#140 Pain is a tool to recover faster from running injury

If you want to get back to running sooner, you have to figure out a way to maintain the maximum level of activity your healing tissues can withstand without causing any further damage and without impeding the healing process. There is a fine line between healing while your running fitness diminishes and healing while simultaneously advancing your fitness. When it comes to healing and trying to figure out the line between too much activity and not enough activity, pain is your guide. Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about how pain can be used as a tool to recover faster from running injury.