On March 29, I went to see a general practitioner (I needed a new doc anyway), who diagnosed a possible injury. Not a hernia, but rather a pull of a small muscle inside the hip - I can't recall the name - that when inflamed, can pinch a nerve and cause numbness or pain that I was describing through the lower abs and groin.
He prescribed a week of steroids, getting huge!, and that I don't do anything to trigger the pain. As I hadn't run or played soccer since March 12, didn't think that would be a problem.
I took the meds and a couple more weeks off from running, though a bout with the C2 Rower seemed to cause some issues last week. Starting this past Saturday, I hadn't felt any pain for a couple days and I did a bit of jogging and playing with my son's soccer team yesterday.
-cue dramatic music-
So today, I took on a two mile run. Not a blazing pace, I just wanted to keep it under 15 minutes and gauge how the pain developed. I'm happy to report there seems to have been virtually no pain related to the injury. There is a slight tweak in my right groin, but it feels distinctly different than from before and it's quite a bit higher than the previous pain. I hope that is true and not just me hoping for the best.
I'm not ready to declare victory over this bizarre injury just yet, but it's the first positive move in a couple months, so I'll take that.
WOD: 2 mile run
mywrite: 14:39. Mid-3/4 of a mile slacked off, so had to push the finish. Felt good. We'll see how everything feels as the week goes on and see if we might get back to this.
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