Injury update 2
I tried two runs this week. Both I had to cut pretty short because my legs were bothering me and I’ve been having minor muscle spasms in my lower left leg still on a regular basis. I was able to go back and see my doctor today. He had me get a blood test for electrolyte levels (hopefully have that back Monday) due to muscle spasms and is trying to get my insurance company to cover an MRI. I’ll be in Philly all next week, but if my insurance company will cover the MRI there are plenty of hosptials where I can get the scan done there. If all goes well I can get a scan and have the results analyzed by the end of the week.
Since we still aren’t sure what the problem is, I’m a bit nervous about doing more biking. While biking doesn’t have any impact, it still stresses the muscles and tendons. I ordered a mini stationary hand-bike from Amazon which should be here tomorrow. I’ll try using that with my arms and see if I can keep some of my cardiovascular conditioning until I know what exercises I can safely do.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I hope it turns out to be something explainable and solvable…. I know your frustrations about wanting to exersize but are afraid of overdoing it, or risking further injury…
On a side note, I discovered this morning, that on the 2nd day after donating blood, it’s not wise to try and go climb mountains on a bike as if your fine and hadn’t donated in the first place. Felt light headed and nauseous most of the way up… turned around about 2/3 to the top and went home. blech.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:28 am
Hey Gerrit -
I’ve been thinking about donating blood since I’ve been sidelined.
Most of the advice I’ve come across said it will take 5-7 days before you can perform again at a really high level after donating.
Glad you were in a position to turn around when you realized you weren’t feeling up to it. I hate when an ‘out-and-back’ workout feels like it might just turn into an ‘out’ workout.