Thanks, ausgirl!

I've been seeing an orthopedic surgeon here locally along with my GP and was in and out of phys-therapy for about a year. I reckon this pain is my fault entirely, pure and simple -- I was overprotective of my back instead of strengthening the muscles and now I'm paying with weak muscles that haven't been asked to do anything strenuous for a long time. This episode showed a massive improvement over even just a few months ago and I didn't have to resort to narcotics to get through it (let's not mention that glass of wine ) ... it was just overstressed and underdeveloped muscles that needed time to heal and proved themselves stronger for it today. My biggest concern this week was that, in wanting to take another day of rest, maybe I was being too overcautious.

I knew going into this that there would be a price to pay in order for me to get where I want to go. I'm willing to pay that price because the stronger I get the more fun this is!