Best decision and worst actions for injured runners

The best decision is the decision to take the right action. The second best decision is to take the wrong action. And the worst decision of all if you are an injured runner is make a decision to take no action at all. 

More often than not, when an injured runner limps into a doctor's office, the doctor tells the runner she has to stop running. We as runners are told to rest. These well-meaning doctors are trying to heal the one specific injury but they are doing so at the risk of ruining your ability to run permanently.

When we sit still we get weaker, stiffer and our fitness vanishes. Believe it or not, we as injured runners often do the same thing to ourselves. 

I get messages all the time from injured runners who are trying to find the best decision before they will take any action.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about the best decision and worst actions for injured runners.