Hello from 12 days after my last post!
I can see I posted that at 6:40am on Saturday the 10th. I was feeling somewhat tired from my ride, but I was also excited because I had booked a swim at a reservoir about 3 miles from my house. The kids were all coming to meet me at a cafe after my dip, so I decided to run there for a bit of extra adventure.
I ran with a camelback carrying the minimum for the dip (jumper, swimsuit, travel towel, goggles, swim cap) and my back started to feel a bit... bad. During my ride I felt I needed to stretch my back a lot but it's been a while since I've ridden that much and even longer since I've tried to do technical riding over drops
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| This is a drop. This is obvs not me. |
The weather was lovely, the reservoir was a balmy 15c/60f.
And do a lot of yoga. Every day. (this was not really medical advice)
I started getting up at 5am to do a 30 or 45 minute Peloton yoga class every morning. It was interesting because I have never struggled with standing forward fold before, and when I started this time I physically could not do the pose at all. Same with other poses I normally like - happy baby, thread the needle... none of it. I did yoga in the morning and the evening and noticed how much more flexible I was by the evening every day.
After about 10 days the pain was gone, and yesterday I had a massage which helped immensely. I am excited at the idea of continuing yoga though. It's a nice way to get up in the morning. Also, the terror that I won't be able to move without yoga was stronger than my desire to not be awake at 5am.
Things I learned:
- I am much happier now being a not-in-pain person
- Yoga is a really nice way to start the day
- Core muscles are very real and useful
- Recovering from a mild injury quickly is great for feeling much better about life
- Sleeping on my back sucks and is also really good for my back
- Mountain biking is great fun and probably worth 10 days of back pain but the run probably wasn't worth it
Do you do yoga (daily or otherwise)? Do you sleep on your back? Can you do a standing forward fold?
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I don't hurt my back very often but when I do...it pretty much ruins everything. The last time that I hurt my back the most painful thing was sitting.
ReplyDeleteI sleep on my back and hardly ever do yoga.
I just want to like yoga but I cant make myself. First, I'm not flexible - 2nd - its so BORING to me.
ReplyDeleteI've always kind of liked yoga but this is the first time I've *really* enjoyed it... but maybe that's because I like yoga way more than shooting back pain. I'm fairly sure the first day I don't do yoga will be the start of many days I don't do yoga.
DeleteI started doing yoga in January of last year, and have not missed a day. It has made such a difference in my back and neck! Yo, yoga works! I’m sorry that you hurt your back, but relieved that you are better. Not being in pain is awesome, and of course very appreciated after a period of being in pain.
ReplyDeleteI swear that I had already commented on this post, but who knows why it did not work! I am so glad you got out and did some mountain biking! Also, is that a really huge beer or is it just close to the camera?
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