Spring Running Thread

[OakLeaf]

Just got back from the new PT and I'm sooooo encouraged! FINALLY someone who gets that strengthening without mobilization just reinforces bad movement patterns - and who could assess me and see the layers upon layers of compensation instead of just the basic ability to function that I've built for myself by working around everything that doesn't work right. He said that he's probably ever seen only a couple of patients with LESS lumbosacral mobility than I have, in his entire career. He was frank that at my age we're not going to be able to perfectly fix stuff I've had from childhood, but I wasn't expecting that, and any improvement is good.

So, we're starting off with some exercises to mobilize the pelvic joints - not just the SI but the pubic symphysis as well - and go from there. I'm only going to be seeing him once a week since it's such a long drive, but since there's nothing acute at this point, it's all good!

[Catrin]

Excellent - that is good news! Not that you need so much attention for your lumbosacral mobility but because he knows what he's talking about. Where is he by the way? I'm sure that it would be totally unrealistic for me to drive that far but if he is that good a one-time consult might be something I could consider in a few months if I don't see changes in the right direction.

[OakLeaf]

He's in Dublin, so closer to you than most of Columbus.

[Catrin]

Thanks - send me his name via PM and I will check him out. My chiropractor thinks my main problem with my leg instability is still knee/quad strength regardless of how much work I've done, though my coach is inclined to blame my hip. I am giving it until July (first anniversary of knee surgery) to give it a full year. I've read lateral releases can take that long to heal properly. There is also a local Ortho-certified PT who is said to be quite good - though "local" isn't close.

[OakLeaf]

So I got out for three today. After all this time my legs were obviously good for more, but my respiratory infection is still a little bit precarious, and I didn't want to push it, but I was jonesing hard. Felt great - looking forward to getting back into it.

RnR, how are your legs feeling? Who else is running?

[rocknrollgirl]

Hey...I am good. rested for a few days for my ouchies. Ran an easy 4 on Thursday and did an 8 mile trail run yesterday. Lifted today. feeling pretty good for an old girl. We have another race on June 11th so I treated this week like a reverse taper. We will do a few long weekend runs and then taper down again.

Saw my foot guy on Wed. I am over pronating past what my orthotics can handle so he is making me a new pair. It is causing my feet, particularly my big toes and the tops of my feet to hurts. It only started about 6 weeks ago, so I think we caught it pretty early. Hopefully the new orthotics will help. I had planned to step up to longer trail races next year, but if the increased mileage is going to exacerbate this problem, I will stay with shorter races. Not worth doing long term damage at this age.
I have too many retirement plans.

Oak, I am glad you are getting the care your pelvis needs.

[OakLeaf]

So I've been running a little, not much. Partly because it's amazing how much fitness I lost in three weeks. Partly because my adductors are screaming from the PT exercises, which I really wasn't expecting - pretty much standard hip strengthening stuff, the only exercise I'm doing now that I hadn't done before is the seated internal/external rotation against a stretchy band - and it's not the isometric adduction that I'm doing to mobilize the joints, because they didn't get really sore until we added the other work. Really it ought to be the abductors and external rotators that are getting the most work, but it's the adductors that are so sore I can only do the exercises every other day. Yikes. But we've had some beautiful running weather.

How's everyone else doing?