I'm sorry about your injury. I took up running in my early 40s and ran 25 half marathons and many, many 10Ks and 5Ks. I never had a single running injury, but had to give it up when I was 63 because of pelvic floor issues. I raise this mostly to be in the open about something that many, many women have, but most don't want to talk about. After going through physical therapy (I still do the exercises, seven years later), I switched to bike riding. I also practice yoga and go to body pump classes at the gym, but never, ever do high impact stuff. Even with all of this, gravity always has the last say and two years ago the prolapse issues worsened and now I use a pessary. Eventually I will probably need surgery. One step at a time. But, hey, I am loving the bike riding and go on multi-day rides and regularly ride 25 miles or more. Last year I rode 80 miles in a day, and I am still travelling, walking, hiking - still enjoying being fit! Life is a series of transitions. Never give up.
I'm sorry about your injury. I took up running in my early 40s and ran 25 half marathons and many, many 10Ks and 5Ks. I never had a single running injury, but had to give it up when I was 63 because of pelvic floor issues. I raise this mostly to be in the open about something that many, many women have, but most don't want to talk about. After going through physical therapy (I still do the exercises, seven years later), I switched to bike riding. I also practice yoga and go to body pump classes at the gym, but never, ever do high impact stuff. Even with all of this, gravity always has the last say and two years ago the prolapse issues worsened and now I use a pessary. Eventually I will probably need surgery. One step at a time. But, hey, I am loving the bike riding and go on multi-day rides and regularly ride 25 miles or more. Last year I rode 80 miles in a day, and I am still travelling, walking, hiking - still enjoying being fit! Life is a series of transitions. Never give up.