I finally saw my physical therapist get flustered and backdown. Let me explain. The first day I met him, after the preliminaries and the evaluation, he told me what all would be involved. Most of it sounded nice..electrical stimulation and heat, ice, stretching..then the tough part was uttered. Physical manipulation of the ITband. Which means …
Posts from: February 2008
I go back to work tomorrow, and I’m in this mode where I’m making sure all my laundry is ready, all the meals and lunches are planned..ie..counting carbs to compensate for the constant changes in activity, checking that all the physical therapy stuff is ready, school work is done, etc. I’m not afraid to admit …
Quick timeline: May 07-Trail half marathon. Acute case of groin strain. Took 6 weeks off of running. July 07– Foot tumor-plantar fibrosis-benign tumor August 07– 6 mile run, noticed painful pulling lateral side of left knee. I tried to run several times. I went to a sports doc, got an ITBS diagnosis and got started …
I started this blog to have a place to record my trials and successes with my running life, which in theory is a large part of my life. I’m home, in bed, with no running in sight. Details later on my latest injury history.