Injury vs. Niggles: How to tell the difference and what to do when either strikes

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It can be trickey to tell the difference between a niggle and an injury but how you respond when something doesn’t feel quite right could be the difference between a PR and and DNF. Coach Hayley Munn joins us in this to show, bringing her educational background in physical therapy and years of coaching experience to help tell the difference between an injury and a niggle and explain what to do about each of them.

It can be really challenging sometimes for even the most experienced runners to make this distinction but there are some general guidelines you can follow to stay healthy and limit the chances of a niggle or injury derailing your training. To better understand these strategies we’re going to cover topics that include:

What is a niggle and how is it different from an injury?
How thinking more positively about an injury can actually help in the recovery process
How much running is appropriate if you think that you may be injured
And strategies you can use to maximize your chances of getting to the start line in good health

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0:00.0	As soon as you start panicking about that injury, you're going to be increasing your stress levels,
0:05.0	and that's actually probably going to make things even worse.
0:08.0	So I have found that not panicking about a nickel is actually quite helpful.
0:12.0	But it can be hard hard especially if you've got
0:14.9	like a big race coming up. So well done if you can not panic about it because I
0:18.9	haven't really mastered that yet. That clip from Coach Haley Munn is a bit of a teaser for a discussion on managing
0:25.0	running niggles and injuries, including the impact of non-exercise factors like stress and
0:29.5	sleep.
0:30.8	Haley is currently a full-time coach with our team, but has a background in physical therapy
0:35.5	and joins us to discuss the difference between niggles and injuries, as well as what you can do
0:39.6	about each of them.
0:41.5	This was such an interesting conversation that's entirely changed my perspective
0:45.4	on injury prevention and treatment. I don't want to spoil everything, but Haley is a huge
0:50.5	advocate for a holistic approach to treatment that's tailored to the individual.
0:55.1	I know injuries can be a huge source of stress and even the most experienced runners can
0:59.7	struggle to separate a small nickel from a more serious injury.
1:03.0	Me and Haley go on to discuss tons of great tips for staying healthy and injury free,
1:08.0	so stay tuned for some great topics that include,
1:11.0	what is a nickel and how is it different from an injury?
1:14.0	How thinking more positively about an injury can actually help in the recovery process.
1:18.8	How much running is appropriate if you think that you may be injured?
1:22.1	And strategies you can use to maximize your chances
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