My knee has still been giving me trouble and it seems that merely resting it is not enough. A few months ago I went online and looked up some exercises that would help re-balance the muscles in my leg and hopefully help with the knee problem. And that's all I did was look them up -- a few times I did actually do the exercises but physical therapy isn't as exciting as running or cycling and its a different mindset which I find difficult to embrace. I can be so disciplined physically when it's things I like to do or rather have been doing for a while but trying to engage in new activities takes a significant amount of inertia. Life seems to be that way, doing the things we know we need to do takes energy especially when they are foreign to us. In this case it's a slight shift, instead of running or cycling do PT and yet it's not easy to do that. It's easier to acquiesce and not do anything. For me it was a reminder of how easy it is to fall into patterns, ad the discipline and energy required to move forward. A process that is often painful and inevitably providing growth.
2 comments:
Yeah, I don't think "rest" translates the same from the doctors lips to your legs... ;)
First things first...
Have you seen a doctor yet, buddy?
Second...
I like the metaphor, even if I'm still slightly concerned for your leg.
Third...
I don't know why, but all the creative things I have been doing lately have been hard- things I CAN do- but challenging. But when they are complete and I've had space from them I ask,"who made that?". I can't even remember the pain it took to make it. I like the pieces, I think they are pretty or insightful, but it's weird that you can't see that its possible to heal, to grow, to create something so huge, you have to start with a picture of the whole and then start on the little details... like 15 minutes a day of leg exercises.
How literally lame life would be without the full use of your leg simply b/c of apathy or stubbornness!?!
i am currently writing a 10-page sports conditioning plan for a marathon runner for exercise physiology so i've been reading a bunch of different running books and one thing that the books give a lot of attention to is injury. i want to extend my encouragement to u to do those things that will help u recover so u can continue to be the athlete man u are for many more years. i am having to be way more aware of fitness choices i have been making as well so that i don't develop a chronic injury later on in life. yay for exercise! boo for pain! haha. have a good one man.
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