So MRI said no stress fracture. That’s great, but that didn’t explain the pain. So basically the doc told me to start back running and “train my hip to run w/o pain.” What does that mean? To me it meant get out there and suck it up through the pain and just resume running as normal. Unfortunately, I got only 1 good day of running in w/o it feeling worse, then the next day led to pain that let me know I wouldn’t be running anytime soon. So here I am without a diagnosis, though I have this feeling in the back of my mind that my attempts to start running again LED to what is probably now a stress fracture. I’ve been getting treatment and doing lots of pool workouts since the pain last week, and I have been told to schedule an appointment with a stress fracture specialist in a nearby town to seek a second opinion. That’s fine with me, I think a new set of eyes will be helpful in figuring out my injury. Plus, I have been compiling a list of my symptoms, including a popping of my hip, flexor pain, and pain radiating down my quad that seem to have come up along with (or because of?) my interior hip pain. HOPEFULLY it is something like hip misalignment or something out of whack that will be less than 4 or 5 weeks out so I can have some sanity in this whole ordeal. What sucks is that it has been 4 weeks since the initial pain, so if I would have just stopped all running then I would probably be healed right now. But that is not realistic when you’re running for a team and have deadlines and benchmarks you’re trying to prepare for, and it’s easy to lose patience and stop listening to your body’s signals. I’ll be okay, I’m sure. It take a strong person to be a competitive runner, but it takes a stronger person to crosstrain diligently through injury to resume competitive running. I can do this. I can do this. I just have to keep my goals in mind and have PATIENCE.
On another note, work has been going well, and I finally have some money in my account to work with. Yay! It’s nice to be able to go grocery shopping and get what I want instead of sticking to the simple staples.
I get so sad thinking about other people doing their weekly long runs and speed workouts, not to mention races. I was sooooooo ready to get out there and kick some a**! Sorry, I just had to get that one out. I’m being patient, I really am.
Another week coming up, and another series of crosstraining workouts. Time to attack!
