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I was already doing a bunch of stuff when I saw him - I had a routine which comprised unweighted squats, deadlifts, split squats with back leg supported (can’t recall what they’re called), step ups bringing my knee up, loads of bent knee calf raises, glutes and adductors, and core stuff like planks.
His view was that it was all fine, but if I wanted to run then it was all a bit of a waste of time and I should work on running, but do so from the most basic level and make very small increases. The rationale being that I could do all that stuff so it wasn’t an inability to hold a plank for 2 mins rather 1 min or 10 deadlifts of 100kg rather than 50kg that would improve matters.
I think (for me) he was spot on and I really just needed someone to keep me in check. I was doing a couple of weeks of restrained running and then, as all was well, pretty much launch back into the same distance and speed as before, and then injure myself a couple of weeks later.
This approach seems to be working so far….
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Out of interest, what sort of exercises did your physio have you doing?
I'm in the same boat (suspected, at least), but have also opted to stay off running for most of this year, as even walking causes flair ups.