It’s important to keep moving even if you’re hurt.
the study looked at 49 recreational runners for one year. All were issued activity monitors to track dailyThey also completed a weekly survey about running-related pain, and whether they had made any modifications. If a runner reduced or cancelled at least three planned training sessions within seven days, it was considered an “injured week.”
Compared with uninjured weeks, runners engaged in 14 fewer minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per day if they had an injury, leading researchers to conclude that they didn’t replace “lost running time” with other exercise. Although participants weren’t asked why they didn't maintain activity levels, it could be that they lacked access to other forms of exercise, or simply weren’t interested, according to study coauthor, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University Bloomington.
“It could be that runners truly embrace that time off, although they might grudgingly decide to take it,” she toldAnother insight from the study, she added, was that runners definitely “ran through the pain,” since many reported having running-related pain but did not cancel or modify any training. Gruber said that may be related to ultimately becoming injured, so the increase in sedentary time is not a bad thing—rather, it's likely a much-needed rest for the musculoskeletal system.
“As long as a recreational runner goes back to their usual amount of running or exercise after they’ve recovered, then not replacing lost running time with other activities may not have long-term health effects,” Gruber said.
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