Track meet coming up! Been out with a sprained ankle!?

Question

My track meet is coming up in 2 and a half weeks, and I'm out with a sprained ankle. Im in a local track club, so I train all year round...I haven't trained in about 5 weeks, and its quickly approaching. Track is super important to me, with my club im aiming for 800 m provincials, and this is my last elementary school meet till highschool...I really want to do well. I'm really afraid that my muscles wont be in shape. I've been on crutches the whole time, but I've been walking around at home. I'm ditching the crutches this weekend, but on to my questions...

1. Will my training have gone to waist in the 5 weeks I haven't trained? (my muscles...will they have "wasted away"?)

2. How can I train without running, exercises etc. I'm going to get into running slowly, I already have OSD in both my kness, so I'm not screwing up my ankle too. (osgood-shlatters disease)

HELP!

Answer 1

i have osgood schlatters disease in my left knee but that doesn't stop me. I play tennis which means less running but i hadn't ran for a few of months and it only took me a week maybe two to get my legs back in shape. Just keep running and don't overdo it and you should do fine at your next track meet. Good luck!

Answer 2

1st things 1st, be patient letting your body heal. Never ever run while injured, not even workouts. You won't do well during the race and you will make your injury worse. 2nd If you want don't want to get out of shape, you can still workout. Do exercises that don't use the injured body part. Sprained ankle means no running, maybe you can ride a stationary bike sitting down. If you have access to a pool, you can swim or wear a life vest and run in place floating in the water.

Answer 3

you should never run injured,

ps. I have a question for u to answer please, i have a track meet coming up in a couple of days and i keep getting stitches when i practice can you give me some advice on this.

THX

Answer 4

the most important thing to do is just rest untill it is fully healed...even if that means that you miss your track meet. trust me, you will make it worse if you rush back into it. and you will eventually get back into training once you fully heal. but right now, try to just rest and take things one step at a time!

Answer 5

im going to say yes but if you have been running all year it should be easy to get back into shape for know try lifting weights and getting your hart used to working hard but if you can run now that you should be able to get in shape

Answer 6

were you referred to a physical therapist call your doctor to seek professional help why would you want to hurt your ankle again

Answer 7

ask again and put it in the running section