Today is the 3rd day in a row that I ran. I felt a little sore from last night. The Graston technique stuff works amazing, but it bruises you up. The more I go through with this, the more I'm becoming convinced that my IT band, lateral gastroc and lateral hamstring tendon are the secret to solving my injury woes. I've been doing between 30 and 60 minutes of core and hip strengthening per day. Its only been about a week, but today I started to feel just a tiny little improvement in my left hip stability/strength. Its definitely encouraging. At the same time, I'm noticing that my knee feels better supported while running. Hopefully the combo will have me running pain free soon.
I went 10 minutes again today, however this time it was completely on asphalt. This wasn't my turf of choice, but I often go to visit my parents after work, and because I had no running shoes with me, I had to go home after visiting and run in the pitch black. I decided it would be safer on the roads of my neighborhood than on the grass in the pitch dark. Wise move I think. The only thing I can honestly say I felt was my IT band. I'm not sure if i'm feeling the end result of Kristen hammering it with her graston tools, or just the strain of it, but the important thing is that I didn't have any of my "injury pain". That is my biggest fear. That pain is so distinct that I will know it the second it returns.
After the running, I came inside to do some more 4 way hip strengthening as well as clam shells, planks and physioball hamstring exercises. Lastly I did a little bit of light soft tissue massage to my hamstring and posterior ITB. I feel like that resets it and keeps me from tightening up. So far so good....continuing to proceed with great caution.
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