Hello all, my half marathon training was going well, a couple of 10 mile runs under my belt, when boom! I was playing badminton this week and my calf suddenly cramped up. There happened to be a physio playing. She told me to stop straight away. Said it was my soleus muscle and not to exercise for at least 48 hours. That was on Weds and it still hurts if I walk on it too much.
Hubby reckons that at this stage in my training, playing badminton may not go very well with running and may lead to injury. Does anyone have any knowledge about this? I would be sad to stop playing, but would do so until the HM in order to avoid injury. (assuming my calf gets better!)
Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom!
Liz
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There’s always something isn’t there! I’m out of action atm because I sprained my back while doing too much gardening!
I wouldn’t say that badminton is a no-no but your feet tend to make fast on-the-spot turns which can cause injury as you’ve found out.
It’s up to you whether you should give it up while you’re in training. Personally I would because I wouldn’t want to risk further injury but then I’m the same person who avoids too much social contact during training because I don’t want to catch a cold or other virus from others!
Only you can decide which is more important to you. Good luck and I hope you’re not injured for long 🤞
That’s a very solid way of looking at life in general. But it is incredibly frustrating when we’re doing/have done the training ☹️
I’ve yet to do a certain HM for various reasons but if it happens in October it will be my seventh attempt at getting to the start line! (I think it’s the seventh. I’ve lost count 🙄)
I'm with IP on this one! I've been trying to juggle cycle training in between running and all my focus is on the HM and trying not create injury through cycling. It may be worth a temporary pause in the badminton, but ultimately it's your call. At the end of the day we can injure ourselves in so many ways, there is no guarantee. Hope the calf is on the mend quickly though.
Ah what a shame. It’s such a tough call, and it’s so true, there’s always a sneaky gremlin out there just itching to put a spanner in the works grrrr 😖. Personally I would think about having a ‘rest’ from badminton, it will still be there later on! Because we use all of our planes of motion in any raquet sport, there’s much more likelihood of injury unfortunately 😟. I hope your calf feels better though, and you can get training again soon. All the best 😊😊😊.
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