If you follow me on DailyMile, you may have noticed that I returned to the Crossfit gym yesterday! Y’all, this seriously made me so excited!
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| I wore my favorite pink Reebok Nano’s to give me good luck! |
As I mentioned in previous posts, I have been going through a series of spinal decompression treatments at my doc. These, combined with ART, PT stretches, and some light adjustments, finally seem to be helping my back. Is it completely better? Nope, not at all. Does it still hurt? Actually yes, it still does. Constantly. However, the pain is less than it was 5 weeks ago, and I am starting to get some extension back. In fact, I can lean back far enough now to see the ceiling slightly behind me!
After making this realization, I spoke with Doc and asked him about my future activities. Joy, oh joy, he said I could do whatever I wanted! He said at this point, no future activities will do more damage and that it really just depends on my pain tolerance and how much I can tolerate. Luckily, I can withstand a beating!
After arriving at Big Horn, Brian (my coach) and I had a quick pow wow about the WOD for the day in regards to what I should and shouldn’t be doing. The original workout was:
Naturally, I had to modify the hell out of it! I kept all of the thrusters at 35# (only the bar), and the supermen were an absolute no-go, so we subbed in sit-ups instead. The knees-to-elbows were swapped out for basic hanging knee raises with minimal swinging and I finally conceded that box step ups were on my agenda instead of box jumps. None of these subs made me happy (especially the step ups! It’s like I’m back in a step class!) but I was psyched to finally be doing something other than the elliptical!
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| My happy face after the workout! |
Guys, I can’t even explain how great it feels to get back in the game. Like I said, the spinal decompression is only making improvements a little bit at a time– in fact, we’re talking millimeters here. However, it is working and I am thrilled. I’m even going to try a run this morning!