I went out today and ran 8 X 100m very easy and 1 X 50 hill before stopping. The hill felt like a little too much impact/power for this stage of where I am, thus only one. Having done ZERO for three weeks I want to stay well within myself. I keep hearing "jammed hip" from that squat rep, and then once on the trip I stepped quickly to the right and felt it "jam back in", so I guess that's part of the issue. It's still there but I felt amazingly good on the flights and with all of the walking around, sitting and standing during the trip.
So today when I'm walking to the car I had a vision of my own traction machine. I went home and attached a dog leash around my ankle and hooked the other to the cable link where I would sit to do seated rows. I stood up, took the slack out and leaned forward over my bench like I was going to lay on a surfboard. This provided a really nice and constant strong tension/traction on my hip. Then I lay on my back and sat back and did the same thing. I did this between all of my stretches. After a few series of these I dropped the weight down to 50 lbs. so it would give. This way I could crawl up to a support position and then let the weight just pull on the ankle. Again, I could feel the muscles fighting the tension and then they just "let go". That was about three hours ago and now I feel brand new. Below is a photo of my new traction setup that I will incorporate in with my stretching.
I had mentioned before that I came up with a little ball system to put direct pressure to the points that are really tight or tender. The pink thing is actually a business card holder I got to use as a runway marker. Obviously because it is pink I have chosen not to use it for that. That little pointed end hurts like crazy so I put 1/2 of a racquetball over it. PERFECT. So I also do these pressure point rotations between stretching. Whatever it takes. At least I feel better and am training again! Bubba
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