I had an unrelated-to-running knee injury about 2 weeks ago. I’m just about completely back to normal, but I’ve been out of commission since then. The decision I have to make, moving forward, is what level of workout to proceed with and when (I was thinking today, but I may give it one more week). Stay tuned on that.

Also: over the past 2 days, perhaps owing to some of the aloe vera gel I’ve been rubbing on my left leg due to a still-healing cut that happened the day of the knee injury (it was a pretty bad fall on granite that took a few chunks out of me), I’ve felt the strangest thing in my left calf, something I hadn’t felt since I’d injured it initially: that itch you get when a part of your body’s healing. I don’t know if it’s a sympathetic sensation attached to the cut, or related directly to the shin splints, but it’s definitely new. I’ve rested both legs pretty well over the 2 weeks of non-running, but I didn’t feel anything like this. Has anyone out there had similar feelings during the healing process for shin splints or a stress fracture?

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