After Injury, Can You Still Continue Training? Here are 3 Points to Note!
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When exercising, you will encounter various problems, but the most distressing is that you get injured during exercise. So, if you get injured, can I still continue exercising? The author has personally experienced this.
At that time, because I was just starting to squat, my movements weren't very skilled, so my knee hurt. It was only after a period of recovery training that I was able to continue squatting.
Let's go back to the question. When we are injured, if we don't train, it's like watching our muscles slowly disappear, but if we train, we're afraid our injuries will worsen,This really makes people feel distressed, and there isn't a single answer to solve it.
However, when we are injured, we need to pay attention to three points,
1The severity of the injury
The injury we suffer, to what extent?Which part of the body is affected by the injury? Some injuries are more complicated (shoulders, necks, wrists, and knees). Injuries to these areas affect many movements,
In other words, when we do a lot of movements, we will use these parts, and many times we will unknowingly trigger injuries. So, when we have injuries in these parts, continuing to do so will easily worsen the injury,
So, how do we determine the severity of the injury?If you choose to see a doctor or physical therapist, they will advise you to rest. So, you need to ask yourself: where are you injured, which part hurts, how much does it hurt, when do you feel pain when doing certain movements? This is what we need to know,
If it's a minor pain, and you know some techniques, you can continue training. In the minor or moderate pain level, we can consider the next question,
2The time to achieve the goal
Do we urgently need to achieve this goal? If my fitness is just for the sake of physical health, then we can stop training,
If our goal is to gain muscle or lose fat, we need to consider that the longer we rest, the more muscle and fat we lose. Our fitness motivation will also decline. But completely not training avoids further injury and allows for better recovery, but time is uncertain,
If you choose to continue training, you need to avoid training key areas. Regular exercise can speed up our body's recovery process, which is also beneficial for injuries. So, it depends on how urgent our goals are,
If we are a goal-oriented person, and we need to achieve a goal at a certain time point, we can choose to avoid key areas and consult experienced friends,
3The amount of fitness experience - more or less
Here, experience refers to our understanding of fitness and injuries. If we are familiar with fitness, we will know which movements will cause further injuries,What should the training intensity be? What's the critical point?
This may sound abstract, because some injuries may not completely heal. So, we must understand our bodies,
In summary, the three main points are:We need to understand our bodies and injuries, and then consider whether to continue training or rest, whether to reduce the training weight, or avoid training injured areas.
