Brenda's Injury

[carolyn122162]

I am really sorry that Brenda has suffered such an injury. I hope for a full and speedy recovery.
I am curious though, How can someone in such great physical shape and so atheletic like Brenda fracture her hip? Did she have a previous injury? One would think with all the weight bearing exercises that she does her bones would be extremely strong.

Just curious

Carolyn

 

[pixie9]

Injuries can happen to the most fit people in the world. I'm not sure if she fractured her femoral neck or not (which is a more serious injury) but many of these injuries come without warning (although they are more common in the military setting). Being strong and lifting weights certainly reduces your chance for injury but it's not a guarantee. I don't know her situation (she probably trains intelligently) but many injuries come with overtraining - which can be common among athletes. This is why the need for variation (cross-training) is so important. And once someone begins to experience pain, they should take care to let injuries heal and to address them if they are persistent.

Carolyn

 

[EricaH]

I think it was an overuse injury. Training for an Ironman is grueling and very taxing on the body.

Erica

 

[shakeubooty]

It could have been an accident, too, like a fall from her bike. Total speculation on my part (don't want to start any rumors).

The reason I thought of this is just last night at Tae Kwan Do, I sprained or broke some toes when another guy and I kicked each other when we were doing roundhouses last night. We were too close. It was just a plain accident and we should have been wearing our padded boots or farther away from each other. Accidents happen to fit and un-fit people.

Sue

 

[kathryn]

>I think it was an overuse injury. Training for an Ironman is
>grueling and very taxing on the body.

Don't forget she was also rehearsing and filming the new series, which would be a lot of impact (doing those workouts over and over).

 

[luvmylabs]

I was asking myself the same question about the fracture. How in the world does it happen while running.

 

[EricaH]

This is from Wikipedia:

Bones are constantly attempting to remodel and repair themselves, especially during a sport where extraordinary stress is applied to the bone. Over time, if enough stress is placed on the bone that it exhausts the capacity of the bone to remodel, a weakened site -- a stress fracture -- on the bone may appear. The fracture does not appear suddenly. It occurs from repeated traumas, none of which is sufficient to cause a sudden break, but which, when added together, overwhelm the osteoblasts that remodel the bone.

Stress fractures commonly occur in sedentary people who suddenly undertake a burst of exercise (whose bones are not used to the task). They may also occur in Olympic-class athletes who do extraordinary quantities of high-impact exercise, or in soldiers who march long distances.

Muscle fatigue can also play a role in the occurrence of stress fractures. For every mile a runner runs, more than 110 tons of force must be absorbed by the legs. Bones are not made to stand that much energy on their own and the muscles act as shock absorbers for the excess force. But, as muscles become tired and stop absorbing most of the shock, the bones experience greater amounts of stress. Finally, when muscles (usually in the lower leg) become so fatigued that they stop absorbing any shock, all forces are transferred to the bones.