IamSpartacus wrote:
Have heard rest isn’t actually supposed to improve it ? As in total rest ? It needs movement and exercise and even some return to running ? I have a feeling a half Ironman in 10 weeks isn’t gonna look great if I don’t get healing though. Also have heard the piriformis is nasty. Another one of those ‘hanger-on’ injuries
Rest as in no real running. Stretching and strengthening helps a lot but running, especially speed work, will aggravate it more. Compression sleeves/socks help a lot too. For a lack of better words compression "keep the muscle in place" while you run. I have had this problem before a compression sped up the healing processes a lot.
Piriformis really sucks because it effects you entire butt/hip are. Not just a calf. The worst, although not a muscle, is an Achilles injury. Those can take year or longer to get over.