Low maintenance
The lower hamstrings got tight on Tuesday after a 30-minute track walk at the Campbell Community Center. They felt like piano strings poised to sing notes only a soprano could love. But after yoga last night the muscles got looser and things started to settle in again.
On Wednesday I went to see Dr. Mike and among the usual suspects he readjusted my fibula again. It was moving around more than he expected and he wasn't sure why. Two possible causes: a lot of driving and a lot of dancing. My commute is only eight miles each day but I usually drive up to San Francisco or Oakland once a week. As far as dancing, I told him that all partner dance is designed for right-handed people, so a lot of the moves involve pushing off or anchoring with the right leg; I illustrated this by showing him a video clip on my Treo of me dancing at last year's salsa congress. He was interested in seeing some dance moves at my next adjustment to see first-hand the forces they put on my body. Dr. Mike also did a knee-cap adjustment where he held my patella in place while I jerk-flexed my quads – holy @*?! did it sting! But my knee cap has felt much less abrasive every since.
I saw Gina this morning and she said all my muscles are fine; it's now just a matter of getting my knee back to full strength. She said six miles is a good safe distance to run (although I can always run further 'til it hurts if my knee feels up to it) so I'll be running six miles tomorrow. I may add the extra 376 yards to make it a full 10K – it just sounds better.
Almost two weeks of being a stir-crazy couch potato made my muscles painfully stiff, so my goal at this point is to stay conditioned and loose. Once my knee gets strong enough that my muscles don't feel like they have to compensate for it, I'll be ready to increase my distance again.
On Wednesday I went to see Dr. Mike and among the usual suspects he readjusted my fibula again. It was moving around more than he expected and he wasn't sure why. Two possible causes: a lot of driving and a lot of dancing. My commute is only eight miles each day but I usually drive up to San Francisco or Oakland once a week. As far as dancing, I told him that all partner dance is designed for right-handed people, so a lot of the moves involve pushing off or anchoring with the right leg; I illustrated this by showing him a video clip on my Treo of me dancing at last year's salsa congress. He was interested in seeing some dance moves at my next adjustment to see first-hand the forces they put on my body. Dr. Mike also did a knee-cap adjustment where he held my patella in place while I jerk-flexed my quads – holy @*?! did it sting! But my knee cap has felt much less abrasive every since.
I saw Gina this morning and she said all my muscles are fine; it's now just a matter of getting my knee back to full strength. She said six miles is a good safe distance to run (although I can always run further 'til it hurts if my knee feels up to it) so I'll be running six miles tomorrow. I may add the extra 376 yards to make it a full 10K – it just sounds better.
Almost two weeks of being a stir-crazy couch potato made my muscles painfully stiff, so my goal at this point is to stay conditioned and loose. Once my knee gets strong enough that my muscles don't feel like they have to compensate for it, I'll be ready to increase my distance again.
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