Any forms of cardio that don't aggravate medial glute tendinopathy?

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Or the least aggravating?

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This post is lacking a lot of information. What forms of cardiorespiratory training do you typically like to do and/or are doing currently? Have you tried alerting the dosage of current preferred method (i.e. volume, intensity, frequency, etc) to find a tolerable entry point into your cardio activity of choice? Each individual’s symptoms presentation is unique and so it’s hard to provide individualistic advice without more information. If you are looking specifically to off-load that area, you could try rowing, but there is nothing special about this recommendation, just might feel more tolerable than running or biking.

Hannah Mora

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Thanks for the response. Currently, I’m sedentary with the exception of walking 1 to 1.5 miles per day depending on symptoms. My reasoning for this was to prioritize rehab in order to heal as quickly as possible; however, it is going slower than I’d like. I did the stationary bike yesterday which seemed fine, but my intensity was very low (don’t know how to quantity it, unfortunately).

I’m still willing to put cardio on the back burner if it interferes with my rehab.

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There is no evidence to suggest that you cannot perform cardiorespiratory training while simultaneously rehabbing your glute tendinopathy. With any activity (biking, rowing, etc.) I would recommend starting low and slow (lower intensity and duration) and gradually ramp up to tolerance. All of this is covered nicely in this article with a more in depth review on tendinopathy here.

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