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Look for Clues from Your Training Diary
One of the athlete’s best sources of self-assessment clues should come from the training diary. Look for notes on subtle clues about some abnormal physical feelings, such as too rapid a change in training volume, the onset of working out with a group of athletes, and, most importantly, your MAF Tests.
Question: Do you recommend easy walking or jogging if you have a strained Achilles tendon? Will this aggravate matters? I’ve been climbing the walls for the past several weeks because of this nagging injury that refuses to go away. I had been running thirty miles a week. Will biking help or hinder the tendon?
Answer: Maintaining fitness during an injury is a key part of recovery. By losing fitness, which you easily can do over several weeks of not working out, you’re creating more problems—not only are you getting out of shape, but your injury may also not be corrected. Find some aerobic activity that does not hurt your Achilles, such as biking, swimming, or jogging waist-deep in a pool, and maintain that while figuring out how to resolve your injury. This might include finding a health-care professional if you can’t do it yourself with some self-remedies described in this book.
In the process of self-assessing, be on the lookout for signs, such as skin rash or increased joint swelling, because they are more objective indications. Symptoms are more elusive and difficult to measure objectively. Pain may be the most common of all symptoms (see chapter 26).
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Some injuries are acute, meaning they are a recent occurrence, taking place within a couple of weeks. Problems referred to as chronic have been present for a longer period, including recurrent problems such as a chronic ankle sprain or lower back pain. These are more than two weeks old. Many problems are considered recurring, but these are usually chronic problems that have symptoms that come and go.
Overall, many physical problems are directly or indirectly due to muscle imbalance. Even in cases of blunt-force trauma, such as a fracture, muscle imbalance can play a key role in both cause and recovery. Most imbalances you develop are silent and self-corrected by the body. Others that cause various signs or symptoms provide important clues that can enable you to fix your own problems. In some cases, however, obtaining help from an appropriate health-care practitioner is necessary.
