Apparently I tore a tendon down there and have been compensating for it for years now. I'm actually suspicious that I may have injured it when I was about 13. I used to play basketball and when I charged the court I could feel my hips zig zagging their way as I ran furiously to keep the ball in my control. Unfortunately, I think I probably ripped the tendons as I ran. I am apparently double-jointed in my hips as well, and according to my massage therapist, I am also more likely to really hurt myself. So we fast forward 15 years and I am laying on the massage table with the therapist asking rhetorically "what is this?".
Saturday was a painful day. When I woke I could feel tension in my back and I knew it would be a bad day; which is really too bad because I was supposed to go to see my dad.
Yesterday wasn't so bad. I heard tendons popping, but there was no pain.
Today I went on a three mile walk which took me about 45 mins. When I got to the point where I turn around I was able to bend down and put my hands on the ground with my legs almost straight! Yay!
So, although my massage discovered an old problem, I am thrilled that I can now bend down without pain, and for the first time in a long time, I did not have any muscle pain in my abs as I walked. Now that is a valuable day off. :)
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So was your hip making you unable to stretch to the ground palms down? Or did they also get the hamstrings but good? You don't even wanna know how bendy I am, it's weird... I guess I am glad all that pounding myself playing vball just messed up my shoulders (which still ache sometimes, ugh).
Did you find out about PT?
PALMS DOWN? Hell no. Now I can. But then, no way. And yes, it was tightness in my back that would stop me. I'm not sure if I'm going to do PT. I may just get more massages to keep that area looser.
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