Let's do this!

1 hr arctrainer, 7 minutes on the hand bike. Had to laugh at the warnings on the hand bike: stop if you feel faint or pain.

Lifted for just 10 minutes today. 

Been very depressed the past 2 days over my piriformis syndrome. last night I was up late and I came across this video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFtUgS69rPk

So I did those exercises last night around midnight and got up at 5 am feeling the best I've felt in 9 days. This gives me some hope. I think I'll still call a sports Medicine Doc though.

1 hr arctrainer and 30 min elliptical. My back/rear is feeling a little better once again today. i'm icing at night for an hour and doing those weird stretches. There is some improvement in the last 2 days. Hope hope hope

1 hr 40 min elliptical hell.  Worked my core a bit.

I went to the Doctor yesterday who thinks my trouble is more sciatica than anything. So this afternoon I will be off to Physical therapy. My husband had shoulder surgery 7 weeks ago and he is in physical therapy as well. So we'll be seeing the same guy. Between the two of us, were a sorry sight. We painted our bedroom on Sunday and it took our 2 oldest to help us move our bed because were so gimpy. Normally my husband would have just moved the bed himself like it weighed nothing. So here's to hoping the therapist can help me. I still feel like my piriformis is involved in the problems I am having.

I miss running

1 hr 30 minutes elliptical and about 25 minutes on the weights with 3 dudes. I'm being re-schooled by the meat heads :). 

I went to physical therapy yesterday and was examined and treated by a sports med PT. He was awesome. After evaluating me, he said that my T3 and T4 vertebrae seem to be a little crunched together, which is pinching my sciatic nerve. My glutes are tighter than normal and I seem to be having some problems in the pirformis muscle too. -like I originally thought.He also said my sacrum/pelvis seem to be kind of stuck/cocked back on my right side. So he laid me on my side and did some crunching, popping and stretching. I'm not gonna lie, I hurt BAD after he was done to the point of tears. Then I got some massage and the electrode treatments on my muscle's, as well as ultrasound heat therapy. I cried a lot for about an hour after I was done. But strangely, I feel even better this morning. He seemed very confidant in having me back running in a months time. This made my heart happy. I hope!

I thought about  this picture and quote yesterday as I left the PT's office. Let me know if for some reason you can't see it.

"Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength."

Whoooaa HELLO FRIDAY! I am excited for it to be Friday. I don't know why, just am.

1 hr 18 min elliptical, weights. I've been doing dead lifts and they seem to be improving my back/butt issues. Stoked!

Ran from the parking lot into the grocery store and there was only a little bit of discomfort. Perhaps I'm on my way!

1 hr 30 min elliptical and weights