I haven't been blogging much, not just because I haven't been running much, but because my little niggling injuries were getting me down. It occurred to me that it's been more than five years since I first hurt my foot. Ever since, it's been on again/off again, no bad pain, but in its on phases, a very persistent ache. For months, it's been on again, and more recently, the pain was spreading.
My hip, which I thought I'd bested with PT, was also bothering me, along with the associated glute and back pain that accompanies it. Long story short, I have spent a few weeks feeling sorry for myself and not running much, partly because I was afraid of hurting myself more, and partly because my bad attitude and I were too busy having a little pity party.
I had put off seeing someone about this for many reasons. I'm super busy. The pain wasn't that bad. PT had declared me cured, and discharged me. I've been through every shoe imaginable, from barefoot to motion control with inserts, and nothing had changed. I'm not really an athlete.
On a recommendation from The Supportive Husband, I finally, at long last, made an appointment with a sports med and rehab guy. He's an MD, but an osteopath wannabe, and has a chiropractic table and a skeleton in his office.
Can I tell you how hard it is to go into a doctor's appointment saying "um, well, it's bothered me for five years, and I ran a marathon on it, so it's not that bad, but can you fix it now?" Any normal human would give me a "bless your heart" and a sample of ibuprofen and send me on my way. Lucky for me, my new doc is not a normal person.
He spent 45 minutes hands on, assessing and adjusting me. It was very, very validating to hear him tell me what was out of whack, which totally lined up with every symptom I've had. He worked on my foot, manhandling my misaligned cuboid bone. He put me in spinal twists, plucked my spasming muscles, and otherwise worked magic that is hard to explain. My body and my attitude both got a big adjustment.
Everything feels a bit in flux today - for a few hours, my foot was totally pain free, and now parts of it hurt that never hurt before. My back feels both loosey-goosey, and tight. Will my pain be cured? I don't know, but my pity party is over.
PS Cville runners, the C10M training program begins next Saturday at the CHS track!! Bring it on!
