Stretching

Back in the beginning of July, I competed in, errr, ran/walked/hiked in a 10k trail run up in PC. It was brutal. I had done a 5k trail run a couple weeks before and it wasn't horrible, but doubling the length meant the introduction of "technical" areas.

Well, I don't really do hills, must less technical hills, so this run was a challenge for me. I stumbled a lot, but I finished. On the drive home, I was talking about it with my friend and remember saying that it was not a good run and that I wasn't sure if I was going to compete the race series, because it was so bad. (there were a 15k and half marathon left, now just the half is left.)

Well, the next day I hurt, and I figured it was just being more sore than anything since I pushed so hard. It kept getting worse. I would stretch, foam roll and pop some ibuprofen and call it good, but it wasn't. The following Sunday, I got a massage..it was the worse massage ever. It smelled like acetone in the room (she is in a salon). And instead of massaging, she did this weird petting thing. But I did feel slightly better the following day, so I decided to work out. Well, that was a mistake. I happen to go to a class that all we did was twisting with weights and jumping. By that Thursday, I could not go from sitting to standing, standing to sitting, laying to sitting, sitting to laying, etc without tears coming to my eyes. So I went to the Dr, she prescribed a steroid, lortab and physical therapy. Totally got roid rage and learned that lortab gives me insomnia and doesn't kill pain, but it does kill my brain power. Yea drugs...

Anyway, the point of my post, my physical therapist gave me some exercises to do at home. They are basic things, but all require me to be on the floor, which means Nova either stands over me or lays right next to me.  And I mean RIGHT next to me, she must be touching me with her whole body . She is funny, especially when she does cobra when I am doing cobra :)

As for my back, I have two bulging discs and some arthritis between the bulging, woo hoo for me! I'm seeing a specialist this coming Monday...

Oh, other good (?) news, after Tuesday's pt session, I will have met my deductible of my high deductible health plan. Good thing, I still have 7.5 months left of the plan year! Because I'm going to live it up! Dermatologist here I come! What other medical things can I get done before April?? Suggestions?