tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post1440837172260711905..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: Suck It Up and RunDoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-762482369629490202009-06-05T00:47:48.172-04:002009-06-05T00:47:48.172-04:00Don't know if you'll see this on such an o...Don't know if you'll see this on such an old post, but I came here to reread these tonight. I took up running in 2007, inspired by your maggoty advice. It lasted a while and then the heat hit me like a steaming load of bricks. So I started up again last April and it went great. Ran my first 5k in June. But was felled again in late summer by heat and a brief illness. A month or two later ISlowpokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-55108286049149363912007-01-16T14:50:00.000-05:002007-01-16T14:50:00.000-05:00A few years ago, when I was 38, my orthopedist (a ...A few years ago, when I was 38, my orthopedist (a famous sports medicine doctor in Seattle and often named as the best ortho in town) absolutely forbade me to continue running. He told me I had arthritis in my hips and sternly lectured me that the only hope for me was to preserve what mobility I had left. He went on and on about how running was the very worst thing in the world for me. He Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-8866352728089909772007-01-14T22:26:00.000-05:002007-01-14T22:26:00.000-05:00Amen, sister.Amen, sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-61004280751235796782007-01-14T03:10:00.000-05:002007-01-14T03:10:00.000-05:00Yeah! I think that is the right diagnosis!!! It is...Yeah! I think that is the right diagnosis!!! It is a bizarre thing that gets better and worse for no reason and your knee feels like it is off track and then on track and then off track again. I did hurt my knee badly while hiking a few years back (while trying to jump over a puddle like a dope). I thought it was a recurrence but that webpage sounded completely correct.<br /><br />Hooray. That Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-14364477054423650462007-01-13T07:46:00.000-05:002007-01-13T07:46:00.000-05:00amy (and maybe ozma)-chances are very good that yo...amy (and maybe ozma)-chances are very good that you've got patellofemoral syndrome, a disorder almost exclusively of young, wimpy women. The good news is that this almost never progresses; the bad news is that it's pretty annoying. The best treatment is quadriceps strengthening, however you achieve that; a decent handout on the syndrome is <a href="http://www.aafp.org/afp/991101ap/991101b.html">DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-85488089916296662492007-01-13T03:23:00.000-05:002007-01-13T03:23:00.000-05:00Right on. I can't stand the whole 'rest and take i...Right on. I can't stand the whole 'rest and take it easy advice.' <br /><br />I like this advice. Although--I have a knee injury and the comments above give me pause. Still, the idea of getting to work out when I am injured makes me happy since I partly fear injury because it might make me unable to work out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-52144544446756513732007-01-13T00:03:00.000-05:002007-01-13T00:03:00.000-05:00Doctor Mama, I have been meaning to ask you about ...Doctor Mama, I have been meaning to ask you about my running! I started your regimen early this fall and stuck with it for about two months. I enjoyed it, but I had increasing strangeness in my knees the more I kept at it. It wasn't a sharp pain, just a weird stiffness and acheyness. It got to the point where it was persisting all the time, not just during my runs. My knees felt so strained, I Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082051698501286655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-45692348263891013102007-01-12T22:27:00.000-05:002007-01-12T22:27:00.000-05:00I can't swim instead? Really? I want to swiiiimm...I can't swim instead? Really? I want to swiiiimmmmmmm.....<br /><br />Running definitely makes my already-reconstructed knee worse and my DDDs markedly unhappy. Walking I can do, but I really love swimming. Sadly, exercise expert-type folks don't love the swimming so much. Ah, well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381808226138110508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-81587280680556351202007-01-12T20:05:00.000-05:002007-01-12T20:05:00.000-05:00Maybe I am extreme... but I went running the day a...Maybe I am extreme... but I went running the day after I tore my rotator cuff and cracked my collarbone - it hurt with each step, but I refused to NOT run. Plus the leopard print sling was a great accessory.<br /><br />I love running - with running and sensible eating I have lost 45 pounds in the past 9 months - and have an awesome health profile. Ran on small islands in Fiji, run around nasty Romancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902489253812580658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-73485580127234928462007-01-12T13:15:00.000-05:002007-01-12T13:15:00.000-05:00I've found that walking hurts my back more than ru...I've found that walking hurts my back more than running, so guess what I do???LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489255087940167945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-55559876362321787662007-01-12T07:32:00.000-05:002007-01-12T07:32:00.000-05:00Oddly my knee, which was hurting only when I ran, ...Oddly my knee, which was hurting only when I ran, now doesn't hurt when I run, but does hurt at other odd times.<br /><br />So I'm carrying on running! I'm now up to 1min walk/7mins run. Thank you DoctorMama. But there is a faint possibility I might be pregnant so perhaps you could give some advice on that...DrSpousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259337858075146058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-51833894114386212532007-01-11T23:47:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:47:00.000-05:00Dear Dr. Mama,
I do so miss the gratuitous insult...Dear Dr. Mama,<br /><br />I do so miss the gratuitous insults. Please?<br /><br />Thank you,<br />Felix.Felix Kaszahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632822169351276667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-41587102159488533922007-01-11T20:09:00.000-05:002007-01-11T20:09:00.000-05:00Funny - I just put on my running clothes and am ha...Funny - I just put on my running clothes and am having a final cup of tea before I go. I keep checking in here and on Cool Running to keep my motivation up. <br /><br />Thanks for the kick in the butt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-37932261502289718672007-01-11T16:52:00.000-05:002007-01-11T16:52:00.000-05:00This is timely. The doc says I've got inflamed ca...This is timely. The doc says I've got inflamed cartilage between my ribs which is making my left breast a bit painful and uncomfortable. No idea how I did it. Was going to rest but went to my exercise class as usual because I'd go bananas otherwise (it's an active yoga-type thing). Tomorrow I have pilates and I do a lot of walking around pushing my daughter in her buggy. I wondered whether IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com