Resting is not all healing. If you rest too much, you’ll get weaker.
If you want to get back to running, as soon as you're healed, you need to do something to prevent all of the changes that can slow you down and put you at a higher risk of re-injury once you actually do get back to running and training.
Gravity and the pounding forces associated with running…that's only one of a half a dozen contributing factors that can prevent healing of a running injury.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about cycling workouts for recovering runners