Off the road and not liking it!

[Tinf]

Evening all. I have not been able to run for the last couple of weeks or so, due to what I (and the physio) thinks is a strained nerve. I get pain moving all over my leg from the back of the thigh down to my ankle and although it's not agony, it's enough to make running a no-no.

I graduated a month or so ago and didn't go mad - stuck to 30 mins 3 days a week - so it's galling that after many, many weeks of training I'm off the road and can't see when I'm going to get back - leg is not improving at all from one day to the next.

So, finally to my point, then: anyone been through something similar and can help me stay positive? Feeling right brassed off about it.

Ta, in advance.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Ouch... I had a trapped sciatic nerve...( not running related) ( Piriformis muscle next to it compressed too). Agony... 7 weeks..no sleep, sitting agony and could not run....Physio and exercises... ( I can give you links)... I ended up repeating five weeks of C25K... just to get back gently...then moved on a little faster... and got back to 10 K, last weekend and began my HM training on Monday

Positive

[Tinf Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

That's the sort of thing I want to hear! Thank you!

[Tinf Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Btw Floss - did you get a successful treatment, or was it just a case of waiting?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Tinf]

The treatment helped.. and the NHS exercises almost matched the ones given by my Physio.. but a link I had from Rignold was the best thing... and after the exercise he sent to me..I had the first decent night's sleep in five weeks! I can PM the link if you wish

It was a question of being patient though and being older when I started back, I was very cautious

[Tinf Graduate]

Yes please to the PM, floss, ta.