Oh, you guys. This glute thing is getting old. I have had pain significant enough to interfere with activity and sleep every day for a month. I saw the physical therapist on Tuesday (had to wait a few weeks for an appointment) and went away feeling pretty optimistic because a) it seems clear that there’s no involvement of spine, discs, SI band, or anything else back-related, and b) with diligent stretching and exercise and minimizing sitting, it should get better. The unfortunate bit, he said, is that, done properly, the stretches hurt. And they do. And I have been doing them diligently, which means that I have added a stretch-ache to the intermittent nerve pain. In which I haven’t yet seen an improvement.
I know five days is not really a lot and that I need to give it time. I have moved the lectern in my classroom (which I hardly ever use when teaching, but do stand at to grade or use the projector PC) to the side of my desk and am doing most of my prep, email and grading standing up.
I did go to a regular yoga class today and was able to do just about everything. I lucked out, actually, in that today’s class happened to put a lot of focus on opening this whole area–which might be why I’m feeling a bit worse tonight. Maybe things will feel better in the morning!
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