Thank you for sharing. 4 years later Going through your journey now. Do you foam roll your calf or use a theragun now? Also how does your left leg feel now?
Post thrombotic syndrome is a worry and affects up to 50% people in the months or years following a clot. I guess you have not had it and that being very athletic and doing intense training has prevented its development. For us mortals losing weight, exercising and wearing compression socks is recommended.
Thanks for sharing your recovery. I feel better knowing that even young competive athletes can have this happen to them and I am not an old wash-up. I am recovering from a dvt in my left leg. Like you I felt it in my foot and calf. It felt like I had torn my calf and soleus muscles. I have been on xarelto for a little over two months. Like you I could barely stretch the soleus at first. I have been able to stretch it more and more. I just tried the wall test and I can do both legs to 20 cm. I have been walking, climbing stairs, indoor cycling and swimming. I've done air squats holding 10 lbs. My squat depth is getting better over time. The toughest part is staying positive because it takes 4 to 6 months to heal.
Thanks for sharing. Would like to see a follow up video about how you got back on track. I currently have a PE which led to finding my DVT. Just finished my loading week of Apixban and feel so much better. Just not sure when I get get back to my previous intensity in training.
Great to see a video on someone who trained post dvt! I am always seeking but never find. I had a double pe and regrew giant clots on apixiban so had to move to warfarin. I suffer long term but like yourself my stats didn’t drop so I was told chest infection. The damage was massive and still effects me daily in the leg not the lung. I always fear pushing too hard, but seeing someone like you and what you achieved give s me great encouragement! Well done sir and congratulations on your mentality.
Did you get cardio/ breathing difficulties. Youd be asking more of your lungs and heart than average person with training you do. Deep veins being main highway for overall blood flow and muscles are crying out for oxygenated flow
During the Namibia camps everyday is a struggle with the volume of training you're expected to complete. For me the only warning signal was the pain in my foot, once I got the diagnosis I reduced all intensity significantly and built back up from 20min light bikes to three sessions a day over a few month. The biggest worry was working too hard and breaking clumps of the clott off prematurely.
This is really interesting, I’ve been getting a lot of pain from back of knee down to Achilles, seems to move around a lot. Thought it was a strain so I’ve stopped running it’s been nearly 3 months and no improvement
Definitely worth getting it checked out with a simple ultrasound. Back of the knee could be tendon related, calf could be a strain or shin splints, foot could be plantar fascia. Most can be cured with rest, if it was a clot and you're not taking anti-inflammatories you would have noticed some sizable swelling, warmth in the local area and reduction in range of motion by now.
I was recently diagnosed with dvt. Went to emergency room after several days with extreme pain in my left leg. Doctor located a blood clot in my left leg. Was told that I would have to be on a blood thinner for rest of my life. I am a 6 ft 185 lb male who has played sports and worked out regularly since I was a young child. Just curious if you are still required to take a blood thinner? How has it changed your workouts?
I was put on apixaban for 6 months but I didn't stop training/moving just lowered the intensity alot. My main form at exercise was on a static bike because my ankle flexibility got so bad I couldn't row full slide, I just needed to keep blood circulation in the area to aid the gentle break down of the clott. Second piece of kit was the ski erg but I'd sit on Box to rest the legs. 3 months after being diagnosed I was forced into racing the Olympic final trials with no medical exemption. Now, a couple years on I only think about it when on flights over 3 hours. I always get up and walk around. For the flight to Tokyo Olympics I took an Aspirin at take off and another halfway through the flight and didn't have any issues. I've never been put back on blood thinners since and even though I've retired from international competition I still train everyday with no issues. Sometimes I have Phantom pain in the area but it goes away soon enough.
@@matthewtarrant3453 thank you for the response. Hard to wrap my head around this diagnosis as I don’t meet the criteria. Do you know if yours was caused by the training and flights or were you diagnosed with a hereditary predisposition to blood clots? I ask because my hematologist wants me to get blood work done to find out if it may be hereditary. Thanks again
@@mhaas4059 I too had the blood tests but they didn't find anything. I think for me it was "the perfect storm" of hard training camp, dehydration and sat in economy class for a longhal flight with no leg room.
Bro I'm literally going through the exact same thing. 6ft, 90kg and I've been working out for about 5 years. Had terrible pain in my right leg and then it suddenly swelled up. Haven't gotten back to training yet (it's been 5 weeks) but I've been walking a lot and will slowly get back into training again. I also have to be on blood thinners for life
Hi Matthew, just curious whether you still use this or whether you've moved on to something else? I'm considering scooping up a second hand one of these to track my running/strength training/hiking. I have a H10 and adding a watch makes sense. Do you have any watch recommendations? Cheers
Hi Mate, the button that allows you to select workouts stopped working. I now have a Samsung watch which is ok but not great when working out. I'd still stick to a watch that connects to a chest mounted heart rate strap.
Nice to see the win in 2021 in the Silver Goblets Mat! What does it feel like to win all THREE of the Henley Men’s Open events - phenomenal outcome especially after the questions raised by the rowing world after the BR selection for Tokyo 2021.
