Yeah, there's this whole balancing act. Pushing yourself to your limit, not babying yourself, but still being careful with your body, being atentinve to not damage it. Pain is one thing, injury is quite another. I'm currently in my own "comeback" phase - it's hard to go full bore, while conciously trying to kee myslef in check so I don't try to push myself in a way I'm not currently capable of performing, which would be at best disheartening.
Anyway, there are studies that show many pain killers actually inhibit the muscle repair process, inhibiting the gains from "working out". My rule of thumb is that I'll either live with the pain, or not do it, if it can't be treated with this:
I think I've only take painkillers once from all this and it was so I could get through a dance class the next day or something.
Seriously though, I have no idea what I did -- the lower right side of my rib cage under my arm keeps twinging. I didn't even know there was anything there to twinge.
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Date: 2006-12-12 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-12 04:09 pm (UTC)Yeah, there's this whole balancing act. Pushing yourself to your limit, not babying yourself, but still being careful with your body, being atentinve to not damage it. Pain is one thing, injury is quite another. I'm currently in my own "comeback" phase - it's hard to go full bore, while conciously trying to kee myslef in check so I don't try to push myself in a way I'm not currently capable of performing, which would be at best disheartening.
Anyway, there are studies that show many pain killers actually inhibit the muscle repair process, inhibiting the gains from "working out". My rule of thumb is that I'll either live with the pain, or not do it, if it can't be treated with this:
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:12 pm (UTC)Seriously though, I have no idea what I did -- the lower right side of my rib cage under my arm keeps twinging. I didn't even know there was anything there to twinge.