Stupid waterfall
OK, so I mildly strained a glute muscle. Yes, “glute” as in gluteus maximus. If you've never experienced this particular brand of agony ... don't go looking for it. It is the suck. It happened on Wednesday … not quite sure how. More than likely, it was a combination of things (I gotta learn a better stretch for doing scorpion kicks!) So, I had all kinds of flashbacks to when a similar plight befell me years ago. To spare you the gory details, I was out of action for about 3 weeks. “Out of action” meaning “no kicking above the knee and anything requiring the hips was pretty much FUBAR’d”.
Well, this happened on Wednesday and didn’t really hit til sometime late Thursday morning. By “hit” I mean “felt like Godzilla was stomping on it”. (Talk about a pain in the ass!) And of course, the grand opening seminar for the Moy Tung Wing Chun school is this weekend. AAAAAIIIIIGGGHH!!!
Well, the Fu is strong with me. After 24 hours of resting, minor stretching, spinal adjustment, massage, ice, Motrin and some Siu Lim Tau, I can stand up straight and do forms again, as if nothing had happened. Mind you, these were all things I did last time and I was still out of the game for 3 weeks. But, my Kung Fu wasn’t nearly what it is now at that time. And while I’ve never led a sedentary life, this is definitely a good reason to never start.
Time to go play more (relaxed and really careful) Siu Lim Tau. That stupid waterfall is NOT going to win. I'll explain the waterfall reference next update...