Ouch ... again :(

Yesterday was a good start to becoming re-focused on my goals – sort of.

After publishing my post yesterday morning, I got all rigged up with water, Kleenex and doggie bags. Katie and I headed out the door with no real destination in mind. But as I got walking, I decided to head over to the park which is about 1.5 miles walking distance from my home. It was a very lovely day and there were lots of people on the path. Little Katie, who really isn’t all that little anymore, is a real little chicken. I had no problem knowing when someone was coming up behind me on a bike or jogging (or even walking faster than me which isn’t that hard to do). I walked the path that my daughter and I had walked the Friday before but I kept on going. Found out that once I reached this one parking lot that we saw the last time, that the path continued on beyond that. So I kept walking.

When I first started out (just leaving my home), my right knee was a bit sore. I know I need new shoes, and I figured once I warmed up it would go away. Which it did. But eventually my hip started to hurt. It is actually my lower back, just to the right of my spine. I can pinpoint the pain now and can easily describe it to a doctor. At an hour mark, I stopped, gave Katie some water, and then I stretched. I also decided it was time to head back as I was getting more sore with each step and that also meant I still had an hour to walk to get back home.

As I got out of the park, which was up a very steep hill, I stretched again and knew I had about another 20 minute walk to make it to my house. Well my hip was so sore at this point, I just slowed right down. I was very tempted to call Mr. Sandra to come get me, but I didn’t. When I got home, I knew I couldn’t stop moving so I spent about 15 minutes stretching, then had to go to the basement to do something. Well each step back up the stairs, was very painful. As soon as I took the pressure off of my leg, the pain would just shoot through my back.

All I could think of was it flaring up again like it did in September and what the heck could I do now to prevent that from happening. So I took some Tylenol/Advil combination (worked well last time) and  within about 3 hours it eased off a bit. I continued to move and stretch my leg/back throughout the evening and soaked in a hot tub after dinner. When I went to sleep, I made sure I slept mostly on my back and not my side so as to not irritate it much more. I succeeded as I am not that sore today (at least not with the little bit of walking I have been doing). However, I did walk about 4 blocks to the bank and back at lunch time and it was sensitive. I must note though, that I was not wearing the appropriate shoes (very flat with no support), so it doesn’t surprise me it got a little sore.

I have an appointment with a new podiatrist tomorrow as I wanted to get fitted properly for orthotics and new shoes. I currently have orthotics but have never felt they were right for me. And although I’ve needed new shoes for awhile now, I didn’t want to buy any until I had talked to him as I really want the correct shoes to train properly to walk long distances.

And tomorrow when I work with my PT, I’ve got to let her know that I want to strengthen my glutes and abductors more.  She knows this already but after yesterday, I need more in the glute area. My brother-in-law calls me “Hey No-Ass SIL” each time he sees me – I know I’ve got some work to do.

I am back to normal this week and now have time to read some blogs. I can’t catch up with all that was posted in the last 10 days as I don’t have that much time to read, so if I’ve missed something you have shared recently, I am sorry I haven’t caught up with you.

Have a fantastic day, and tomorrow I’ll be posting some goals for the next 7 weeks.

Ttyl

Sandra 

I’m going to Bikram HOT YOGA this afternoon – I’m so excited to get my kinks ironed out. And since it’ has been two weeks since I last went, I’m going to die J