I feel like I’m in analysis paralysis: I know (or can find out) what moves to do for beginning weight training, but #spondylolisthesis!
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a long word for a slipped vertebra
Twitter Update: I want to get into strength training. Like, workin…
I want to get into strength training. Like, working up to heavy stuff. I’m afraid of hosing my back by doing something I shouldn’t, though.
Twitter Update: Did a yoga workout for 45 mins and felt injured. #…
Did a yoga workout for 45 mins and felt injured. #spondylolisthesis Damn back. I need to restrengthen my core. bit.ly/1Fww8xl
Twitter Update: Hmm. I appear to have tweaked my back during my tr…
Hmm. I appear to have tweaked my back during my triumphant return to yoga. Nice to see you again, #spondylolisthesis! It’s been a while.
I Don’t Believe in Jinxes
…But if I did, I’d say I totally jinxed myself at this week’s Weight Watchers At Work meeting.
The director of the fitness center at my work knows about my back condition, and asked me if it’s been getting better lately, since I’ve lost 20 pounds this year. I answered yes, that I haven’t had any major issues in probably six months.
Cue the major issues.
Yesterday, I sat in a doctor’s office for two hours with my son on my lap, while he underwent a food challenge for his allergies. He passed the challenge, but my back didn’t. I didn’t realize what had happened until I went to yoga today, and the activity actually made it feel worse instead of better.
So, here I lay on the couch, with an ice pack under my lumbar region and my bloodstream full of ibuprofen. If I don’t feel better by tomorrow morning, I’ll see if my chiropractor can get me in over my lunch break.
I’ve been spoiled by my lack of pain lately; I thought it was gone for good. I thought maybe getting into a healthy weight range and strengthening my core would solve the problem.
Not entirely.