Thanks to accupuncture…

I had another physio session and things seem to be looking up. My left hip, the one that was pinching during flexion-adduction, has got a whole lot more range of motion back. My right gluteals were still tight, but the physio said it was much improved from the last session. I got more accupuncture anyway and a deep tissue massage. It’s feeling pretty awesome right now. I expect everything to be feeling worse again tomorrow, and then better again after that.

The physio put some real pressure on the tensor fascia lata trigger point today. He had me on my side with the left hip facing up then jammed his elbow into it. O-U-C-H. Nothing else can describe it. It felt like the more I winced the harder he pressed into the trigger point! I’m not saying this in a negative tone because that’s what you’re meant to do to release tight trigger points.

Next appointment will be Monday. I have a new PNF stretch for the right gluteal to add to my growing list of physio stretches. I hope this one yields better results than the passive stretches I’ve been doing.

Practice today was again uneventful. I suspect it will continue to be uneventful for as long as I’m injured. C had a little talk to all of us about injuries. Actually, she doesn’t call them injuries, she calls them “challenges”. It makes sense to call them challenges instead of injuries, if you put something in a negative light, it’s going to bring your mood down, if you put it in a positive light, it’s going to inspire you. That was also pretty much the point of her message today.

• Don’t feel down and beat yourself up about challenges in practice.
• Look at it in a constructive manner and learn from them.
• Don’t focus on what you can’t do, but focus on what you can do.
• Work on the parts of your practice that don’t hurt.

I took away marichyasana B and D again. I took away urdhva dhanurasana. I even took away ardha baddha padmottanasana and ardha baddha padma paschimottanasana. I pretty much took away anything that had to do with lotus and half lotus. The left leg wasn’t comfortable so I thought I’d better back off once again. Strange because my body is usually rather soft after a physio session.

My massage ball didn’t come today, that was a bummer.