TNK POS

RUN 4.1 miles in just under 40 mins

No bike commute today, had to drive to West Co for my first therapy session on my back. More on that below.

Why the heck is it so cold?! 40F in late April? Oh well. Just 4 miles. I went to LP area and back. In the private Benton Pl street I saw a TNK POS license plate :) Good advice, think positive!

My energy seemed low, but I think much of it was mental. Once I quit thinking about how low my energy was, I felt better. Hmmmm.

As for therapy, turns out that in addition to tight thoracic muscles, I have a ribcage misalignment (left is forward) and a left-side 4th rib out of alignment! This latter one you can feel, and maybe even see if I had a lower cut shirt on. I can't stop touching it to feel the difference!

My right shoulder blade is lower. Some cervical muscles are tight, so are many lumbar. Lots of work to do, especially as I worked through my 'homework' and found imbalances in flexibility. And now I have a better understanding as to why the pain and discomfort seemed to move around.

Also she 'manipulated my dura', so I might have some light-headedness. That's a new one for me. Getting my dura manipulated?!

She said the fractures (if they didn't happen via trauma or an accident) might have come from being hunched while on the bike. The spine is bent over and hitting a pothole would compress things. My first notice of pain was grabbing a bag from a car, but that was in the ribs? Maybe something separate in terms of an injury? All hard to say after the fact.

I can only look forward now, focus on my homework, be sure to sit up straight, find lumbar support for my chairs, and get better!