The last week has been pretty rough. I got out a few seperate days but was having some serious hip pain during and after my runs, as well as the following day while simply walking around...not fun. I started to get nervous that I had a stress fracture or some sort of tear. The pain was very different from my past IT band issues.
I emailed my friend, Holly, who is an awesome physical therapist for some advice. We spent an hour yesterday going over my issue (which at that point felt much better, obviously!) and discussing the different muscles and bones in the hip and knee area. It was amazing to learn how much is truly going on in each joint, and how integral they are to our movement.
After the hour Holly had come to the conclusion, to my delight, that I had "over-used" my muscles since my last race having lacked recovery time, as well as a stiff hip joint. The solution is simple; stretch, cross-train, and REST/recover when I know I need it :-)
I was really happy with the outcome and felt better just having gone through the stretches and exercises for the hour with her. Thanks Holly!!!
...next day to run will be Thanksgiving when we hit up an 8K in Maplewood, NJ!
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A friend, who is also a PT, perfect... If there's any time that rest is required, this couldn't be any better. Before you know if you'll be back out there cranking up the miles. Have a great 8K and feast!!
Rest and recovery is important. We got lots of running to do in '09!
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