By way of updates, I won't discuss work...you know that the frequency of my posts is inversely related to the hours I'm logging, and my last post was almost three weeks ago, so that says all you need to know.
It's now been 57 days since I started mini-size me and it hasn't worked out like I had hoped, at least not entirely. I haven't been to any of the fast food places and have stuck to healthier fare at restaurants, but I haven't been dropping much weight. I'm only down a couple of pounds since this started. I guess I had higher expectations. On the other hand I have been sleeping better. I feel better. And I'll find out in another month and a half if my bloodwork looks better. I'll keep after it...I think when I start running again I will see the weight come off.
Speaking of which, I have been in physical therapy for a month now and the hip and knee are coming back into line. They've been taping my patella in place and doing strengthening exercises for it, and for the last two weeks I haven'
t had it taped
. It is bothering me less and less. My hip is still painful in certain positions, but they've narrowed it down to inflammations of the attachment points of a pair of muscles; the psoas (which attaches to the front of the spine and upper portion of the front of the femur)and the piriformis (which passes through the "greater sciatic foramen" and attaches to the sacrum and the back of the upper femur). Through some deep tissue work they've gotten the muscles to release and the hip had full range of motion without pain, but only temporarily. I do have consistent increase in the range of motion though not without pain, and I start back into some light running this weekend, assuming that my knee doesn't start hurting. I'm almost back, baby! I'll get another update out and let you know how it goes.
It's now been 57 days since I started mini-size me and it hasn't worked out like I had hoped, at least not entirely. I haven't been to any of the fast food places and have stuck to healthier fare at restaurants, but I haven't been dropping much weight. I'm only down a couple of pounds since this started. I guess I had higher expectations. On the other hand I have been sleeping better. I feel better. And I'll find out in another month and a half if my bloodwork looks better. I'll keep after it...I think when I start running again I will see the weight come off.
Speaking of which, I have been in physical therapy for a month now and the hip and knee are coming back into line. They've been taping my patella in place and doing strengthening exercises for it, and for the last two weeks I haven'
t had it taped
. It is bothering me less and less. My hip is still painful in certain positions, but they've narrowed it down to inflammations of the attachment points of a pair of muscles; the psoas (which attaches to the front of the spine and upper portion of the front of the femur)and the piriformis (which passes through the "greater sciatic foramen" and attaches to the sacrum and the back of the upper femur). Through some deep tissue work they've gotten the muscles to release and the hip had full range of motion without pain, but only temporarily. I do have consistent increase in the range of motion though not without pain, and I start back into some light running this weekend, assuming that my knee doesn't start hurting. I'm almost back, baby! I'll get another update out and let you know how it goes.
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