Taking A Break

For those of you who don't know every detail of my life (what's your problem? Get with the times!), I've had a hip injury for over a year. I have iliopsoas tendonitis in my right hip and it just won't heal. Granted, I haven't really been doing myself any favors because when I was teaching six hours a day I had to be in turnout, which is the cause of the overuse injury to begin with. Then in the morning I would either be doing P90X or Insanity. Now that I’m not in turnout six hours a day I’ve decided to try to heal this hip injury. I’m now only working out on days where I haven’t had any hip pain for 24 hours. It’s been really tough because I feel like a worthless blob, but I know fitness will be there when/if this injury ever heals itself. Call it maturity, common sense, laziness, whatever, I’m trying to be smart about this injury. Why over a year later? I guess I’m tired of being in pain almost all the time. I also would like to continue to dance and don’t want my career to be over at the age of 26 because I was being stupid.

I’m asking you, my friends, to hold me to this and if you catch me doing something when I say my hip hurts, bring the hammer down. I may kick and scream, but, remind me that I’m trying to be a grown up and be smart about this injury.

For anyone else who has a chronic injury, I urge you all to do the same. I know it’s more macho or whatever to work through the pain and you don’t want to stop working out, but your body will thank you if you listen to it and let it heal before you continue to barrage it with Insanity or something else that it really doesn’t feel like handling at the moment. The workouts will be there once you’ve healed.

I feel like a grown up now! Gross……

Now I'm going to be off because The Coffee Bean is being taken over my teenagers. Damn kids with your rock and roll music, Zimas, hula hoops, and Pacman....Get outta my yard! I guess I am old....