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Nervous hips
07 Mar 2010 3:43PM
I am relieved, but in pain. The pain is... well, a pain. But the relief is palpable. I trained last Thursday and had to pack up after about 20 minutes as my hip started playing up once again. By Friday morning I was back to hobbling and occasionally doing that thing where you walk normally then one of your legs gives way and it looks like you’ve been shot in the back of the knee... or that you look a bit drunk.
So I wobbled my way to the physio on Wednesday morning having read an old blog from last July (Randlethighs) which is when it seems my first symptoms appeared. No wonder the thought of 6 to 8 weeks fight prep hasn’t appealed to me recently! 7 months later I’m still struggling. Having given it some thought I wondered if I had a trapped or damaged nerve or maybe that there was even some sort of structural problem. Turns out I may be right. Nasty South African Pete with the calloused thumbs (my pet name for the physio) stuck pins in me, contorted me painfully and dug his calluses deep into my hip and lower back and I just managed to avoid having to draw another mouse on my shorts for ‘squeaking’. He hinted that it may indeed be some sort of nerve problem. Now that bothers me and relieves me in equal proportion. It bothers me as I have no idea of the repercussions of nerve damage and relieves me as I have some idea of the root cause of the last 7 months worth of intermittent limping and wincing. Having a generalised diagnosis of a ‘sore hip’ and a ‘tight Ilio-tibial band’ leave a control freak like me floundering. I like to know exactly what the problem is so I can fix it!
The short term effect is disastrous, but also positive. I’m a man of contrast at least. The short term disaster is that lying on my back in a half crunched position and legs akimbo directly aggravates the injury, without feeling like it is... Jiu Jitsu/Sub wrestling out the window. Also squatting, lunging and bounding are problematic... out goes a large chunk of my Friday and Saturday classes. This leaves boxing and kickboxing without kicks... so boxing. Unfortunately we do that on Tuesdays. I struggle to make Tuesdays most weeks. In short I have spent most of the week at home, doing very little... which ironically is the positive. I’m getting a rest which is nice. More time for ice cream J
I can’t not do anything for too long however, so I’m trying to think of ways to exercise without aggravating the injury and thus far the only thing I can think of that is ‘safe’ is pull ups. Any other ideas would be much appreciated. Isolated exercises that don’t require my hips or lower abdomen to be engaged too heavily. Answers on a postcard to davebownds@hotmail.com please. If I stick to pull ups for the next month or so I’ll be a huge walking (limping) mass of latissimus dorsi and rock solid forearms. Time will tell.
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