Back at work now, at a proper job which requires me to actually catch the train before 7am, and not get back til after 6pm. Quite a shock to my system. But so far so good.
It does however interfere with my running, as it is dark and cold when I go to work, and dark and cold when I get back. I find it tricky enough to walk in London, so there is no option to run there, for me anyway. I see other people doing it. I have a 25 minute walk to work from the station, and back in the evening, so I walk that as fast as I can, but it's not the same. Nice view at sunset though.
I have joined the gym, to get through this, and today attempted the treadmill for the first time. Well it sucked. I only managed 20 minutes, and that took a huge mental effort. Things I hadn't thought about:
Didn't enjoy it at all, but will persevere. I was quite a bit faster than when I run outside, at least.
I have also been to see a new physio, having done a load of research first to try and get one that would be able to do something with my shoulder. Well. I wanted someone who was actually willing to get stuck in the knots and joints, and generally jammed upper back and I got one. And it hurt. A LOT. And has continued to hurt since, and feels a bit...floppy? wobbly? unstable? Something like that anyway. It's not a bad pain, it actually feels like a useful sort of pain. He got stuck into my back particularly, and it was pretty painful at the time, and the next day even water in the shower touching it hurt.
However, he seems to know what he's talking about and pointed out a few things like when I was walking my hand up the wall I was actually lifting with my back, not my shoulder, from about 90 degrees up. So that's not really doing what I wanted. I will be seeing him twice a week for a while, to try and get this resolved once and for all.
So far his main concerns seem to be the muscle wastage in my deltoid, the lack of movement, and the general tightness and locked up nature of my back generally. I'm hoping 3rd time lucky with physios, and it seems promising so far.
It does however interfere with my running, as it is dark and cold when I go to work, and dark and cold when I get back. I find it tricky enough to walk in London, so there is no option to run there, for me anyway. I see other people doing it. I have a 25 minute walk to work from the station, and back in the evening, so I walk that as fast as I can, but it's not the same. Nice view at sunset though.
I have joined the gym, to get through this, and today attempted the treadmill for the first time. Well it sucked. I only managed 20 minutes, and that took a huge mental effort. Things I hadn't thought about:
- when I run outside I am constantly changing pace slightly, whereas on a treadmill it's a constant grind at the same pace without variation
- it feels unstable and a bit precarious, and I lived in fear of tripping
- there is nothing to do except watch the timer. I couldn't read (too jumpy), and there were no tv's in front of me, so no distraction at all and nothing to look at
Didn't enjoy it at all, but will persevere. I was quite a bit faster than when I run outside, at least.
I have also been to see a new physio, having done a load of research first to try and get one that would be able to do something with my shoulder. Well. I wanted someone who was actually willing to get stuck in the knots and joints, and generally jammed upper back and I got one. And it hurt. A LOT. And has continued to hurt since, and feels a bit...floppy? wobbly? unstable? Something like that anyway. It's not a bad pain, it actually feels like a useful sort of pain. He got stuck into my back particularly, and it was pretty painful at the time, and the next day even water in the shower touching it hurt.
However, he seems to know what he's talking about and pointed out a few things like when I was walking my hand up the wall I was actually lifting with my back, not my shoulder, from about 90 degrees up. So that's not really doing what I wanted. I will be seeing him twice a week for a while, to try and get this resolved once and for all.
So far his main concerns seem to be the muscle wastage in my deltoid, the lack of movement, and the general tightness and locked up nature of my back generally. I'm hoping 3rd time lucky with physios, and it seems promising so far.
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