Back With a Capital Vengence!

AM: 15 minutes bike and evening hip drill in the morning because I am going to be too busy hobble dancing to bluegrass tonight. Attempting a brunch outing sans crutches. Wish me luck :) 

PM: 20 minutes bike and morning hip drill plus anti-PF drill. Multiple crutch-less outings successful today! 

AM: 10 minutes bike and morning hip drill. Totally overdid it with the hobble dancing last night and seriously angered the hip gods :(

PM: 10 minutes bike followed by a royal beating at PT.

Tossed my crutches in the dumpster this morning! Never going to need those babies again...

AM: 10 minutes bike and morning hip drill.

PM: 30 minutes bike and evening hip drill. Went to the grocery store after work with 2 arms, first time in 7 weeks - awesome! Hip is pretty painful by the end of the day, but I am too distracted by my ability to do complex 2-armed tasks to care. 

AM: 10 minutes on the bike at PT and hip drill. I am almost walking like a normal person now.

PM: 30 minutes on bike and hip drill.

AM: 10 minutes bike and morning hip drill. This nice weather is making me agitated. I want to go run up mountains. So I kind of thought that all the rest time on crutches would fix my left knee and plantar fascia issues, but I think it has made it worse not to mention the worsening of my right SI joint. Here is how I would rate my pain from highest to lowest: right SI joint, left plantar fascia, left knee, left (op) hip. I guess this means my hip is doing well seeing as the other issues are becoming more apparent.    

PM: 35 minutes bike (10 minutes on Level 3!). Seeing as 2 weeks ago I couldn't pedal hard enough to turn the darned thing on, I will take that as serious progress. 

PM2: Evening hip which now includes 4-way hip, splits, circles, scissors, and frog legs with the spider band, bridges, butt burners, clam shells, and a bunch of stretchy things.  

AM: 15 minutes bike and morning hip drill. Hip's feeling alright. I am getting a bit more extension with walking, so that is exciting! SI joint still feels like poo. I am seriously considering a trip to New Zealand or the Dolomites late summer, anyone want in?

PM: Evening hip drill. Of course as soon as I say the hip is feeling alright it totally freaks out. Was on my feet a little too much today and it got super painful so I left work early and went home and crawled into bed with my ice packs. I've only been off crutches for four days so this is to be expected and I shouldn't let these flare ups get me too down. 

AM: 2 hours of restorative yoga class. Couldn't do a whole lot but lay on the floor, breathe, and grumble. But it is a start and I've got a looooong way to go! Then 30 minutes on the spin bike and the morning hip drill. 

PM: Skipped evening hip exercises because I was having too much fun. First time I've slacked in 4 weeks so I think I am going to be okay.