Healing and Recovering

It has been 1 week since being diagnosed with a stress fracture and 2.5 weeks since the injury occurred.  It is feeling better!  Movements that were bothering/hurting the first week don’t hurt anymore.   SHHHH … Don’t tell my coach, Pat or the Doc but, I really think I could try running……..  Don’t worry Matt, Pat and Doc…. I will obey orders and refrain from running. :)

I have found that I love pool running!  I can’t get enough of it.  If I could stay in the water without turning into a prune I think I would do it all day long!  :)  Some people have said it is boring and monotonous but, I have not had that problem at all.  Maybe it’s because I really need a good workout and pool running gives it to me right now – it gets my heart rate up and I just have fun while doing it.  The pool has aquajoggers which are flotation belts that I put around my waist, and then I mimic a running motion in the water (straight back, high knees).  I have been going back and forth width-wise in the pool but, I just found the bungee cord today.  I am going to try that next time – it lets me tether myself to the wall which supposedly will give me a better workout.  Looking forward to trying it. :)

I have only biked one time in the past week.  The pressure on the fracture when sitting on the seat isn’t hurting as much as it did during the previous 2 weeks.  But, I only biked 25 miles so not too long in the saddle.  I did feel the groin area though – not pain but, mostly fatigue is the way I would describe it.  We are going to try lowering my seat just a little bit which will put me in a more upright position and see if that helps any.  Other ideas are to raise my handlebars. 

I have also been walking.  The first couple walks last week were slow and easy.  I didn’t want to stress that area too much.  Today I felt really good and was able to walk at a brisk pace – about 3 miles before the groin area started feeling fatigued.  I am trying to pay close attention to this “fatigue vs. pain” feeling and want to stop activity before it gets to ‘pain’.

Activities keeping me occupied right now:
Walking, pool running, swimming, biking, blogging, yoga, strength/core workouts, reading.

I am really happy that this seems to be healing.