It's been a long time since I took the time to talk to you. Mostly I've been working a lot but the main reason I haven't written anything is because I was hurt and wasn't able to exercise much myself. I am still recovering but I have been doing physical therapy and working with a personal trainer to get me to a point that I can enjoy exercise again.
Turns out my knee was the problem. Actually it was the muscles around my knee not the knee itself. Muscle imbalance although slow to build up is a much better problem to have instead of direct knee issues. Like I said, I have been doing physical therapy and also realized that this type of injury takes a long time to get back in working order. That meant I was going to need help doing the right thing and not injuring myself again. I enlisted the help of a friend who's trainer had done amazing things with her all while keeping her injury-free. Yes I said keeping her injury-free! If you knew her you would understand how amazing that statement really is. Anyway, I started working with him about a month ago and so far so good.
This being injured thing has been really hard on me. I never thought about how exercise plays such a big part in keeping me sane. Like they say, you never know what you got until it's gone. I've had to totally scale back to the point where I wasn't allowed to even walk. Who can't walk. Walking is a fundamental part of being human. And I had to refrain from even that.
I was finally allowed to walk last week. So far the mileage and intensity is very light but I can do it. The other thing is the trainer has me exercising in my hotel room. I have 3 different kinds of bands. Small one, big ones, you name it and I have a band for it. It's not exactly like the thrill you get from running but it's not a bad workout.
So the good news is I'm back sort of. Well I'm bad to writing and one day I will even be back to serious exercise.
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Glad to hear that the PT has been helping strengthen your knee. Hugs.
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