Doctor Visit Results

I visited my doctor at Northwestern Hospital yesterday to try to get to the bottom of things. They poked around and determined that it is probably a muscle strain in my hip. To be sure I had an x-ray done on my hip to look for a stress fracture. Today I found out that came up negative.

They said the strain couldn't be treated with heat or ice it is too deep. The advice was to incorporate some new stretches and see how it feels. I'm cleared to run. If the pain comes back, physical therapy would be the next step.

Now I have to figure how to ease back into training. I'll be updating my training program to help me get going again.

posted by jim @ 7:54 AM Permanent Link | 0 comments

Doctor Appointment Set

I'm heading to the doctor to get a professional opinion and hopefully get back running soon. The problem is that the appointment is for next Monday, Dec 12.

As what typically happens, I have not had as much pain in my legs. My back is feeling stressed though. I'm tempted to get some runs in this week if my back feels better.

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