[Lydia227]

Hello Everyone,

Let me begin that I really have learned a lot from this forum as well as the Ladies Who Lift forum. Up to this point, there really wasn't a need for me to leave my "lurker" status. But today is a new day...

In March I injured myself while running. It was the classic case of too much too soon and yes, I know, I should have known better. I maintained my activity levels by cycling and doing the elliptical. I felt like I was getting stronger and tried to run again. Big mistake. I had an MRI completed last friday and was told that I have a stress fracture in the pubis(hip, groin) area. GRRR.

The physician I am working with is a sports doctor with the university. I am in good care. That being said I am going stir crazy not being able to get any cardio in my day. I asked if I could do the elliptical and he said NO. I asked about cycling, and he winced. Then he said, "Let me make this real clear, if you come back in three weeks and this isn't getting better, your going home with crutches.." HMM. This is serious.

So, I've been real good this week. I have only been lifting upper body three times this week and went home from the gym without any cardio. (Hardly broke a sweat..)

While in the pool with my sons this afternoon it occurred to me, maybe I could run in water. Is this unrealistic considering the injury I have. Does anyone run in water and if so, could you offer advice? Also, all you runners out there, how long really do I need to wait with this stress fracture. Three weeks I know is not going to heal it. Really the injury was in March... I'm just really freaked out about the idea of not getting a really good cardio workout in for a very long time. Since September I have lost close to 48 pounds. I refuse to regain this weight, but without the cardio element in my workout, I'm really worried.

Thanks.

[midwife]

How about simply swimming or treading water? It seems you might want to avoid any sort of repetitive pounding, even if it is blunted by water. I would ask the sports medicine guy.

[Sheila53]

There are deep water running shoes that you can purchase to run in the deep part of the pool. They were developed by a track coach who wanted his runners to be able to still "run" when they had injuries. I tried a pair once, and they were great! You might want to google "deep water running shoes" and see if you can find out more information.

[Lydia227]

Thanks for the swimming suggestion. I thought of that, except I've never really learned how to swim well. Like for exercise. Maybe it's time to take lessons. I've certainly have taken my sons to enough of them...

Oohh, water running shoes. Thanks for the idea. I am going now to see what I can google up. Thanks!