Most of my pains and aches are old friends, some of them have been with me for a while, but a new one came to visit this last week.
While doing some kicks the top mid frontish of my left hip "popped". It hurt right away, kinda like smashing a hammer on your thumb. This was a new one, the pain was very deep, even standing correctly made it throb. Throughout the week it has migrated from my hip to my lower back, guess it is taking a tour of the neighborhood to see if it wants to move in. I have been doing my best to gently persuade it to move on, gentle stretching, heat/cold, massaging it, Tylenol, the standard stuff, and I think it is finally taking the hint and packing up and leaving. So after 4 days of gingerly moving to and fro I am hopefully bidding my newest pain an unfond farewell.
Seriously though, this really highlighted a flexibility issue that has been creeping up on me, especially my hips. During Covid there was a hip stretching course I took and it did help with opening up my hips. As is usual for me, once the course was over I moved on, never following through with the benefits that it brought. Time to dig it up from my old laptop and reengage with my body.
Push Ups 12235
Sit Ups 11623
Sparring 650 min
1609KM 1496.85 km
Acts of Kindness 1400 recorded
Hand Form 385
Weapon Form 375
Mastery recited 35
If you ever want to do that HoloLens course again, I’ll do it with you. Hips are a constant battle for me too.
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