So after spending $200 to find out that I don't have a stress reaction on Monday, I just spent $65 this morning to find out in 30 minutes that I most likely do not have an overuse injury, sports hernia, or hip flexor problem. Apparently I have an unstable pelvis, which is a problem due to having very tight everythings. I'm not sure if I agree with this diagnosis; it's true I have not stretched in two months, but that happened after the injury.
The physical therapist's plan for me is to do core work and stretching until hopefully I am healed, which could be a couple months. While this is not really that helpful, it's better than not being able to do anything. I can even do some aquajogging and a couple miles of running, if it doesn't hurt (which it does). I am going to try to take Lindsay's advice and make sure to do all the exercises as seriously and focused as possible, so I can forget about how I think that this is the wrong diagnosis. The good thing is that even if this doesn't work, when I start running again, whenever that is, I'll be really flexible and have a strong core, which will be really helpful.
I'll give a more positive post in a few weeks when I start seeing results.
The moral is: do your stretching and corework and it will save you money.
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This might not be appropriate for your injury, but one last-resort option to consider is Lidoderm patches. They're mostly for old people with bad backs I think, but a doctor prescribed them to me for hip/low back pain that I had dealt with off and on basically all through college. MRIs & x-rays came back normal, and physical therapy didn't do anything.
ReplyDeleteYou slap on one of these Lidoderm patches, and it releases pain killing medication, basically numbing whatever it touches. You can even wear it when you run, which is the only time I ever did. Sounds like just a band-aid measure, but after a few weeks of wearing the patches on runs, the pain never came back.
HUZZAH! Not a stress reaction! This is cause for celebration.
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