Long story short, compressed C5-6 pretty bad on 3/27 of this year which took this years IMAZ off the table.
Fast forward, I've had 2 cortisone steroid injections and now have no pain. Went to the spin doctor as a follow up this morning, and she and I talked about where I’m at. Currently I have no pain. I told her in 6 months that I wanted to have another MRI done to see if I can be cleared to run. She said that they won’t do another MRI unless they are going to change how they are treating me. And that I was never going to get cleared to run from her as once a person has had an issue its to high of a liability for the doctor to give the thumbs up. However she said if i’m insistent on running to start out run/walk short distances and build up which she is not granting permission or recommending. She said start out slow and short on grass with good form up on toes and not heal striking. So for those of you that have dealt with this, how did you start back up running?
I'm thinking Hokas and running in the grass for short durations, she said at the beginning to evaluate 4 times.
1 How did I feel before
2 How do I feel during
3 How do I feel 30 mins after
4 How do I feel the next day
Thoughts?
ishi no ue ni san nen | Perseverance will win in the end. | Blog | @nebmot | Strava | Instagram |
Fast forward, I've had 2 cortisone steroid injections and now have no pain. Went to the spin doctor as a follow up this morning, and she and I talked about where I’m at. Currently I have no pain. I told her in 6 months that I wanted to have another MRI done to see if I can be cleared to run. She said that they won’t do another MRI unless they are going to change how they are treating me. And that I was never going to get cleared to run from her as once a person has had an issue its to high of a liability for the doctor to give the thumbs up. However she said if i’m insistent on running to start out run/walk short distances and build up which she is not granting permission or recommending. She said start out slow and short on grass with good form up on toes and not heal striking. So for those of you that have dealt with this, how did you start back up running?
I'm thinking Hokas and running in the grass for short durations, she said at the beginning to evaluate 4 times.
1 How did I feel before
2 How do I feel during
3 How do I feel 30 mins after
4 How do I feel the next day
Thoughts?
ishi no ue ni san nen | Perseverance will win in the end. | Blog | @nebmot | Strava | Instagram |