<p>How do you guys deal with this? I love sports and I injured my calf like 2 months ago going too hard on a cross country workout. I cant do anything now, and it's really frustrating. I'm feeling more depressed and I can't seem to concentrate. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Just do things you like to do that don’t involve using your calf? I can’t think of anything else.</p>
<p><rant> I recently ruptured my achilles tendon. I am top ten in girl’s basketball in the state of Georgia. If colleges have expressed interest in you, your injury should not deter them. In retrospect, I have been working harder to get back in the game than I had when I was playing; I think I’ll end up becoming better than I was before.</rant></p>
<p>It all depends on your psyche. If you continue feeling depressed, once you have recovered from your injury your performance will reflect that. Trust me, there is life after cross country. This hiatus is a prime opportunity to work on your grades and any upcoming national exams. It amazed me how much extra time I had on my hands when I could no longer participate in a sport. Social life? What?</p>
<p>Best of luck to you and PM if you want to further this discussion.</p>
<p>You have to give it some time to heal…I started walking about two weeks before the doctor suggested when I injured mine but it all worked just fine in the end…I’m not sure how bad you are injured so I can’t really say. You can still stay in shape! push ups…sit ups 
best of luck!</p>
<p>At the end of my fourth season of track, I was diagnosed with iliotibial band syndrome on both my legs, but which only caused extreme lateral knee pain on my right side.I took three months off and went through physical therapy, which alleviated the pain and relaxed the tissue a bit. When I came back, I spent a week or two easing into the workouts, skipping meets altogether.</p>
<p>I’m halfway through my eighth and probably final season of track, and symptoms sometimes return during difficult workouts. Usually, daily stretching and massaging keeps the pain in check, but sometimes I have to take the day off if it’s unbearable. </p>
<p>To counter the boredom, I put all my spare energy into working out at the gym (minus the legs), which helped a lot in keeping me active. During recovery, I went on walks or easy cycling, nothing too strenuous.</p>
<p>It depends on how bad it is. I busted my knee when I was 13 and had to stay out of sports for 2 sports seasons. I chose to coach instead. Then when I was a freshmen I played JV (and a few games of varsity) basketball at my hs. I injured my knee again and I was told I could never play competitively again, or else risk losing the ability to run. </p>
<p>You really need to give it time to heal. Don’t try to play on it too quickly and don’t try to “suck it up” and do it. If there’s pain, there is a REASON why there is pain. </p>
<p>When you do start working out again, go SLOWLY. Do NOT push yourself. Your body will still be healing long after you think it is done.</p>
<p>Eat a high protein, calcium, and vitamin D diet to help your bones.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice. im sorry romans…
but at least your doctor was smart enough to tell you that.</p>
<p>im varsity, but not good enough to be recruited, so I guess that’s a good side.</p>
<p>It worked out for the best- I challenged that energy into helping kids in sports. I started a nonprofit basketball league for inner city kids. :)</p>
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<p>Don’t sell yourself short. :)</p>
<p>I tore my ACL and meniscus. I’m out for six months (going on my fifth month right now).</p>
<p>Like Aero, I just work out in the gym, bike, and practice hitting/setting/bumping.</p>
<p>^yeah, I’ll have to find an activity I like + can do at the gym.</p>
<p>roman, that’s cool. I used to play basketball. And I’m not really selling myself short. I’m a junior, and I’ll be out for the rest of track, so I think that ruins my chances of getting recruited.</p>
<p>I broke my hand in the first game of the basketball season. It is definatly tough, not only the recovery, but then getting everything back in shape.</p>
<p>I suggest you rely on your teammates and coaches for support. A tight network of athlete friendships will make the loss more bearable.</p>
<p>Finally, a positive attitude can do wonders. I know sitting out can be incredibly hard, but you have to keep your head up and believe that you will get better.</p>
<p>Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Right before nationals last year I got achilles tendonitis. I was a freshman and trained way to hard. I was on my teams 4xmile and did aqua running everyday paired with biking for 3 weeks before, I ran a 4:29 (I ran a little less than a mile because of the handoffs) and I think I could have got 5 seconds faster if I had not been injured. But aqua running keeps you in really good shape.</p>
<p>I would see the trainer. I have had countless injuries in soccer, but never in my calf; ipulled my hamstring, and also screwed up both quads, my groin, nose, and teeth last season.</p>
<p>I think a good diet might help to speed recovery time… A physical therapist would work wonders. Also, make sure you stretch before you run and ease yourself into it; so many people make the mistake of doing intense workouts out of the blue when they’re not nearly prepared for it. </p>
<p>Also, don’t feel alone in your pain. My friend was getting scouted by really good D1 schools for baseball; Duke, UMich, lot of others. However, he got blood clots and was out for 6 months and is now going to a much lesser D1 school.</p>
<p>Good luck! I am sure things will work out for the best. Cross Country doesn’t start for a while, so you have some time to let it heal.</p>
<p>Oh, it sucks. I was gearing up for a huge senior soccer season starting at sweeper. I had been training all year and was actually going to take something seriously for a chance. Third day of double sessions I fractured my foot and ended up tearing the ligaments in my toes. </p>
<p>Of course I was crushed, but I was only supposed to be out for two weeks. And then I made some stupid decisions at a party and ended up jumping in a pool when the two weeks were almost up and rebroke it much worse than before. I ened up missing all but six games, four of them playoffs, and it killed me every day to watch them practicing. </p>
<p>I ended up going to the weightroom constantly, doing mostly upper body stuff, and got totally jacked so when I came back to soccer nobody wanted to mess with me and I could just manhandle everyone on the field. Plus I worked a ton on throw-ins so any ball out of bounds on their side of the eighteen was as good as a corner kick.</p>
<p>It sucks, but there are things you can do to get back in.</p>
<p>beckhammmmmmmmmmmm </33333333333333333333
he’s injured and can’t play this summer in fifa 10 :(</p>
<p>^ Yes but he’s super old anyway… Also Gerrard deserves to be captain</p>
<p>I fractured my ankle earlier this year (November-ish) at the WORST possible time and in the dumbest way imaginable, too. It threw me off majorly and my ankle still hurts occasionally today, and I still have to fight and struggle in order to progress and do what I want to do on it.</p>
<p>Honestly, channel the frustration of the injury into bettering yourself in some other way (like working out another part of your body). When you’re able to resume full physical activities, don’t allow a past injury to totally screw you over and hinder you from being your best. Obviously you don’t want to work to the point where you’re hurting yourself, but the satisfaction you’ll receive from knowing that you will not stop even after a major injury will motivate you to keep pushing and working.</p>
<p>I hope that made sense, lol.</p>
<p>^^ I won’t disagree with you on that one! Gerrard definitely deserves it :]
He played beautifully against Egypt. </p>
<p>But I still want to see Becks play.</p>
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<p>You were doing an XC workout in February?</p>