Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Back pain follow-up
I have done my best to take things a little easier the last several days and it has not been easy....which says a lot about how dependent I am on exercise. But after my PT appointment today where I was worked over (think deep tissue massage and chiropractic adjustment.....or at least what I've heard about the chiropractic adjustments being that I have never even been to a C.) he determined that I do not have sports-related over-use type of injury, I have a stiffness problem in the iliosacral joint whose culprit is most likely..................are you really ready, because I laughed out loud when he told me: too much sitting in the car! I had mentioned how when I drive for too long my glut and hamstring start to scream, but little did he know just exactly how much time I spend every week behind the wheel of the Odyssey. Literally 5 days for a tank of gas and each day a minimum of 2 hours, and longer...up to 3-4 on some days. That is a lot of car sitting and even though I try to get out when I'm waiting for lessons or practices, or scout events, the poor positioning in the car has taken it's toll. And the real problem is that this lovely little problem arose during a time when we took the winter sports season off and soccer started up last week and now I'm in a whole new world of driving to the 10th power with the addition of 5 soccer practices each week. So now I get to stretch more using techniques I've never tried, and change the way I sit in the car, but most importantly I'm going to have to rely on Jared, who before any of this happened said that he'll be more free to help with the carpools......tenure was right on time!!
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Way to go on keeping up your blog! It's great to see all the amazing things you all are doing. Hopefully knowing what the problem is with your back will help you make adjustments that will get you feeling normal again. Doesn't your back know that being injured is NOT ALLOWED?
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