Physical rehab stretches/exercises/instructions for a repeatedly injured (in the belly of the upper thigh) hamstring, for my own future reference and also for pegkerr on my flist.

( The details. )

It feels incredibly good to know that I am not going to be working this weekend. I think my 13-hour days are over, at least for a while. I'm feeling pretty much not ill, except when I exercise. Phil is totally a nasty phlegm-producing monster right now, which is sad. The overtime I worked the last few weeks should help our financial situation a lot ( Read more... )

Ok, so working until martial arts and doing a double-shot with the boxing-ish class after regular class, really doesn't leave me much time to get decent sleep. If I get home at 9:30 PM (and that's with a ride from a classmate), put away groceries, make myself dinner, and eat while catching up on internet...that's 10:35, apparently. I guess I didn't ( Read more... )

Grr.

Went to the appointment with the physical therapy people today. Basically, they said that yes, I seem to have a very spot-specific point in the "belly" of the hamstring in my upper thigh that has some scar tissue and keeps a) reinjuring itself and b) severely hampering my flexibility in my right leg. They did not tell me I had to stop doing ( Read more... )

Ow. Fuckdamnit, ow.

So when sinking into a simple defensive stance, no less, something in my hip/leg socket twinged. And proceeded to be unreasonable about not hurting. There's a muscle in your upper thigh that is the one primarily used to lift yourself up from a knee-up kneeling position--that one. It also seems to be used in regular walking, ( Read more... )

Mostly everyday stuff--cold, work, snowpants, Roomba love, and the cat calamity that I blogged about earlier this week.

( Summary of the Week )

It happened again. In Tuesday's "boxing/full-contact fighting" class, I did what I will call throwing my shoulder out, because I've got no idea what it actually is. Twice. This time, I felt/heard things grating in my shoulder. I know what caused it--when I throw my hooks, I wasn't picking a good stopping point to "snap the punch" by tensing my ( Read more... )

Nothing broken, nothing sprained, but my entire foot and ankle swelled up with a most impressive pattern of bruises. Injured during sparring a while ago, but I just got the pictures back recently. How it was injured, exactly, I'm entirely unsure--didn't even feel it until afterwards.

( Injury Photos )

Job StuffHaving talked to Job #1 and discovered that the new project won't be ready to go today or probably tomorrow, am taking today off from both Job #1 and Job #2, as I anticipate No Weekend. Job #2 has a loosy-goosey deadline for the end of the week, but I plan on going in there tomorrow and finishing that up. For those keeping track at home ( Read more... )

During sparring last Thursday, something happened to my ankle, or rather, to one specific silver-dollar sized spot just in front of the anklebone. It hurt to move, it hurt to walk, and it hurt at the slightest touch. I did two half-hour sessions with the ice bag on Thursday and Friday, and one on Saturday. I kept it elevated and tried not to ( Read more... )