<p>What's not to love? I ran in shorts today. In February. In New Jersey. Granted, there were people with hats and scarves and mittens in the park today, so maybe they didn't get the memo? It was in the upper 40s, probably broke 50F, though it was quite windy. Meh, so you just run a little faster....</p>
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<p>So while I do love to run as well, my run today wasn't very lovely. Was crooked once again, and each step just felt WRONG. But I persevered and managed 4 miles in 37ish minutes, knowing that (1) keeping a positive attitude in spite of my physical discomfort is the way to go, and (2) I was seeing my PT today anyhow, so how much worse could I get?</p>
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<p>Turns out it wasn't my sacrum that was misaligned, but my pubic bones. Yeah. Who knew? The front plane of my pelvis on the right side was tilted forward by almost an inch. No wonder everything felt pulled on in the groin area, and down my quad.</p>
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<p>Oh, and for those inquiring minds... misaligned pubic bones are realigned by allowing the leg and hip on the affected side to hang off the table (lying supine), the leg is rotated inward and held in that position, and then you push your knee gently upward against the resistance of being held there. About a half a dozen times of gently doing that adjustment, and all was in order again. As I always say, it's pretty amazing how the body works.</p>
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<p>So while I do love to run as well, my run today wasn't very lovely. Was crooked once again, and each step just felt WRONG. But I persevered and managed 4 miles in 37ish minutes, knowing that (1) keeping a positive attitude in spite of my physical discomfort is the way to go, and (2) I was seeing my PT today anyhow, so how much worse could I get?</p>
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<p>Turns out it wasn't my sacrum that was misaligned, but my pubic bones. Yeah. Who knew? The front plane of my pelvis on the right side was tilted forward by almost an inch. No wonder everything felt pulled on in the groin area, and down my quad.</p>
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<p>Oh, and for those inquiring minds... misaligned pubic bones are realigned by allowing the leg and hip on the affected side to hang off the table (lying supine), the leg is rotated inward and held in that position, and then you push your knee gently upward against the resistance of being held there. About a half a dozen times of gently doing that adjustment, and all was in order again. As I always say, it's pretty amazing how the body works.</p>
