Medical advice, anyone...?

Chaz.Harding
Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
edited September 2010 in The Crudcatcher
So, I was dumb enough to run a loooong way at the weekend.

As such, walking is now almost excruciatingly painful. My Achilles tendons on both legs are swollen and very sore. And the inside of my left knee hurts like a biatch if I bend it... :(

I'm not taking any drugs currently. Any advice?
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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Consult a doctor.
    Any advice given here could lead to erectile dysfunction, paralysis, heart problems and even suicide.
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  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    Take ibuprofen and a pill of MTFU.
    Looks like a Kona
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    MTFU and get wasted
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    sounds like aids
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  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Tartanyak wrote:
    Take ibuprofen....

    ...and rest it. Next time try to run a normal distance before running a stupid distance. Were you trying to impress a girl?
  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    Impress, or chase through dark woods on a rainy night?
    Looks like a Kona
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    intensive massage + pain killers for pudding then bed rest for 24 hours + then gentle stretching and yoga
  • Alex
    Alex Posts: 2,086
    You have worms.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Alex and Surfbum are both right. It's worm aids.

    Also, you've got some kind of mental problem that keeps making you want to run insane distances. I prescribe kebabs, take one three times a day for 6 months and see if that helps :wink:
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    bails87 wrote:
    Also, you've got some kind of mental problem that keeps making you want to run insane distances.

    + kebabs
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Doesn't matter how much pain you're in, there's a more important matter.
    Did you catch your victim?
    If not, then you didn't run far or fast enough, and you're now pretty much screwed.
  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    sorry, seem like you have to cut them off.
    "It is not impossible, its just improbable"

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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    Two rocks and bang uhm together on ya danglies will solve it all.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Ibuprofen is made of Aids
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    RTW-Chaz wrote:
    So, I was dumb enough to run a loooong way at the weekend.
    I was once dumb enough to run 15 cross-country miles carrying a six foot fence post, for charidee. It was three weeks before I could walk downstairs properly and my left achilles still feels weird sometimes.

    MTBing is loads better.
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    .blitz wrote:
    RTW-Chaz wrote:
    So, I was dumb enough to run a loooong way at the weekend.
    I was once dumb enough to run 15 cross-country miles carrying a six foot fence post, for charidee. It was three weeks before I could walk downstairs properly and my left achilles still feels weird sometimes.

    MTBing is loads better.
    Thanks for the advice.

    For the record, it's not AIDS, I had sex with a virgin, so I cured myself. And it's not worms either - I don't eat tons, but I'm still overweight... :?

    At the end, I'd ran 110 miles, in one stint. It was over 18 hours, so a steady pace. My legs are alright today, especially since I've been moving around. I think I just need a few days of no phys whatsoever, then by Thursday I'll be running again :D
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    drink more water..... lots more water.....
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    110 miles :shock:
    Fugginell, are you training for the SAS or something?
  • RupertCommunicator
    RupertCommunicator Posts: 734
    110 miles?! Why would you do that?! It's definitely achievable, so I believe you, but why would you do it?

    There is little training value to doing that sort of endurance and all you'll do is injure yourself!

    There's a time and a place for such feats, and that is as yehaa said, selection. 8)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    well, selection, OR running after a particularly determined murder victim.
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    Well, I wouldn't need to run that far training for SAS selection. The furthest distance is 64km, but that's with a bergen, over the Brecon Beacons, so you'd definitely not be running much.

    And injuries, not so much. A few of my muscles were a bit sore, and inflamed from the period of extreme phys I had tortured them with. No lasting damage. I'm a million times better this evening than I was this morning.

    Why do it...? Well, until you run a very, very long way, you will never be able to understand. And I'm not at all being condescending, but it's true. I can't explain why I do it, why I NEED to do it, but I do. I guess, at least in part, I need to test my limits, find out just exactly how far I can push myself before I cave in.

    My plan for the next few months is to build up to running 40-50 miles most weekends, but self-sufficient. It's very possible, but my tendons and ligaments need to be introduced into it.

    :D
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    RTW-Chaz wrote:
    Why do it...? Well, until you run a very, very long way, you will never be able to understand. And I'm not at all being condescending, but it's true. I can't explain why I do it, why I NEED to do it, but I do.
    I think I know what you mean. Whilst I do not actually enjoy the act of "running", I do enjoy it, just zoning out with my MP3 player on and running, and running and running.
    I don't anything NEAR the distances you do though, but I think I understand where you're coming from.

    Did you see the thing on telly where Eddie Izzard ran a ton of marathons back to back? Crazy!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    i know what you mean about testing your body, my mate who is a commando told me he always had to test himself, he then pointed his four fingers at me and tol me that if he didnt test his body constantly, he wouldnt know that he could fit all of those four fingers up his obvious.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Did he test that they fitted up your obvious?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    he wouldnt onc i told him that if he wanted to try i would snip them all off.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    surely it would be easier to fit them all up if they were snipped off? he could pop themn in one after the other rather than all at the same time.
    You should have suggested that to him.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    you might be misunderstanding me, i meant that once they were in me, i would snip them off with my sphincter. i reckon mine would snip through flesh and bone easily enough.
  • neddie
    neddie Posts: 101
    110 Miles

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    i know what you mean about testing your body, my mate who is a commando told me he always had to PLAY with himself, .

    Fixed.
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  • mea00csf
    mea00csf Posts: 558
    wow! the first post made me think you'd slightly overstretched yourself on a training run, on a nice evening, got carried away and taken the long route or something!! There's a long distance running event you might be interested in. It's John o'groats to Lands end in 2 weeks, running a double marathon a day. Someone at work tried it but had to pull out after the first week due to "elephantitus", his ankles were so swollen he couldn't wear shoes for a few days! :shock:

    http://www.ultrarace.co.uk/events/details/?eventid=94
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