time to heal

Today, I finally started physical therapy for the nagging knee injury that started way back in January.  No, not this January, last January, as in 2013.  Yep.  I'm a procrastinator.  The honest to goodness truth is I thought I could just rest it out.  Take a break from running and it would be no more, but it just so happened I was in the middle of marathon training.  I did rest it from running.  I did the whole aqua jogging thing.  I rode the bike for hours at the gym.  You know what I didn't do?  Strength train.  That's the one thing I held back from my body while tearing it down to run 26.2.



Back to physical therapy, from my MRI scan last month I learned that I had a medial hamstring strain and a posterior capsular sprain.  So, basically, I've had a pulled hamstring for over a year.  It has never healed because I haven't properly taken care of it or had it treated.

I was so happy leaving that place because the doctor was so nice and she understood what I told her when I explained, "the back of my knee feels like a rubber band pulled taunt that gets plucked when I run."  I have no other way to explain the feeling but that's what it was.  She asked me a few questions about it and I was confident that she just knew.

I can't express the relief that I am feeling right now.  I am not getting my hopes up yet.  It was only my first session and I'm not running yet, but it's coming!  I cannot wait.  Spring is here.  I'm ready to run.

And, there's this...maybe I need more time at the ocean ;)