Yesterday morning, I turned to take Pignacious out of his cage to give him his daily meds and something went *blump* in my left side, in back under the ribs. I couldn't breathe for a few seconds and then the pain set in. I'm not entirely sure what happened, possibly I pulled a muscle or popped a rib. Afterwards, I had a lot of trouble remember how to spell certain words, so some of the folks at the PPK said that I exploded my spelling rib. Even though it hurts to do so, laughing helps.
I iced my side for 20 minutes and then spent most of the rest of the day with a hot water bottle. The week and a half prior to this, I hadn't exercised or ran at all because I've been sick. Yesterday was going to be my first day back to working out, and I had to go and injure myself picking up a two pound guinea pig.
So, between illness, inclement weather and guinea pig-related injuries, I don't know if I'll ever run again.
Today my side feels a lot better, though some pain remains (for some reason) in my left shoulder/side of my neck. I really wanted to work out today, but knew I should in no way push myself if I didn't feel 100% better. I'm hoping to start up my runs again on Thursday. Fingers crossed I won't have to start all over at Week 1. Though I guess the bright side is, at least I wasn't eight weeks into my training when this happened.
My sister bought this book today called Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being, by the incredible, wonderful, kick ass Thom Hartmann. I’m thinking I might pick myself up a copy to bring with to Florida. I leave on December 8th and return on January 11th.
I do plan on bringing my workout tape with me (Mom only has a VCR) so even if I don’t run, I’ll still be getting exercise. I guess I’ll just use canned vegetables for hand weights.
More salt on the wound? I got my Last Resort Bra last week and have been unable to take it out for a test run (pun intended).
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HUMBUG.
I iced my side for 20 minutes and then spent most of the rest of the day with a hot water bottle. The week and a half prior to this, I hadn't exercised or ran at all because I've been sick. Yesterday was going to be my first day back to working out, and I had to go and injure myself picking up a two pound guinea pig.
So, between illness, inclement weather and guinea pig-related injuries, I don't know if I'll ever run again.
Today my side feels a lot better, though some pain remains (for some reason) in my left shoulder/side of my neck. I really wanted to work out today, but knew I should in no way push myself if I didn't feel 100% better. I'm hoping to start up my runs again on Thursday. Fingers crossed I won't have to start all over at Week 1. Though I guess the bright side is, at least I wasn't eight weeks into my training when this happened.
My sister bought this book today called Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being, by the incredible, wonderful, kick ass Thom Hartmann. I’m thinking I might pick myself up a copy to bring with to Florida. I leave on December 8th and return on January 11th.
I do plan on bringing my workout tape with me (Mom only has a VCR) so even if I don’t run, I’ll still be getting exercise. I guess I’ll just use canned vegetables for hand weights.
More salt on the wound? I got my Last Resort Bra last week and have been unable to take it out for a test run (pun intended).
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HUMBUG.
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5 comments:
Sorry to hear about your injury. Maybe some stretching or yoga will help. Oh, and I'm thinking some swimming too. Get well soon.
yeah, swimming in the wotter will help.
and no more bench-pressing pignacious.
have fun in florida, and you will be fine on the plane.
Christie - I did a bit of stretching yesterday (after reading your comment) and today I feel muuuuch better. Not sore at all. Thanks!
jan - you crack my shiitake up. I mean... jon you crock my shot op. I'll be thinking about your sideass while I'm flying 500 mph over the earth whilst drinking a glass of wotter. I just hope my sanity rib doesn't explode.
Seriously, stretching does a body good. I ran close to 5mi last Friday. I did yoga afterwards and I wasn't the least bit sore.
Five miles? Holy crepe! I can't even imagine. I'm absolutely going to do the yoga stretched on my Karen Voight DVD today.
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