I HATE going to the doctor. I have to be a total mess and at rock bottom before I pick up the phone to make an appointment.
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However, the pain in my calf muscle wasn't getting better so I sucked it up and went to a doctor yesterday. Dr C. fixed my back pain in 2008 when I couldn't stand up straight so I figured he could help a torn calf muscle, right?
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It's not a torn muscle but muscle spasms, created by weakness in the other muscles starting in the lower back region. I was pleasantly surprised that I remembered from college (anatomy was my all-time fav class!) just what the heck Dr. C was talking about and it made total sense to me.
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Instead of the half marathon, I should do a yoga marathon. Dr C. said this with humor as he was sticking a needle in my back (S-1 region) with his famous cocktail that loosens muscles. At least it was only one shot and not fourteen like before.
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Massage therapy for 10 weeks. Yoga sessions. Core work every night for an hour.
No running for a month.
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Don't count me out of the half marathon. The athlete in me isn't ready to give up.
Not yet.
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A yoga marathon...now that is one I could join you for!
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