One of the most powerful ways to reduce stress and strain on any piece of injured tissue is to get completely off of your feet. Bedrest can do that.
I was talking with a runner recently who asked a great question,
“Should I just do bed rest?”
I answered,
“Bed rest is like chemo for runners.”
With chemotherapy, we’re basically giving you a powerful drug.
But is it going to kill the tumor first, or is it going to kill the patient first?
Bed rest is like chemotherapy for runners, and that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »The premise is that your crazy physical activity is the problem.
The promise is that you will heal if you simply sit still.. long enough.
The hope is that recovery will magically take place through sacrifice like a perverse form of penance for your exercise sins…crazy.
But a prescription of 100% Rest only guarantees 100% loss of fitness.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we’re talking about the advice to rest is a lie.
Can you get faster by not running?
Can get stronger by not working out?
If you’re a runner and you’re listening to this my guess is that you’re clear answer to both of those two questions is “NO!”
And if your answer both of those questions is no…
Why do doctors call rest a treatment plan?
The brutal truth is that rest is not a treatment plan.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast were talking about how rest is an atrophy plan.
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Carrie Tollefson is by any standard and elite runner. Olympian. 13-time State Champion. National record holder for the most consecutive cross-country titles. First person in NCAA history to win both the 3,000 and 5,000 meter titles. 5-time NCAA. NCAA Indoor Track Athlete of the year. And if all that isn’t enough, Carrie has been on the cover of Runner’s World magazine 5 times!
She has ben running and setting records for decades, and yet still, just last year ran a marathon under 3 hours. Today she is going to help you understand a little better how you can GET AFTER IT, without getting injured.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we’re talking about how to GET AFTER IT and recovery faster with Carrie Tollefson.
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