Archives for February 1, 2013

The superstitious side of me was afraid to post about my foundation training and the retreating low back pain I have experienced. It’s too early for any sort of celebration and I am acutely aware that things might take a turn for the worse at any given point. I just needed to post a little optimism on my blog. There hasn’t been a whole lot of that less than optimistic energy posted here in the past few months. Too much.

Today, however, I felt a new onset of neck soreness. Initially, I thought it was the result of looking down for 8 hours a day for my current project. But then I began thinking that it could be the result of the exercises I am doing for my low back. This is not because the exercise are bad for you; developing a strong, well-supported backbone CANNOT be bad. It is because I may have been a bit too gun-ho about my new routine. Just maybe.

So I decided to take a rest day.

Then I felt a niggle in the neighborhood of my left SI joint. It was nothing to write home (or blog about)…unless you are me. I stood up, leaned back on my heals and stuck my tushie out a for a founder exercise right there in my cubicle. I still felt it. I laid down on the floor and did a back extension. Still there. I ended up doing the entire basic workout and then went out for my lunchtime walk.

By the time I returned to my cubicle, it was gone.

I breathed a sign of relief and finished out my day.

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