Noise From Your Healing Running Injury Is a Good Thing

A runner recovering from an overtraining injury may notice new sensations, tension, discomfort, or other “noise” as activity

increases. That can be confusing, especially when the goal is to rebuild strength without overloading tissue that is still weaker than

normal.

In this episode, Dr. Christopher Segler explains a simple construction-site analogy for understanding some of the sensations that

can show up during recovery. Healing tissue requires materials to be carried in and damaged materials to be carried out, and fluid

movement around the injury can create sensations that become more noticeable as activity increases.

The key is not to ignore pain or major swelling. It is to understand what the changes mean by carefully tracking injury severity,

daily steps, repetitions, symptoms, and how those measurements change as activity increases.

The goal is to match the strength of the healing tissue with the right strength-building activity so you can keep progressing without

overloading the injured structure.