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The Woes of Injuries

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I have been doing really well with consistently running at least 4 days a week.

Last Thursday I ran 3 miles at the Red Coyote Pack Pint Run with my friend April and a new running buddy Danielle.  It was a sweaty good time.

I was able to run 3 miles on Friday and then Saturday I went down to my hometown and ran with my friend Sherrie, who is training for a marathon.  I ran 5 miles while she ran 13.1 miles.  We did a somewhat hilly route, and I felt pretty good with my right hip, only stopping to stretch it twice.  I had felt something pop in my quad, but it wasn’t anything painful or significant, just a random pop.

I go home, and as the day goes on my hip hurts worse and worse.  Not only does my hip hurt, there’s a pain in my quad and my right shin is hurting every now and then.  I rolled, massaged, stretched, and iced but nothing really helped.  I was fed up.  I decided to officially go see a Sports doctor.

Monday, my hip was feeling a little bit better, but I made this appointment and I was going to stick with it and get some answers.  Before any X-Rays were taken (which I appreciated since I don’t have insurance), he did all sorts of muscular tests and asks me a ton of questions.  This doctor is a runner and he deals with runners and their injuries all of the time.   I spent about 45 minutes with him, trying to figure out what my issue is.

It turns out that I have a minor adductor strain, a minor quad strain, and a quad contracture that is causing the pulling on my hip.  My psoas is fine.  My hamstrings are pretty flexible (I’ve been working on those babies.)  My quads are too strong and he said I need to stop doing the exercise that strengthens them.  He told me that I need to take it easy, but that I can keep training next week as long as I do take it easy.  Don’t push it.  Ice. Stretch. Walk when I need to.  As far as hills go, don’t avoid them, just take them easy. He also said it would be a good idea to go see my A.R.T. (Active Release Technique) doctor and have him work me over every now and then.

So there’s that.  I was almost positive that I was going to have to sit this training session out and not do the half.  There is hope for the future.  I just wish my right side felt as normal as my left side.  Maybe that will never happen as long as I’m running?

As Enoch says..

Gluteus Medius, I hate you.

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Everyone has heard of the “Gluteus Maximus”, but not everyone has heard of that muscle called the “Gluteus Medius.”  Well, my gluteus medius muscles hate me, and the feeling is mutual.

My gluteus medius is the main culprit to my right hip problem and the left side of my back pain.  It’s weak, I’m assuming, and very tight.  No matter how much I roll, stretch, and strength train, it doesn’t want to have any of it.

The main functions of your gluteus medius are to abduct the leg, or pull the thigh away from the midline of your body.  It also aids in supporting your pelvis from dropping to the other side, and helps to support the body on one leg.

My pelvis seems to keep coming out of alignment which causes a lot of the muscles  that I need for running to become tight.

It’s frustrating, and I complain probably too much because I just want to freaking run without pain and injuries.  Then I see something like this, and I want to slap myself in the face for being ungrateful for how good I really do have it.

Injury prone.

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Lately I haven’t been able to run because my lower back has been a little tweaked.  I put off going to the chiropractor because I tend to do that.  Turns out my quads are really tight, and my hamstrings are ridiculously tight in which both are causing some torsion and tilt to my pelvis.  My lower back ligaments are inflamed, but after some deep tissue massage and adjustments, it feels a little better.

I’ve got some new stretches to do and I was told to continue with my foam rolling and trigger point ball therapy.  I’m supposed to go back next week and see how my progress is doing.  As long as it doesn’t hurt while I run, I can continue to run.  However, it has been hurting a little when I run so therefore I haven’t.

Can’t a girl get a break?  I just want to run.  Is that too much to ask?

I understand it could be worse and that I could have a fracture or something like that, but I’ve already taken 3 months off of running and that was soooo frustrating.

Looks like I’ll be couch potato-ing  and computer nerd-ing for a bit.
Let’s be real, I already do both of these things.
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