Does anyone have any recovery tips and have any specific things I can do? I want to keep training and need to know if I have to shut it down totally or can do some riding and running.
Going to PT on Friday but just curious on others.
J
Ah, how OLD are you? I’m thinking you are using the wrong term(s) since an “apophysis” is a growth plate, and this would imply Legg-Calve-Perthes type syndrome that is seen mostly in children … (i.e. growing pains at the growth plate like Osgood-Slatter or Sever’s disease).
Like rroof asked, how old are you? In order to have apophysitis your growth plates must still be “open”. Apophysitis commonly occurs in areas where large tendons attach to the bones. Most common in the heels around 11-13, then the knees, also in the iliac crest and ischial tuberosity. If it truly is apophysitis you have, then as a PA in pediatric orthopaedics I tell my patients 3 things: 1) it hurts…alot, 2) it’s not fair, and 3) it is perfectly safe to play/compete with. Unfortunately it lasts a month or 2 in some people, 6 months in others, and as long as a year in others, so I can’t tell you how long it will last. Treatment: whatever works for you. rest, ice, heat, stretching, alieve, ibuprofin, braces, PT, etc. Nothing has been proven to shorten it’s course, and what works for some don’t work for others. As long as you can deal with the pain/discomfort then you can continue your activities.
E
ok. this is what i had heard from a PT. I am 35 and been pushing myself on the cycle in preparation for a tri in October. I am going to see someone on Fri to confirm what it is but just was curious if training through it would only make it worse.
thanks for any advice!
J