It's starting to hurt again already. :(

[zoidberg]

I don't know what to do any more. I guess I will take it easy for the rest of the week and see what happens. Sigh.

[runaways]

I'm so sorry. I hope you can somehow get down to the bottom of what's going on.

[zoidberg]

Me too. I think it is definitely narrowed down to being the iliopsoas tendon, but that knowledge doesn't help me much if they can't do anything about it.

I have another appointment on March 4th, maybe the doc will have something to tell me.

[agswife]

Oh man, zoidberg, I'm sorry. I'm hurting now, too, and it's not cool. Can you do anything - elliptical, bike, swim?

[zoidberg]

I haven't been trying to run. I have been doing spin, yoga and circuit (mostly body weight and light weights). And it's only been a week. Two spin classes.

[agswife]

Ugh. That sucks. I'm so sorry. ;(

[zoidberg]

I hate to come on here and complain and be all Debbie Downer, but this is just so discouraging. I haven't run regularly since before Labor Day, and I haven't worked out at all since early November. Rest, ice, PT, etc. and every time I try to start something again I don't make it a week. Even swimming.

Not many people IRL understand what a big deal this is to me.

[kams]

No it's not!!!!! Aaaaaaaugh @$*&%($*@)$*%)@* @*(#& #((()@*#(!!!!!!!!!

Maybe a week off, and then return a bit slower? Like start with 1 spin class, and only keep up with the class for the middle 30 minutes. Then extend, then eventually 2, etc. IDK, as if you haven't waited enough. Shit.

[zoidberg]

That's what I am going to do. I will start with just my Thursday class (Monday is a little more aggressive) and see how it goes.

I'm at the point of actually considering that surgery. Because wtf? It has been months and still not getting better.

[enfuego23]

I have only been injured 3 weeks and know how destructive an injury can be. Injuries are so discouraging - one day it feels better and then the next day it feels like you're back to square one. People IRL don't usually get it or understand why an injury is so tough to deal with. I have a tendon injury and complete rest is the only thing that will let it heal completely and I just don't deal with rest in great ways.
I have felt depressed and just not myself. Don't feel bad about complaining on here, this is the place to do it, so many of us have been and are in the same place that you are in.

[coconutbug]

Gaaaaaahhhhh, I hate that things are not getting better for you and that you're still in pain. So frustrating. I really hope a slower return to working out will help.

[sadlebred]

I have nothing to add other than .

[taratru]

I completely understand. I am doing every other day, super fucking slow "running" and I feel it. I don't know what else to do. Weeks and weeks off didn't really help. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm having some kind of identity crisis about it and it sucks. It's affecting my entire life. I need to reassess after Princess. Maybe another break altogether? I don't have anything coming up, really. I don't know.

But I'll sit over here in Depressed As Hell Corner with you.

[zoidberg]

Feb 4, 2014 22:40:02 GMT -5 taratru said:

I completely understand. I am doing every other day, super fucking slow "running" and I feel it. I don't know what else to do. Weeks and weeks off didn't really help. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm having some kind of identity crisis about it and it sucks. It's affecting my entire life. I need to reassess after Princess. Maybe another break altogether? I don't have anything coming up, really. I don't know.

But I'll sit over here in Depressed As Hell Corner with you.

This is just how I feel.

[emilyinchile]

I'm so sorry. And I get it - I have back problems, and during my original major pain episode I finally got to go for a 5 min jog as instructed by my PT and then was back to square one the next day. It lasted for months, and it makes you feel crazy. No one can see it, so you feel like they think you're just whining, and chronic pain is so exhausting that you don't have patience or emotional resources to do anything else. That doesn't fix you, but at least you can hopefully take some solace in knowing that someone understands. I hope that resting lets you do something active next week!

[trigal]

I know how you feel. I've been there! I hope you can get this figured out soon!

[mollyrunner]

I'm so sorry.  Past injuries have been tougher on me mentally than they even were physically.  Sending good thoughts your way!

[zoidberg]

Having someone else understand does make me feel better. I hate feeling like people think I'm just whining or malingering, but this has taken a pretty good chunk out of my life. The doctors keep saying that cycling or swimming or whatever should be fine, but it is not fine. I have yet to find any workout I can do for more than a week. And it isn't that it hurts while I'm doing the activity, it hurts constantly afterwards for a week or two. Ice seems to be the only thing that ever helps, but that is just temporary.