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You can run through minor pain. However, you should never attempt to run through pain that is significant enough to alter your stride. The reason being is that by doing so, you risk other injuries. For example, if you have strained your glutes, then you may attempt to compensate while running by using your calve muscle more, this could then strain your calve muscles, which causes them to knot up, and puts more stress on your achilles and could eventually result in achilles tendinitis.
I don't know what I did but my left ass cheek hurts and causes a slight limp and ****s up my stride as I run. I've gotten up to 3 miles a day and I don't want to take even a day off so I ran through it yesterday (only a mile) and ran 3 flights of steps ten times. Should I take today off and just do calisthenics instead or run through it?
Yes. I wouldnt push it. More than moderate exercise is not good for most people anyway.Should I take today off and just do calisthenics instead or run through it?
Running through pain was invented by ignorant high school coaches. I know, I had one. Pain is a protective mechanism that should be heeded. I ran track and cross-country in HS, and there were idiots younger than me already wrapping their knees from injuries. People are much smarter now, but there were many fools in the old days.
I don't know what I did but my left ass cheek hurts and causes a slight limp and ****s up my stride as I run. I've gotten up to 3 miles a day and I don't want to take even a day off so I ran through it yesterday (only a mile) and ran 3 flights of steps ten times. Should I take today off and just do calisthenics instead or run through it?
Sounds like you need to also check your running shoes. Once you start a serious running routine (you haven't used the word "jog") you need to get a 2nd pair of good running shoes - one for each day. The rubber used in the soles can start to compress (especially with intensity exercise like running stairs or hills) if you use the same shoes every day so a 2nd pair allows the rubber some time to recover. (Don't wear the shoes around town either as you don't allow the soles to recover either)
Sorbethane insoles also help to cushion impact on your knee and upper thigh muscles.
If you're lucky enough to have a proper sports shop (and the assistants are runners) get shoe advice from them. There are some really good (and inexpensive) running shoes out there among the high price fashion shoes that many people are fooled into buying.
Good advice I've just been using an old pair of Chuck Taylors.
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