I finally broke down and decided to call a running physical therapist. The earliest they can see me is the 19th of August. This leaves me in a rather bad spot. I am hoping that I am healed by then and would probably cancel the appointment. However on the chance I am not healed, I will let the appointment in place till the last possible second.
It’s also going to set me back 214 dollars paying out of pocket.
Today is the first day I can honestly say I feel “better”. This was a humdinger of an injury…and it’s not over yet.
I have just over 12 weeks till Harrisburg. It seems unlikely I will make it given my current condition. I am going to wait a few more days, but I will likely just join a gym and start some other exercise routine until the time when I run again full time.
A lot of well-wishing, well-meaning friends have been urging me toward other sports. I appreciate that. And I really should do some other stuff, and I will. But I am not going to stop running anytime soon.
I am going to try some road biking in the next few weeks, because it would be a sweet cross training tool for off days.
I do thank everyone for the kind words, and I’d like to do some road biking and possibly some swimming at some point. Hopefully you’ll let a smelly running come along.
$214 may seem like a lot (and it is), but it’s a bargain. You can live without a lot of things. You can live without a computer or a car. You can’t live without your body, it’s the only one you got, take care of it. I did PT for a lifting injury that I ignored for too long. I only wish I had done it sooner so I wouldn’t have done so much damage all that time. Even if it does feel better, I still recommend seeing the PT. Hopefully they’ll be able to correct what you’re doing wrong so you can reverse the damage, and not aggravate it again. You still need to switch to cycling though. Running is boring and doesn’t have anything as cool as this http://www.quarq.us/Computers/Qranium.html
Yowch. I wish you the best, and do hope that you will go easy on yourself. That said, I know how much you love running and can’t imagine how frustrating it would be not to be able to do that an to be in pain. Hang in there.