Birthdays never made me feel old. I remember my Dad asking me every year as a kid if I felt older on my birthday. I never felt any different until this year. I feel
about 80 my age. My hips hurt a lot. I couldn't sit at the computer for more than a couple minutes. My hip pain was really caused by a compressed disc in my back. I've been going to a chiropractor for 2 months. The back pain/hip pain has diminished but I'm still afraid to re-injure it. The chiropractor restricted my exercise to walking, the elliptical machine, and prescribed strength exercises. This week doc gave me the go ahead to start running/walking intervals. The back and hip felt fine the first day I ran but the next day the hip pain was back. I'm bummed.
I just signed up for the
Color Me Rad 5k in April. I thought I'd have plenty of time to be better. Now I'm not so sure. It looks like such a fun 5K.
The number of my birthday never made me feel old but the aches and pains that have started definitely do. Getting old stinks but it is better than the alternative.
4 comments:
Don't you hate it? I have to make sure I only sit certain ways or hold my legs certain ways so nerves don't fire off and all kinds of old age nonsense! It stinks! I hope your pain goes away soon!
Happy New Year!
I definitely feel older, though not necessarily "old". Hey, at least you took the first step by signing up for the 5K and even if you have to walk part of it, just finishing it will be a huge accomplishment.
((((hugs)))) to you Secret Mom. I don't feel old, but I totally hear you about the aches and pains. I've had back problems for as long as I can remember. I hope you find relief. Fingers crossed for the 5K!
i tried a bit of veeeery slow jogging a few months ago after I read it could extend my life by 5 years - and you know I want to be around that much longer to tick off my son (I kid!) - but my joints ached so badly for days afterwards that I gave up and went back to the elliptical and walking. Guess that's gonna have to be the extent of my exercise routine...Hope you are able to resume again soon.
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