Highland Games Injuries and Prevention

[Ayin McFye]

I don't know if I could offer any advice on this. I would throw a tight weightlifting belt on and see if you can do any type of lifting just to keep you motivated and not give up.

I definitely don't plan on giving up. It'll be a long 4-6 weeks with me climbing the walls wanting to throw, but I definitely won't give up. I love this too much.

I'd say spend some time in the weight room and go easy until you heal up.

Thanks, I read online that when people do get hernia's and get the surgery to fix it, that they are usually working out again just over a week. I was thinking that I might do a little light excercise just to not let my body forget the muscle movement. I might just go out and run through the motions with the footwork, without the weights just to keep myself moving. I've been working hard on my footwork lately and I'd hate to see all that go away if I don't do anything for 4 weeks.

[Alan H]

I might just go out and run through the motions with the footwork, without the weights just to keep myself moving. I've been working hard on my footwork lately and I'd hate to see all that go away if I don't do anything for 4 weeks.

I do foot drills with no weight for the 28 WFD all the time and it has worked wonders. ditto with just 9 or 16 pounds on the weight. The point is to basically forget that there's a weight there, and just place the feet correctly. Putting a really light weight in your hand has the effect of letting you know that there's *something* there, which is different from *nothing* there, but the light weight doesn't stress your body much.

foot drills are great.

Colin is right, too. Core muscle strength is key here, and so is explosive leg strength. It doesn't help you a lot if you can leg press a whole lot of weight, if you can't move that weight quickly. So doing stair steps with 15 lbs in each hand is a great thing to do and it's low stress on the rest of your body..