Freaked...

I mentioned that my back has been hurting ever since my run more than a week ago.  It's been relatively manageable - through heat pads every night and Alieve, I've been able to do most things, though people have said they can tell something is wrong by my walk.  But...it's not getting better, and now the pain is in my neck and my legs.  This is NOT cool.

I hate going to the doctor for things like this because, in my experience, it does no good and costs a lot of money.  But the truth is that I CAN'T go on like this.  I was signed up to do yoga this morning but there is truly no way I can do ANY of the poses without pain.  Even corpse pose (lying down on your back...not moving...like a corpse) is painful.  But this is getting ridiculous.  Summer is here and I'm going to be active, dang it!

These are my summer goals:

1) Get down to 140

2) Keep up activity with yoga and walking (and possibly learning to run...ugh)

3) Return to a plant-based diet

4) Complete 30 days of yoga in July

 

Having a back injury with this degree of severity makes 2 and 4 impossible, which has me completely discouraged.  SO, for the first time EVER, I am going to see a chiropractor.  I am calling Tuesday morning at 8 AM and asking for the first available appointment.

We shall see.