Showing posts with label back pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back pain. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Days 26 and 27 - Need more detox & vitality

The namesake workouts are great for their purposes, but I just can't shake this back pain.  Every morning I wake up and it is soooo stiff.  The yoga loosens it up as do the anti-inflammatories, but I can't wait until things rectify themselves.

Definitely suffering from a lack of energy too.  Not sure how much longer I can go without supplements and I'm still on a half a scoop...work so crazy, but I have to remember what Travis says.  No matter what you've got to just keep putting one foot in front of the other.  Valuable advise indeed.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Days 21 and 22 - Oy

Man - as things get more hectic at work they also get more hectic for me to keep up with this blog, but I am loving the program still and keeping strongly with it.  The only catch is I can't shake the neck crook, which seems to have migrated into upper back pain.  I've tried the foam roller, more stretching, taking anti-inflammatories, resting, etc. but it just keeps on droning at me.  Really frustrating.  I tried to get to a chiropractor today, but couldn't get one to pick up the phone.  It is worst in the mornings, but I think it is progressively getting worse, not better (though the neck is definitely better).

Yesterday's meditation was atrocious and kept me in a foul and aggravated mood all day.  I didn't even make it to the end of my work day before I had to leave.  I know the meditation is supposed to put me at ease, but I think sitting in the cross-legged posture for so long with no back support is one of those things really aggravating my upper back pain.  Sooooo...next time I do it, I will go through it in a savasana pose and hope that solves the problem.  Luckily I had an amazing evening by seeing my little boy just love the Android app I created for him.  It is such a simple app, but right up that little 19 month old's alley.  So the evening ended on such a high note.

Despite the back pain I actually had very little trouble with my cross-training workout today and was able to go deeper in most poses than I had before including finally being able to bind on both sides!  I consider that a huge milestone as the only time I ever pulled that off before was after about 5 months of daily yoga.  Can't wait to see where I am on day 108.

Didn't have time for Hardcore this morning as I was already going to be about 20 minutes late to work so I tried it this evening, but between the lethargy, hunger for dinner and back pain during the iso holds I couldn't get all the way through it.

Still have to do meditation...yeah about that...