very un-competitive doubles tennis, I injured my foot. I really didn't think much of it at the time, but the next morning I could hardly put weight on it. What had I done? These things happen to other people, not to me! I can't rest, I need to train!
I reluctantly took a day off of training. I had X-rays taken of my foot and confirmed that I hadn't broken anything. I had a bad strain of my abductor hallucis muscle, a muscle on the inside part of the foot. It causes pain each time my heel comes off the ground and the front part of my foot is pushing off during the gait cycle. I had hoped it would be better already, but it still hurts and I can't run on it. Well, I probably could but I know that I would just prolong the healing.
Until I can walk without it hurting, I know I can't run. So if you see a very depressed guy pedaling his bicycle over the next couple of weeks, waiting for his foot to heal, it might be me, taking some of my own medicine.
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