Actor Zin Taihyun reported a leg injury shortly after being declared cancer-free.
On the 16th, a video titled "Park Sieun Zin Taihyun's running injury: how we overcame it" was uploaded to the "Park Sieun Zin Taihyun small TV" channel.
That day Park Sieun and Zin Taihyun announced they would attend a marathon held in June. In response Park Sieun asked, "We have to run again that day. Has the injury improved?" drawing attention. Zin Taihyun began, "Actually this is a long story. You should know how much Zin Taihyun suffered over six months. Only then will you avoid the same suffering I went through," he said.
Park Sieun explained the situation, "But it really didn't heal. After the cancer surgery there was a period when he couldn't exercise, and now he wanted to exercise so he pushed himself and ran too fast. The injury came because his strength wasn't rebuilt. But that injury caused other injuries, and a relay of injuries followed."
Earlier, Zin Taihyun was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after a health check in April last year and underwent surgery. He later announced that in July of the same year, tests conducted after the surgery showed he was cured, earning many congratulations. But after battling cancer he tried to resume running too aggressively and this time suffered a leg injury, adding to the sadness.
Zin Taihyun said, "I should have built strength before increasing speed, but I had been running intermittently so I thought I had strength. I hadn't done strength training, hill runs, or jogging mileage training — none of that — but I ran. Foolishly. I thought it would be fine. Then my right foot got ruined."
He confessed, "First my posterior tibial muscle began to act up. When I went out to run the arch area started to throb. The pain came even when I ran slowly. I went to the hospital but they didn't image it. The doctor said rest and medication would cure it, so I trusted that. I thought resting for one or two weeks would fix it. That was my first mistake. I didn't get an MRI. It's not 100% reliable, but you can look inside your body. I should have gotten an MRI, but instead I looked up AI, asked nearby coaches and athletes and gathered information. That was wrong. You have to go to the hospital and image it to get the correct diagnosis."
He continued, "It didn't bother me when I walked. The pain only came when I ran. Rest didn't help. So I went back to the hospital and got an MRI. After four months. It was inflammation of the flexor hallucis longus. The tendon that runs from the big toe to the calf comes down together with the posterior tibial tendon and splits into two. A very tiny inflammation remained in that tendon. I think I've been suffering from that inflammation. When I tried to heal I went out and ran; when I tried to heal I went out and ran, so that became a problem. Once I knew the diagnosis I rested hard for three weeks to get rid of the inflammation. After three weeks of rest I started exercising again, and then both sides' strength was different. Aside from the difficulty from the strength difference, there is no pain from the inflammation," he said, reporting an improved condition.
Park Sieun lamented, "Knowing the diagnosis and resting is what makes you heal. We're not athletes. Even athletes should rest, but since we don't have a must-attend event we should rest. We should have rested earlier. We should have checked and known the diagnosis and rested accordingly, but we found out too late."
Zin Taihyun said, "So what I realized is that to prevent injuries you must gradually build strength. You must never sprint suddenly. Even skilled runners shouldn't sprint hard if they've been inactive. Even jogging experts increase slowly. But I wanted to run too much. I kept running and mistakenly thought I had the mileage. I thought it would be fine, but it wasn't. Until my body was ready, don't do intervals at extremely fast speeds and don't do sustained runs too fast. Increase slowly. If you're suffering an injury now, watch this video and don't listen to hearsay; go to a nearby orthopedic clinic and get proper imaging right away."
He said, "Even if an MRI is a bit expensive, what can you do. If you want to do what you love you have to spend money. The doctor told me not to run. He said not to run for life. But he said we could heal if we knew the diagnosis and treated it properly." He added, "Sieun is doing personal training. She personally was doing strength training. I wasn't. Everyone, really do strength training. You must do strength training before you run. If you don't have strength training, injuries will come, so remember that," he repeatedly stressed.
[Photo] Park Sieun Zin Taihyun small TV
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