My recent bout of Covid illness laid our whole household horizontal, first I caught it, then hubby, then son.
So I thought I’d do this catch-up all about returning from illness or the injury couch. But also if you have not been on any injury or illness couch, let us know how you are doing.
I and family are on our way back to normal, but the length it takes to get back to the same level of fitness is requiring quite a bit of patience on our part.
I’ve been doing the Tibetan Rites as part of my return, and they are the perfect mini workout for after illness. Tomorrow will be my first little run again, or if I don’t manage to get out, than at least a little indoor row. I have a playlist of indoor row-along videos all ready to go, accompanying me from 7 minutes all the way to 37 minutes again.
So how do you manage any returns from illness in the past? Do you have a go-to routine? Or do you just have a plan of increasing time?
So let us know how you are doing, wether you are continuing to go from strength to strength or if you - like me - had to have a bit of an enforced break.
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Everyday exercise is what I'm falling short of. I seem to be doing the minimum I need to slowly improve my shoulder and prevent my back from going again, but can't find the momentum to move forward ...
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Gthants
Well a “minimum” practice is a great thing to maintain and then build on, when ready.
My hubby suffers from his back going at times, so I can imagine.
I realised in recent years that I had not attended enough to spinal mobility and strength, but regular yoga and more recently the 5 Tibetan Rites seem to help with that.
What has worked really well for me (but everyone is different) is setting myself up for a home S&F practice.
I haven’t had any breaks lately as finally doing the physiotherapy exercises I was given has helped my my leg pain alongside the NHS S & F.
It is taking me much longer than 5 weeks to complete the 5 week strength & flex programme. I have just finished week 4 but am going to repeat it at least once again before trying week 5.
It helped me to carry on with the the programme but I tend to do it early in the morning as I am having trouble sleeping.
Well, I also ended up horizontally but not with Covid but with a fall during my last run before my vacation in mid-June... Sigh. I bruised my knee during that fall, so I threw away my running plans for my trip to Ireland and instead took a week off. Then I started Couch to 5K again, a slightly accelerated pace (doing weeks 1-3 in one week). It was so wonderful to be running on Inch Beach in Ireland! I just finished week 6.
In addition to the slow increase of my running, I've also added the Running Strong program from Pilates for Runners (see pilatesforrunners.co.uk/pro... , might be behind a paywall, though... ) . That's really helping, too! It seems my knee does not like it when I sit around, so it seems to appreciate the extra movement ...
That’s brilliant! Well done! Sounds like you had a sound come-back plan! And a period of rest is not a bad idea!
I haven’t had a fall whilst running yet, but can imagine it really affects one’s confidence in one’s own body. (My body self-confidence was shattered with pregnancy, and I never (or at least not yet) regained my full balance again. )
Yes, it has shaken my confidence! Although maybe my instinctive response to get up and keep running a bit (after plenty of cursing...) has helped a bit. 🤔 Maybe it's shaken my over-confidence? I certainly felt humbled because I had thought that I wouldn't fall given how much Pilates I do... And it also reminded me to do a better job listening to my body. I might've avoided that fall if I had listened to the exhaustion... Oh, well. Fortunately, I can learn some lessons from that experience!
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