It's been a week since my injury. Well, ten days since the onset, but a week since I really started feeling pain after running seven miles. I tried to run for 15 minutes last night. It hurt. I couldn't keep running.
The sports injury doctor's diagnosis - Piriformis Syndrome. AKA A Pain in the Bum. Basically my piriformis muscle is swelling and compressing my sciatic nerves and causing all sorts of issues.
I don't really have much else to say. Looks like both the marathon and the 50 miler are both out, despite all the training I put in through the winter. If I can't run a mile now without pain, I don't think I'm going to be able to do 26.2 in seven days.
This stinks.
I am so sorry you are dealing with this. My piriformis gets tight and I have found that sitting and rolling on a tennis ball really helps work it out. It is a deep muscle so it is hard to get it adequately with a foam roller. I roll it with a tennis ball and then stretch thoroughly. Hope you heal up quickly!! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear this :( I can only imagine how upset you are. That is such a tough injury too - it seems to just be a nagging little bugger too. I hope rest helps and you're back to 100% soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I could walk without pain today. So that is a positive thing. I'm tennis balling, stretching, and epsom salting like no ones business. I felt okay Saturday and the pain came back as soon as I ran, so I'm hesitant to try again. Plan is to try Friday night and make a game time decision about the race. Looking like a DNS.
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