Comments on: in the face of injury http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/ Read about yoga and running, inspirational goal setting, meditation, healthy snacks, travel stories, playlists and an overwhelming love of life. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: heidi http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-293673 heidi Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:11:33 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-293673 Last November 2011 i suffered a stress fracture in my femoral neck/hip while training for Bay to Breakers. The pain was so intense i couldn’t walk. I had to stop running for several months but am now currently back up to a comfortable 6.5 miles.

Not running was so depressing but so was the thought of having it surgically repaired with pins. Its hard to listen to your body but i found a great Physical Therapist who helped me through the process. Bay to Breakers is back on my to do list for 2013!

]]> By: Tanya http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292507 Tanya Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:18:27 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292507 Inspiring message!
I’m going through the same thing but instead of knee pain it is in the inside of my hip. Listening to my body, I stopped running because it would just get worst every time I tried again. For my healing process (because I was just too stubborn to stop training), I started hot yoga. It helps to stretch my hip – in a proper way – and I do what I can without hurting myself. It’s been a month and I can say my pain is gone at 95% which is pretty incredible! Can’t wait to start running/jogging again :)

]]> By: melanie http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292376 melanie Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292376 I am going through the same thing and the same knee! I hate that feeling of FOMO and start PT this week. I’m hoping I will be able to find some other form of exercise to hold me over!

]]> By: Dan Fairbanks http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292323 Dan Fairbanks Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:44:58 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292323 Knee pain is very common in heel strike runners. When I first started running I got up to a 10k before I had major knee pain that kept me from running. I later read the book Born to Run and realized that my knee pain was likely due to poor running form. Soon after I bought a pair of FiveFingers and learned how to run from some experts. I now have no knee pain and at all and I have been able to run a 50k. I later started the Born to Run stores to train people on correct running form and provide shoes that allow the foot to move more naturally. Our stores are in the Seattle area, but we have a great website at http://www.borntorun.com. If you can’t make it to one of our stores for a running clinic, I recommend finding a good running form coach in your area, such as chi-running or the POSE method. I also recommend a pair of transition shoes such as the Altra Intuition 1.5.

]]> By: Jessica http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292296 Jessica Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:55:01 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292296 Very inspiring message! I am currently struggling with knowing when to give myself a break. I often feel like I am giving up and not pushing myself hard enough when I take a break. I am completing a 30 Day challenge with my Yoga studio, I am almost at the finish line but I am feeling tired and a bit of a cold/flu coming on. My plan for the weekend was to practice at my local studio in the morning and then head to a charity yoga event for another hour and a half practice.

However after reading this blog I think I will attend the event but just watch the 108 sun salutations! Giving my body a rest, not giving up!

]]> By: Kathryn http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292289 Kathryn Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:32:27 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292289 What a timely entry for me… I was literally in the midst of completing the long run that marked the half way point of my training for my first marathon when I started to feel a nagging pain in my foot.

Turns out, I broke my foot during that run. Words can’t even describe how devastated I was.

That was 3 weeks ago… it’s hard to go from running 30 miles a week to being on crutches and hardly able to get around.

At first, I thought I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near the marathon that I now can’t run, but I made a decision that instead of moping around during marathon weekend I would volunteer. I signed up to hand out medals at the finish line.

It’s going to be hard for me emotionally, but I also think it will be extremely rewarding to put medals around the necks of my friends and the thousands of others who are running the 26.2. And it will help remind me that once I’m healed, a medal will still be waiting for me too.

Kudos to you for turning your injury into a positive growing experience. I hope I can do the same.

]]> By: Laura http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292281 Laura Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:59:36 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292281 I felt the exact same way!! I actually fractured my leg a week and a half before I was supposed to run the Seawheeze and I was more upset about not being able to run the race then I was about my broken leg. I still made the long trek to Vancouver on crutches because I didn’t want to miss out on the weekend. I’m so glad I still was able to go, I had the best time ever!

]]> By: LZ http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292277 LZ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:53:56 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292277 I was diagnosed with hip bursitis a week before my first half marathon. After all the hours and miles of training I put in, I refused to give up the experience. I followed my PT’s and MD’s instructions religiously, ran pain-free, and rehabbed fully after the race. Call it ego if you like.

]]> By: Michelle {LiveLoudly} http://lululemon.com/community/blog/in-the-face-of-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292265 Michelle {LiveLoudly} Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:15:37 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=34146#comment-292265 Great post! Thanks for sharing your story. Love the new word for me : FOMO. Totally get FOMO sometimes and it’s a challenge to overcome it.
I was faced with injury last week. I’ve had a bad back for years but it started flaring up last week, just in time for when I was joining a new gym. I pushed myself to go to the gym and run but paid my dues afterwards. I surrendered and listened to my body and what it was trying to tell me. I wasn’t dealing with built up stress so it was transpiring into back pain. After a couple yoga sessions and deep meditation… all better! I tried the gym again last night and came out feeling amazing! Woohoo for relaxation and self healing.
-Michelle {LiveLoudly}

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