Denouement

50 minutes swimming with just arms in Lehi Legacy lap pool.  First time doing this in front of a swimming crowd, so that was a joy.  One length was typically 43 sec, and 43 strokes, and about 1.5 minutes back and forth which includes turn around time.  Right forearm started to hurt last 20 minutes but did better I think when I straightened my arm.  I liked when the old man was next to me and I could go faster than him.  I didn't like when a younger man started using that same lane and was smoking me.  I realized I need goggles if I am going to do this long term.  Stomach started to turn at around 40 minutes, perhaps due to the water I swallowed when trying to swim freestyle (only did three lengths, and those weren't even in a row, I am horrible at it).

Weight sucks.  Perhaps now that I am out of tax season I can do a morning and evening workout to try to keep weight down.

PM: PT appt:

e-stim/heat on ham and SI area

ultrasound on ham and SI area

massage - ham and SI area

walk on treadmill 5 min

30 total gym squats three ways (even, left leg up, right leg up)

6:30 on tramp, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard

stretching in stretching cage

three way ham lunge touch

1 min walk/ 1 min run on treadmill x5, then 3 minutes more walk (speed walking 4mph, running 7mph, focus on running on balls of feet, as Steve says, like Tinkerbell)

Massage on ham

Ice

Soreness in SI area at a 2 before, still a 2 as I go to bed.  Not pain, just can feel that there's still something there.

Diagnosis from Steve Orrock:  tendonotrophy (long term tendonitis) where ham meets sitting bone, so ham and other related muscles tighten up and pull downward on the sacrum or other pelvic bone? and makes my SI joint not have full range of motion or stability.  Says ham is primary issue causing SI issue.  Makes sense.

51 minutes of swimming with arms only.  Got to the pool late so people had to double up in lanes at 6am because of water aerobics, and at that point it felt like I was swimming in a wave pool, from the waves generated by my lane mate and the guy next to me, who I would accidentally touch occasionally.  I need to learn how to swim on one side of a lane without invading the next lane's space!!! Pulse only 78 at the end, but better than the 72 heart rate at the end of two other swim workouts.  Then did 8 minutes on the elliptical.  Pain was about at a 2 this morning (before), but more like a 1 after and right now (4:40) so that's great news.  Also doing exercises and stretches at home.

40 min swimming, 10 laps at separate times of freestyle is a record of 250 m for me in one day, still really bad at it. Counts as 3.42 miles.

PT: e-stim, ultrasound, massage, stretching of ham 3 ways three times on each leg, total gym squats three ways x30, ham lunges 3 ways x15 on each leg, tramp 6.5 min, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard (count as .54), then another massage, then treadmill 17 minutes, 1 min walking then 1 minute running.  8 minutes running altogether at 7mph = .95 miles of running, .62 walking, then another massage and icing

PM: 25 min walk, about 1.5 miles

So sick of waking up early (about 4:15) to swim, so I slept in and was going to walk with MacK if my pain went down (I was about at a 4 or 5 last night, it gradually came on starting around 4pm).  Unfortunately this morning my pain is anywhere between 2 and 5.  I was standing at my computer and had my legs crossed, uncrossed them and was rewarded with a nice shot of pain.  I had success on Monday with 5 min on/5 min off running/walking, but Wed I do it for 8 each and get rewarded with some nice pain.  Perhaps the walk in the afternoon didn't help?  The other difference as I look back is I forgot to warm up with 5 minutes of walking before the tramp and walk/run cycle, stupid mistake.  MacK arranged a babysitter so we could walk and I had to cancel.  And I have to hit the pool instead because its the only safe thing to do.  I am so discouraged.

PM: 51 minutes of swimming with arms and hamstring lunges and stretching.  Pain in evening in the 5-6 range, walking with a limp sometimes.  I am so sorry if this seems whiny but I am at my wits end and I don't know what to do.  BTW, I wouldn't advise combining crying and swimming, its kind of dangerous.

Went to PT, Steve wasn't there so I wasn't able to discuss with him overall strategy.

Pain before visit, about a 2, sometimes spiking to 4, after 1, by evening back to 4ish.

Visit: e-stim, ultrasound, massage, stretching, total gym, 5 min walking, hamstring lunges, 6:30 on tramp, 30 sec hard/easy, though I didn't take my hard that hard, then massage, icing

iced throughout the afternoon/evening.

I tested our sprinkler system, only 5 minisprayer broken from the extreme snow, and one traditional sprayer needs to be fixed.  I am amazed that something I built that involves wires is still working two springs later.  I dug one hole for a tree.  Will shop for non-blue spruce pine trees on Sat.  We need to move some big landscaping rocks before expanding our sprinkler system, which needs to happen within the next couple of days, but I don't think my injury will like that.

Upper weights and plank exercises.

Planted a pine tree.

Pain up to a 5 by the end of the day.