20 minutes on the arm bike followed by 30 minutes of swimming without using my legs. I think tomorrow I am going to pick up some water wings and put them on my ankles. Will probably drown for sure. Sadly this workout is for real. It aint no April Fool.
20 precarious miles on the elliptical and 10 melty minutes on the arm bike. My PT said no biking or running and nothing about no elliptical-ing so I thought I would give it a whirl. I figured there is not a whole lot of hip flexion at the lowest angle so I should be alright.
The arm bike was broken at the gym :( I guess I have been hitting it pretty hard these past few days. Did 10 minutes on the bike and then 30 miraculous minutes on the elliptical.
Think I might be getting over the hump with the latest setback. This hip has been feeling too close to what it felt like pre-surgery for me to be stoked. Going to try to motivate for an early morning pool sesh, but the odds of that happening are almost laughable.
Almost cried again at PT today. My hip has stiffened up horribly with the week of inactivity so I had to go through the most painful passive stretching session of my life. He dug into my piriformis so hard that I think I blacked out. He was trying to get the pain to an 8 (out of 10 scale) to get it to release and I think we got there. But good news though the hip flexor issue seems to be clearing up.
PM: Arm bike and bike bike. Something is really, really wrong with the hip. Ate almond butter out of the jar with a spoon, chocolate, and wine for dinner. Entering pretty frightening mental territory...
Tooled around the Ave's on my bike after spending a good hour trying to change my back tire. Cannot wait to start bike maintenance school next week at the Bike Collective! I am terrible at fixing things...
*I just downgraded my short term running goal from "running a fall marathon" to "being able to run again." Baby steps.
These last few weeks have been a bit discouraging. After a few weeks of light activity and absolutely no PT except for stretching, ultrasounding, and manual therapy I am now back to doing some basic PT exercises and biking with zero resistance. Holy deja vu! These are the same exercises I started when I was still on crutches except for back then I didn't have any pain with them.
I have been going over and over in my head how this happened. I was doing so fabulous and really thought I was being patient and careful. I look back at my posts and laugh that the only thing I was complaining about when I started running again were my shins. I was so worried that I was going to get shin splints - ha ha. Six weeks ago I did a 45 mile bike ride and was easing into running 10 miles a week and now look at me. Sad.
There are really only 2 possibilities. I either overdid it or I managed to re-tear something in my hip. My ortho surgeon and PTs both agree this is weird, but x-rays and images are all good. We are giving it 1 more week and if it is not getting better we will go in for more advanced imaging and injections and other fun stuff. Big problem is with everything done to my hip it is really hard to see with imaging if anything is wrong. The only good way to see is by going back in.
I really want to be positive, but something doesn't feel quite right. It feels exactly how it did before the surgery, but worse.
Lame.
AM: Biking
PM: Biking, lil elliptical, baby squats, and range of motion stuff
A year ago today, the world lost a pretty special soul. "Steve was a mischievous muse and an instrument of positivity and light. His quick wit and exuberance for the wonders of the world transformed this mundane plane of existence for all who crossed his path. He did not relegate art to specific times and places; he consciously created and consumed it every moment of his life."
"Cynicism will only overtake me at the point at which my capacity for wonder becomes blunted...so,...never!" \m/ - Spingry
AM: Plenty to reflect on while riding the bike this morning. When Steve first left the realm I was so inspired to "live the dream" as
he was so often quoted as doing. Hell if I left the world with just 1
percent of the impact that man had on his community that would be a life
well spent. All the changes in this past year and this injury deal has pretty much sucked the soul out of me so I
needed this reminder of Steve's life to spur some more change in me. So in honor of Steve I am going to do and/or commit to doing 5
crazy things today that will either benefit others or benefit myself
therefor indirectly benefiting others. (I just need to come up with them)
So yesterday I totally overdid it on the bike and was gimping pretty terribly around Smith's when I felt these eyes on me. I look up and at the end of the aisle is my hip surgeon clearly watching me limp, "No better, huh?" he asks. I say, "Getting better!" and then I run away from him as fast as I can.
Rode on the Jordan River/Legacy Parkway this morning for the first time ever. Really enjoyed the ride and am psyched to explore it a bit more. I guess you can ride all the way to Farmington now, wherever that is.
Finally found some flat biking in SLC!!! Only gained 72 feet over 15 miles not counting the climb up 2nd Avenue since my Garmin died.
Rode from my house to the Jordan River Parkway which then turns into the Legacy Parkway. Didn't really enjoy the ride down North Temple and into Rose Park during rush hour, but my car is in the shop and I had no other choice. I took my Garmin along since I rode this way the other day and wanted to see where in the heck I was riding. Someday I will make it to Bountiful.
Happy to say I made it all the way to Farmington on the Legacy Parkway today. Wish I had brought my wallet though, had no idea there was a Panda Express at the end of the trail.
AM: Biked up Memory Grove and a little ways up City Creek and around the Aves. Hip feels great on the bike, but now my cardio is the limiting factor. Hills - ughhh.
PM: Went for a short hike on the BST. It just dawned on me today that I should start hiking. It is sort of like trail running - just slower. Just happy I haven't set foot in a gym in 4 days - yay!
