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FAST PLEASE!
Hey! I know, I ask a TUN of questions about tracK!
but, I have a meet on monday! (Im asking this on Saturday Morning) and I have HORRIBLE pains in my knees and ankels when i run, and after i run i have the pains in my ankels. it always feels like my i am going to sprain my ankel!
I have pratice in about an hour!
so, i need some help! what should i do to make myself go faster, despite the pains.
I know how to at the meet because i only have to do it one time, but at pratice wtih the continous working, what should I do??
and any ways to go faster, and im in the 4X1 relay! anyone have sugestions for that either?
Also- I know what the pains are coming from-its the track.
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sorry its so long, but i only have a little over one hour before i have to leave for pratice!
Thanks In Advance!
-*KelC*-
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ok well once a day go for a walk then the next day go for a run and alternate each day. or .. you could walk for 5 min run for 10 min walk for 5 min run for 10 and so on to get your ankel better .. also you shoould go see a doctor you might have something serisouls rong and for the mean time tell your coach you cant run because you hurt your leg. JESSiCA
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you can buy an ankel brace pr a knee brace and it gives you support and should take away the pain.. for knee braces i reccomend the ones that velcro not the slip ons.
you can buy both at eckerds/rite aid or any drug store
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ok well once a day go for a walk then the next day go for a run and alternate each day. or .. you could walk for 5 min run for 10 min walk for 5 min run for 10 and so on to get your ankel better .. also you shoould go see a doctor you might have something serisouls rong and for the mean time tell your coach you cant run because you hurt your leg. JESSiCA
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hey! You could get Knee braces and ankel braces. But one thing you should do is tell your coach or your athletic trainer that you are having Very bad pains in your knees and ankels. DONT PUSH YOURSELF. that will defenitly MAKE IT WORSE. Hope i helped *Michelle*
PS: Good luck with Track!
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I wouldn't push yourself. If you're in a lot of pain, pushing yourself can make it worse. I would recommend seeing a doctor. You could try to ice it, or put a heating pad over it. Or maybe you can wrap it in an ace bandage. Maybe stretching your knees and ankles might help a little too.
If you want to run faster, you probably just have to practice more. Practice in your backyard or something, start off slower and over time your pace should increase. But right now I would try to get your ankles and knees to feel better. Goodluck!
Hope I helped!
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get one of those icy hot patches or take some tylenol b 4 or after the meets and practices
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hum.. hum hum.. Well, having the fact that I do play soccer.. I would know some things about speed, though there are two kinds of speed, and two kinds of ways your muscles can adjust. In your muscles are fast twitch and slow twitch reflexes. Fast twitch are more for the sprinting type of thing your talking about, where as slow twitch are more for the cross country or endurance runner. Down side to these muscles are that you can never have high levels of both, you are one way or another, or at least this is what my coach says. (who knows, he's a crazy old person.. *shrug*) For this, because soccer players need to have plenty of speed, he has a speed camp to build up the fast twitch reflexes in our muscles. There are a lot of small little things that make you have to react and move faster that we do at soccer, primarily a "speed camp" my coach holds... some examples..
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hoops - he sets some plastic hoops out in a sort of flower pattern, you jump and change which foot is in the hoop every time and go all the way around the circle. Sometimes we do about like 3 reps one way, and then 3 the other. Since you don't have hoops, just take some chalk and make circles on the ground.
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hurdles - There are small hurdles we use (he sets some wood blocks ontop of cones so that it's lower than a normal hurdle) and you do two steps in between each going as fast as you can.
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crates - You those plastic crates? the ones that you can see inside, and they are those boxes. Well, that can be an easy tool. Just set it down, opening facing the ground. Jump over the box, placing your foot on the top (the one that's closest to the box on that side) You can do this in intervals, like pyramids. 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min.. back down. And who says you have to use a box, use your little brother if you want, anything you can jump over will do.
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I hope I provided plenty of ideas for you, good luck with track.. :)
p.s. excuse the sloppiness of my pictures, just thought that would more easily explain things..
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im gonna try to keep this simple:
dont push yourself until the pains go away. i dont do track but i play soccer and softball and i sprained my ankle and i kept playing and i made it worse. go slow until the pains go away.
hope i helped
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HeY! I think that first thing you should do is let your parens or whoever know.. they might be able to get you s brace for your ankle and knee for support. I would also let yor coach know. Then i would ice it like ALL the time until Monday. You should also take some medicine to reduce the pain. I play select soccer and i always sprain something and istrained my calf muscle just yesterday. When i get hurt i ice it , tell people so they can help me, take medicine, and then when i am in a game (( or for you a meet) and it would start to hurt i would just run faster knowing that the race would be over the faster i ran.. then i the pains wold stop. Also it helps if you strech better... like really hard.. that also reduces pain.. and cold water too. I hope this helped and remember talk to someone nothing bad can come from that.. you will et more help that way. Remember if it starts to hurt while you are running push yourself and be strong! Hope i helped Good Luck Monday!! XoXo kacie
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Just tell your coaches and tell them if it REALLY hurts!! because you don't want to get hurt before your meet!! Because I had the same problem so if they start hurting really bad say maybe you can sit out a couple of runs. They will understand.
Hope I helped!! And good luck in your meet!!
~Marielle
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