Well, I just got back from my appointment with the sports physician regarding my hip flexor. She stretched me this way and that and got me to do a bunch of stuff, and her diagnosis was that yes, my left hip flexor is much weaker than my right and it is inflamed/damaged. So, she said if I were to run while it is so weak, that it would flare up and cause me pain. So, she advised to stop running completely for now and do low impact exercise only. She also recommended that I get orthodics and that I get physio therapy to strengthen my hip flexor. So, I guess I have to figure out how much medical coverage I have here at work for those 2 things and make appointments.
I am really disappointed. She said that I will likely not be able to compete in any tris this summer. I will have to wait and see how the physio goes. Sheesh. This sucks.
The good news is I can still go to the tri on Sunday and cheer lj on like mad! She will have her own cheering section since nej and AF are coming too! Yay! Can’t wait to see my girls again!
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Don't discount it completely yet. keep up with the biking and the swimming (both low impact) and you never know, perhaps you'll be able to shuffle your way through the run by september, 2.5 km isn't too far to have to walk if you want to do one.
That sucks though about the injury, did you ask her about massage? a little massage can go a really long way with soft tissue injuries. I was able to keep running through my shin splints last spring soley from the help of the massage therapist. Maybe I can come up one weekend with my bike and we can go for a nice long bike ride together :)
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