I went to the chiropractor yesterday. I have to say, I was quite impressed by this man. He is the personal trainer/chiropractor/injury fixer for the Los Angeles Arena Football team. Anyway, after sitting with me for several minutes to ask about my injuries, he had me do all sorts of movements to pinpoint exactly where I was injured.<br><br>
The good news is that the source of pain in the shoulder is muscular, so it will be easier to correct and work though. The bad news is I'll have to work on correcting my posture (my shoulders roll forward when I stand, sit, whatever) if I want to be pain and injury-free forever. I already knew this...I just got lazy.<br><br>
As for the knee, it's not JUST ITBS. I have micro-tears of the menisci. <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> So rehabilitation will be slow and he recommends that I stay off running for a few weeks (at least). <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> No biking, either. He did this thing where he isolated my knee and had me flex my quads and it hurt so bad that tears came to my eyes. I guess I'm lucky that this is the first time I've ever had a knee injury. Oh, and he is an ART specialist and he had me do some exercises that felt so good, and I actually felt relieve in my shoulder momentarily.<br><br>
Anyway, just wanted to post an update. I'm following his recommendations as much as possible, which means I'm actually putting ice to use. <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"> I'm determined to get up and running because there are some races I want to tackle this summer. I'm committed. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
Thanks for reading.
The good news is that the source of pain in the shoulder is muscular, so it will be easier to correct and work though. The bad news is I'll have to work on correcting my posture (my shoulders roll forward when I stand, sit, whatever) if I want to be pain and injury-free forever. I already knew this...I just got lazy.<br><br>
As for the knee, it's not JUST ITBS. I have micro-tears of the menisci. <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> So rehabilitation will be slow and he recommends that I stay off running for a few weeks (at least). <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> No biking, either. He did this thing where he isolated my knee and had me flex my quads and it hurt so bad that tears came to my eyes. I guess I'm lucky that this is the first time I've ever had a knee injury. Oh, and he is an ART specialist and he had me do some exercises that felt so good, and I actually felt relieve in my shoulder momentarily.<br><br>
Anyway, just wanted to post an update. I'm following his recommendations as much as possible, which means I'm actually putting ice to use. <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"> I'm determined to get up and running because there are some races I want to tackle this summer. I'm committed. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
Thanks for reading.
