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Benjamin's Running History / Injury Summary
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bennie
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20 July 2012
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Benjamin's Running History / On off 2 years of Injury Summary
February 2009
October 2009
October - May 2009
May 2010
May - June 2010
July 2010
July - August 2010
August 2010
September - October 2010
November - December 2010
December - June 2011
July 2011
July 2011 - January 2012
January 2012
February 2012 - March 2012
May 2012 - Present
February 2009
- Threw away the smokes : Easiest thing I've ever done! :-)
- Started Running :-)
- Went to Chris Petropoulos and was fitted with orthotics
October 2009
- Successfully completed 1/2 Marathon October : 1 hour 53 mins
October - May 2009
- Trained over summer
- Felt good however foot soreness slowly increasing due to increased km's.
- Planned to run GOR 1/2 in May
- Long runs now out to 27 kms.
- Plan was to do Melbourne Marathon (full).
May 2010
- Orthotics tweaked by Chris Petropoulos, right orthotic, medial posting increased.
- Pain in left foot
- Extreme pain in right foot lateral malleolus <just below>
- Pulled out of race and saw Dr. Ben Barresi at Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre
- Nuclear Bone Scan
- Told to stop running for six weeks
- Read medical report & nuclear bone scan findings <From Dr. Ben Barresi>
May - June 2010
- No running
- Swimming instead <sorry hated it>
July 2010
- Visited Phillip Brownrigg (Strathmore)
- Learn how to walk again, foot exercises etc
- Could teach my foot to have an arch etc
- Didn't work!!!! :-(
July - August 2010
- Did exercises given by physio 4 times a day every day for 8 weeks
- Minor pain still there
- Informed that I wasn't doing the exercises correctly.
- Me, having done all the exercises correctly, very frustrated! :-(
August 2010
- Back into running on a semi-regular basis
- 21.1+ distances, relatively pain free.
September - October 2010
- Continued to train ok
- Completed my 2nd 1/2 Melbourne Marathon with a PB <very relaxed and enjoyed it>
November - December 2010
- Break from running, 4 or 5 runs at the most
- Purchased road bike from a cross training perspective - Barely used
December - June 2011
- A run every now and then - no pain in left foot
- Pain in right foot - just below lateral malleolus
- Hurts during run, sometimes
- Hurts when I lift my foot off the ground (for a few seconds then fades away)
July 2011
- Foot smashed into - Fellow cub leader at high speed
- Stopped running. Barely walk etc.
- Saw doctor
- Visited Chris Petropoulos - Had CT scan but not MRI.
- CT scan showed no issues, no stress fractures etc.
- Informed possible ligament/tendon damage
- 1st MTP - "catches", often, even when walking
July 2011 - January 2012
- No running - Left foot still sore.
January 2012
- Walked on unstable smooth rocks - riverbed up at Bright
- Bruised left foot near back of foot
- Next day - Plantar Fasciitis???? Sore in the mornings etc.
February 2012 - March 2012
- No Running
- Thailand - Giardia :-(
- Found early stages of bowel cancer because of the giardia! Dodged a bullet there! :-)
May 2012 - Present
- Started running again :-)
- Mild to moderate pain
- Left foot pain in 1st MTP, initially stiff but is now feeling ok.
- Pain underneath foot though end of 2nd MTP
- Continued Pain in right foot - just below lateral malleolus win in right foot,
- Plantar Fasciitis???? Sore in the mornings etc. However has settled down
- Enjoying the runs however a little stiff after the longer runs
- Running 3 to 4 times per week
- Running this Sunday at You Yangs : 15kms of trail running!
- Goal : Another Melbourne 1/2 Marathon
- Next year : GOR full
- Life time : Continue to run! :-) Plus loving the trails! :-)
