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Went back to TOSH to discuss the issues with Joel after realizing Canyon Sports isn't on my insurance. He thinks I can address the nagging issues and recover that way. He didn't say but I think he suspects some of the fundamental issues are not correctable. I will have a doctor opine on that.
He measured my legs and my left leg, despite being more bowed, is longer than my right by 1.5 centimeters (93 to 91.5). Less than 1 cm is best and he suggested a simple insert on the left side may alleviate my SI pain (together with physical therapy and sustained post-PT attention).
His PT approach would target strengthening the areas of concern. He also refuted much of what I was told to do last week. Why hold a clamshell when that has nothing to do with your running motion? Don't stretch an injured hamstring! Hamstring slides, planks with clipboard, hamstring curls with swiss ball and bohemian lunges. I feel better about this approach than holding clamshells for 4x4 minutes with a band and some other stuff I could barely do
He has read studies that easy running can aid recovery so he encourages me to get back out there. I will do easy runs four days and PT three days. He told me not to let the sports med doc give me a shot in the affected region - that's the second warning I've had on this. But it's possible he has relied on shots less of late.
Lunch
PT followed by stairmaster. I jumped on the treadmill but my hip was tired with all the attention today so I moved to the stairmaster. I feel none of the issues on the stairmaster and it works me good. 214 floors and 1.53 vertical miles in 35 minutes. I went slightly less hard than Friday but very hard.
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