Looking forward to you hopefully winning the ‘Trio’ after your undoubted disappointment after the very unique British Rowing Tokyo 2020 selection! Seriously questionable. Good luck Matthew and Morgan.
SO positive! How / why did this injury happen as an elite athlete and whilst on a BR training camp? Has this impacted on your selection for Tokyo? Good luck, whatever the outcome.
Not 100% sure, a mixture of fatigue, dehydration and being stuck on a plane with no leg room for a long time. Ultimately yes it did affect my selection as I was not fit to compete at the Olympic trials which carried more weight than any of my previous successes.
So sorry. You must have so many questions and I hope you’ve received the answers. What a loss for you personally and the for squad with your experience and past successes. Good luck for your future.
Just thought I'd comment to say that this channel and you have been a big motivator in my rowing journey so far. Just broken 3 junior indoor records for Ireland this summer, and I'm hoping to join the big club and go national for GB in the near future. So, thanks Matthew!
Unfortunately , these videos actually give a poor representation to some junior rowers. So many juniors now copycat the over-finish!! just to get a score on the ergo. This unfortunately leads to poor technique and a mis-understanding about what should be done in the boat! Great work outs though, truly hard core.
I got told to stop training what I love and is a big part of my life.. Since got diagnosed with dvt am slowly getting better but want to start training
It's hard but will pass. Light exercise is good to maintain healthy blood flow around the effected area but try to avoid higher intensity work as you don't want little lumps breaking off prematurely 👍🏼
I just bought Ignite and then Polar comes out with Ignite 2. Not too many changes though, but still. I have been thinking to buy it over an year now. I like my watch, but there are few downsides. You are not getting notification, if you are in exercise mode. The clock vibrates after each kilometer, which is more annoying than helpful in long run. Heart rate works fine in training overall, but it is pretty bad at noticing sudden changes in your heart rate. This is a problem, if I want to check my current heart rate when I am not training, but not so much while I am training. I can see where were uphills just by watching the heart rate graph, so it works pretty well.
"The clock vibrates after each kilometer, which is more annoying than helpful in long run." you can def disable this in the Polar Flow app as I did. select Run sport profile and set auto lap to off ;)
The Polar watch is taking your heart rate into consideration in order to calculate the calories, the apps do not have heart rate data....your resting heart rate is fairly high for an athlete
Just found this vid . im 56 unfit as f.. ankles are dying .need to get 20 kilos off cant run prob waliking but can ride a bike .so is this a good watch for mountain bike riding , plus floor traing .i also use bands for weights 124 kilo arm curl and all that stuff.Thanks for your vid ,you being a true sportsman
I think for the price tag it's good. I ended up combining with the chest strap to make sure I was getting the most accurate readings and they all seemed very similar. I ended up using it most days and sometimes multiple times per day. However, it did start playing up roughly eight months later. I've recently upgraded to the vantage which feels like a more solid build and so far hasn't let me down!
This past Olympiad I've been in the four and eight but as a team we're still training hard and completing alot of international testing. No crews have been officially selected as of yet.
@@matthewtarrant3453 thanks, I had just wondered if you had been told but I spouse with all of this you don't even know if its going ahead let alone what boats
Hi bud, new to running but i have been in the fitness industry for years. The reason why the watch thinks you go to bed at 1:30 when you been working out late, is because you need your body heat, heart rate and such to lower. And actually you havent been sleeping for "real" in a lot of the time since your body is still in "engage" state. Hope it made sense. Late workouts are really bad for your rest.
Really good, relaxed review. I've owned the Ignite for a year and used mainly for erg, swimming and treadmill and agree with your pro's and cons. I very much like its 'wearability'. One thing worth mentioning and some people might not realise is that you can change order and number of activities that you swipe to select. This is done on the web Polar Flow page (Click your person ID and then Sport Profiles then drag them left right, delete or edit) it will kick in on the watch later when it syncs. It means you can minimise that swiping problem by placing your favourite activities sequntially! Like you I was unsure about heart rate accuracy so have just bought the (sub £50) Polar H9 Chest strap. This syncs well with the Ignite, Polar BEAT and Flow Apps and also Sync'd seemlessly with my Erg (The Ignite broadcasts on 5kHz as well as Bluetooth and ANT+). Only two days in but the two seem to report very similar measurements. I was hoping the Ignite would monitor Erg distance rowed and/or Stroke rate but I don't think it does. I am not a rower but like to try and get the technique right for fitness. Any advice on resistance settings etc for best fitness would be appreciated. This is quite a confusing area because it's easy to assume you just bang the resistance up to level 10 and do what you can.
Yes good point and something I have definitely done since. Regarding the resistance, there is a drag setting you can select on the ergo options, this will show you a resistance number after taking a few strokes. Move the damper up and down until you're between 128-138 for a male. This will make sure you have the same resistance every session.
Great sesh... will do that tomorrow after work, have done it before so know where I need to start but one that had dropped off the radar so will look forward to it... happy new year!!
@@matthewtarrant3453 just finished - epic!! Really good sweat on and great for opening the lungs after so much steady state - had a bit left in the tank in the last four minutes of the third piece, so despite maintaining the rate I put myself in the bin splits-wise. Thank you Matthew!
