Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Back to the Back Doctor

I went to my second appointment today and we reviewed the x-rays that were taken of my neck and the spinal scan that was done last Saturday. All I know is my neck is totally messed up. If you saw how far to the right my spine leans in the neck area you'd wonder why I don't just fall down onto my right side all day long. Plus, the muscles on the right side of my neck are pulling 1922% more to the right than the muscles on the left are going left. I may have explained that incorrectly but if you saw the little picture of it it might make more sense. Let's just say, numbers in red mean "severe" and this number was black. All of this might explain all of my issues in life (physically anyway) or it all might be an excuse, but if it makes me feel better and the issues start going away, maybe it will all be worth it. I am also sad to say I don't think I'm making the 10k on Sunday. This past Sunday I went to the gym, but I could still feel my back hurting when I tried to run so I stuck to an hour long walk. By yesterday I was feeling really good and figured I would give running a chance again. Unfortunately this was also after a bad day of work and not really running for almost a week.... So I ended up only doing 30 minutes of cardio (mostly walking) and doing a few weights. The good thing is that starting next week I am going back to Body Pump. I don't know which day yet because I have another doctor's visit planned for next Tuesday (which would be my normal day) so maybe next Thursday, even though I am not real fond of the instructor.

2 comments:

Karrie said...

Sorry to hear about your back and your 1922% pulling! And the 5k, but you shouldn't push yourself if you're not healthy. Hope that Doc. can fix everything!

Karrie said...

So have you recovered any this week? Are you going to be able to run this weekend?
I'll be thinking about you (either way!)