On the road again

Yesterday was a pretty depressing day. Work was overwhelming, my teaching partner said she wouldn't be able to teach our salsa class in Gilroy anymore, and my knee was starting to give me fits again. Even though it was faring better than last week, the tissues still felt swollen underneath. Plus all the lateral muscles from mid-thigh to mid-calf were stiff as a board. Good lord, all I did was swim! Did I push it too soon or did I just let my muscles get tight?

I saw Gina today and handed her all my ails. She went to work and pushed really, really deep, sacrificing her thumbs for my benefit. Wow, I felt like an ART virgin again! ;-) Good news: What I thought was swelling under my kneecap was mostly adhesions and scar tissue that Gina was able to work out. Plus my muscle pain was indeed stiffness and not something more serious. She said the pain was from IT band and not patellafemoral syndrome.

On Gina's suggestion I took a light run around the block, about 2/3 of a mile. My knee felt pretty mobile; I hope it to be more so by this weekend. Boy, did I miss running. Gina, on the other hand . . .