Earlier this month I shared with my readers that during my half marathon training I became injured. This was a major set back to me in terms of training.
As it’s my first half marathon, I need all the training I can get, so being injured was not good. Thankfully with rest and lots of frozen peas, I’m pretty much back to normal! I did however have to take two weeks out of my training schedule and reduce the distance I was running.
The half marathon is just nine days away. I once felt confident about finishing, however I’m now feeling slightly more nervous due to my injury.
Whilst injured I took to the internet to research my injury and what I could do to help recovery quickly. That’s when I came across this infographic. Did you know that one in 20 now visit a physio or chiropractor post injury found a new report by personal injury solicitors Hayward Baker. Their handy injury compensation calculator was also interesting to look at. You can select on a body map where your injury is to see the potential claim value.
The research carried out by Hayward Baker also revealed that nearly half of us have suffered a ‘gym-injury’, with 12% even having to go to A&E after a workout. In addition to this, 38% of people don’t bother to warm up and one in twenty admits they don’t know how to use the equipment. This really did surprise me. I remember going to a gym once when I was considering joining up. One of the first things they did was an induction with me. They showed me around and also how to use the equipment. I can imagine, however that if your induction is pretty short and you’re being shown how to use lots of different equipment, then it’s easy to forget.
The most common injury is a sprained ankle, while 18% of people have a long-term back problem due to exercise.
One of the findings which is most relevant to me is that the research also revealed one in ten have gone full throttle and not built up their miles when attempting long distance running. When it came to training for my first half marathon, I found an intermediate training plan online as I already had some distance under my belt. The plan starts off with your current level and gradually over a number of weeks you start to build your distance up. It just goes to show that even with all the planning and research in the world, you can still end up injured!
Why not have a read of the infographic below and let me know your thoughts?
