Each one of us harbors a certain context we must honor in our health decisions. What’s good for me might not be good for you, depending on each of our individual contexts.
When a body part has been injured, it requires the pain and labor of physical therapy. But that physical therapy is not punitive; it is intended to bring healing.
Having treated runners for almost a decade, one thing I have learned is that runners just like to run. However, there is also significant benefit to mastering movements outside the realm of running.