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Good cardio, and about 2/3 of a very up session with Emilie, then I felt the energy drop and we did the rest more slowly and carefully.
Cardio, 22 minutes, top heart rate 153, and much of the time over 140; I'm wondering if this is connected to the amount of naproxen I'm on at the moment.
Rolled out the IT band and other fascia.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 10 (up from 9 each, or a mix)
Then a lot of the usual stuff, with quite a bit of balance involved; didn't stand on the odd blue object this time, though. We also did some stuff similar to rowing with green elastic attached to a railing, and a similar thing with my arms down to my sides instead (this is for shoulder strengthening, and she introduced it last week). I'd rather do my rowing with the machine I have been, but this version I can do at home, or rather, in the park across the street, which may prove useful.
Tuesday next week, because I'll be in Montreal on Thursday and her Wednesday evenings are booked.
My hands are not as happy. I saw my GP on Tuesday to check into a mix of left hand issues (notably waking with the hand stiff and hurting many mornings) and one episode of forearm pain on the same side. The doctor thinks it may be tendonitis, and said to buy a brace to wear at night and take moderately large doses of anti-inflammatories. I was worried I'd have trouble falling asleep with the brace on; that hasn't happened. Wednesday morning I woke up and the hand didn't hurt, which was encouraging, but yesterday and this morning it did. However, the instructions are to do this for 7-14 days, and if it isn't better, the next step is a nerve conduction study to try to identify where the problem is. Based on my descriptions of the problems, she said it could be either of at least two, maybe three. So, brace at night, and 375 mg of naproxen twice a day (a normal over-the-counter pill is 200 mg, and the OTC packaging says take one or two but no more than a total of three in 24 hours). And then I think I overused it at work this afternoon. I'm hoping the long weekend, and my planned trip to Montreal, will help me to not spend too much time at the keyboard (this doesn't mean not chatting with people, it means not refreshing DW/LJ over and over, or spending lots of time doing Sudoku puzzles). The closest I have to weekend plans involve time in Inwood Hill Park, and maybe some dim sum if I don't sleep too late on Sunday.
Cardio, 22 minutes, top heart rate 153, and much of the time over 140; I'm wondering if this is connected to the amount of naproxen I'm on at the moment.
Rolled out the IT band and other fascia.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 10 (up from 9 each, or a mix)
Then a lot of the usual stuff, with quite a bit of balance involved; didn't stand on the odd blue object this time, though. We also did some stuff similar to rowing with green elastic attached to a railing, and a similar thing with my arms down to my sides instead (this is for shoulder strengthening, and she introduced it last week). I'd rather do my rowing with the machine I have been, but this version I can do at home, or rather, in the park across the street, which may prove useful.
Tuesday next week, because I'll be in Montreal on Thursday and her Wednesday evenings are booked.
My hands are not as happy. I saw my GP on Tuesday to check into a mix of left hand issues (notably waking with the hand stiff and hurting many mornings) and one episode of forearm pain on the same side. The doctor thinks it may be tendonitis, and said to buy a brace to wear at night and take moderately large doses of anti-inflammatories. I was worried I'd have trouble falling asleep with the brace on; that hasn't happened. Wednesday morning I woke up and the hand didn't hurt, which was encouraging, but yesterday and this morning it did. However, the instructions are to do this for 7-14 days, and if it isn't better, the next step is a nerve conduction study to try to identify where the problem is. Based on my descriptions of the problems, she said it could be either of at least two, maybe three. So, brace at night, and 375 mg of naproxen twice a day (a normal over-the-counter pill is 200 mg, and the OTC packaging says take one or two but no more than a total of three in 24 hours). And then I think I overused it at work this afternoon. I'm hoping the long weekend, and my planned trip to Montreal, will help me to not spend too much time at the keyboard (this doesn't mean not chatting with people, it means not refreshing DW/LJ over and over, or spending lots of time doing Sudoku puzzles). The closest I have to weekend plans involve time in Inwood Hill Park, and maybe some dim sum if I don't sleep too late on Sunday.