Tuesday morning, I went to a sports doctor (orthopedic surgeon) to get my shin situation checked out. Mainly I wanted to find out if I had some sort of deformity that was making me run funny, like if one leg is way shorter than the other or etc. Pretty much I waited for 1.5 hours and then saw the dr. for 15 minutes, just like any other dr's office.
He basically told me that I had shin splints, but he wanted to take xrays just in case to make sure it there weren't any stress fractures. (I found it interesting that he especially recommended this after he found out the insurance I have. Is it something he wants to do, but would have waited on if I couldn't afford it? Or does he want to go ahead with it because it will make him more money? Ah, the joys of our healthcare system!)
So I'll humor him, I don't mind having the xrays to rule out something that would be really bad. (Running on stress fractures will eventually lead to full-on broken bones—no thanks!) I have notoriously strong bones though, so I'm 99% sure that I just have shin splints. He also prescribed some stronger anti-inflammatory drugs to take and told me to cut the running in half, if not resting completely, for 2 weeks until my next appt.
So, I didn't do the Tuesday night run. I wanted to go for a bike ride with Andy, but I worked late and had to run errands and he was hungry, so we didn't end up going after all. Tonight I'm going to run on the treadmill a bit, not sure if I will do the whole 50 minutes (I probably will) but I'm going to take it easy. It's strange how I feel like I haven't excercised in FOREVER, but really I excercised on Monday night. I am turning into someone who enjoys excercise?! Or at least feels weird when they don't do it. :)
8 miles Saturday morning! I have to drive all the way to Reston though, and be there by 7am. It's pretty far... another early morning... :-p
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