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Soft tissue injury

Posted September 23rd, 2009 by Dave Smay - This entry has been tagged with: heath, injury, training

Eventually, most endurance athletes develop some sort of acute or chronic pain. How you treat it determines how quickly you are able to return to full activity.

Here are a couple of areas you might consider focusing on. Many of will do one or two of these well, but if you can really focus on several at once, I truly think there’s a synergistic effect.

Eat more natural anti-inflammatory foods – pineapple, leafy greens, and omega-3’s, for example Massage/self-treatment – foam roller, “the stick”, trigger point therapy products, light massage Sleep – make a concerted effort to get more than usual Hydration – again, go for more than usual Biomechanical Evaluation (especially for single-sided pain) – figure out if your pain is caused by something you can correct. Relaxation/Meditation *Specific Strength Training – with a focus on rehabilitating the injured area. best to get input from a PT, certifed personal trainer, or other credentialed expert.

Via: http://www.coachej.com/2009/04/soft-tissue-injury.html