in other news i have a weak ass

quite a few months ago i noticed a continual soreness in my left hip. eventually i noticed a correlation with days i ran and the pain. i ignored it for a bit, it wasn’t bad, mostly irritating, perhaps it would go away on it's own.


eventually, aaron convinced me i should go to the same physio he went to for his knee. i was a bit sceptical at first. i think of physios as serious sports doctors for real athletes. marathoners. nfl linebackers. ultimate frisbee players, etc. i do not consider myself an athlete. basically i work out because i know i'm supposed to (like flossing my teeth) and that is about it. was this an actual injury? was it all in my head?

i eventually went. my physio, glenn, had me do some exercises, asked me some questions and did some stretches. he almost immediately diagnosed me with hip bursistis. this was caused by two things 1) apparently i have a weak left ass cheek 2)the weak left ass was caused by “amazingly” flexible hips (he even asked me if i was a dancer or gymnast, alas!) that apparently allow my body to not use my left bum muscle. this apparently has been happening for years…

for the last 5 weeks i’ve been doing 2 exercises to try and get strengthen this part of my body. tt’s not overly hard, just tiresome and not fun. although i shouldn’t complain…others have it lots worse off than i do. and the exercises do seem to be helping, along with icing after my 3.4 mile runs. today i had my 3rd visit with my physio, and i was hoping he would tell me i was completely cured, but no. he confirmed that i’ll need to continue both sets of exercises every day for the next 4-6 weeks. the good news is that once this muscle is built up, it will not wither back down to nothing and my body will begin to actually use it when i run, instead of the weird hip thing it does now.

other things about my physio:
1) he had told me several times i don’t need to do things “a million miles per hour”
2) he was quick to tell me i seem to have “little to no body awareness” (in that i probably run in to doors and what not, check)