Today I went to the Dr. for some other health problems and decided to mention the sheer pain I keep having on my right shin from running. I took off an entire month from running hoping to heal it. I decided to go out and try it again this week and the pain was still there! I went to the chiropractor a couple of weeks ago and he did some deep tissue message on it, thinking it was scare tissue build up. It didn't make a huge difference so here we are. The Dr. had me get it X-rayed today and won't get the results until maybe Thursday but she went ahead a prescribed a walking boot to wear to help heal it quicker if it is only shin splints...if it is a stress fracture I would be wearing the same thing, just for a longer period of time. The X-Ray tech couldn't tell me anything but I could tell with the questions she was asking me after looking at it that she saw something suspicious. I went to the drug store and got fitted for the boot. The good thing is that I can take this off and on, unlike a cast!!! I will keep working out but I will not be doing any walking or running or anything that hurts really. I will be "one" with the bike, swimming and other strength workouts until then. If it is going to happen, I am glad it is now. I will work hard to let it rest and heal so I can get back out to doing what I want to do...RUNNING!!! If I want to be able to run a marathon, I will have to do this now and not push the healing process.
My "Wii Fit" review so far is that I liked the different variety of workouts. I really need to work on the balance stuff. I could feel that I did a workout even after only 30 minutes of doing different games. I was suprised that the pre-set workouts were only for about 8-10 minutes. I am going to explore making my own workout for a straight 30 minutes so I don't have to keep starting things over. It is a good thing I will have this for something new to do, my usual group classes I do at the wellness center will have to be put on hold since most of it is jumping or stepping up and down which is painful.
The good news for today is that my scale at home was kind to me and I had a 2 lb loss! I am very excited about it and I will keep it up. Now I am off to figure out what workout I will do tonight on my own at the gym.
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