Surrendering To What Is Going On With My Hip

One of the many lessons I’ve learned from Peloton instructor Jess Sims is the value of surrendering to what is—even if you’re unhappy with the status quo. You can only start from where you are, and you can only do what you can do. Wishing you were stronger, faster, or less injured won’t make your actual circumstances any better. So this week, I surrendered to whatever is going on with my hip and spent my workout time doing clamshells and hip bridges.

Scooby isn’t so sure of the status quo

Surrendering To What Is

I still have not seen the orthopedist. I figure she will want to order an MRI, and with upcoming trips to Detroit, King of Prussia (PA), San Diego, and Florida, I literally don’t have a spare day for that. Maybe by the time I’m back home my hip will be happy. If not, I will definitely make those appointments.

Garmin knows how to rub it in!

In the meantime, I dug up a list of PT exercises from my last hip injury in 2018 (a side benefit of blogging!), and worked them in to my daily routine.

By surrendering to what is, I’ve been able to make progress already. I couldn’t do the very basic standing hip raise (the first exercise on the list) last week because it burned so much, but it doesn’t cause pain anymore. Yesterday I noticed that I’m not feeling as many twinges as I move around in my daily activities. Now comes the hard part—holding back even as I start to feel better!

Weekly Run Down

To work my PT exercises into my routine, I chose Peloton strength classes that already included some of them — clamshells, hip bridges — and substituted my PT exercises for other moves, doing banded side steps instead of lunges, etc. I still took Scooby out every morning, although I rarely think to take a picture after our walks, I remembered on Wednesday!

Sunday I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a truck, with a crick in my neck and stiff shoulder that made it hard to move. My husband walked Scooby, and I did some light mobility-focused classes to try to get my joints moving.

Monday I felt a bit better, but not 100%. I chose Emma’s core class for the side planks and added some more PT exercises after RK’s “booty band” class.

Tuesday I really needed a pick-me-up so I did the Summer Fest move as one class with multiple Peloton instructors, and just swapped out most of the exercises.

Wednesday I did the same thing with Jess Sims’s strength classes, but she also had some clamshells (etc.) programmed.

Thursday my neck/shoulder flared up again, so this time I subbed the uppr body exercises of JTRs strength classes for more PT exericices.

Friday I was feeling better, and brave enough to take Robin’s 10 min climb ride—although I dialed the resistance back a bit. It paired nicely with HF’s low-impact ride, which I took as a warm-up.

Saturday I woke up feeling good, but held back from trying to run a few steps during my walk with Scooby. Katie’s new strength classes already had glute bridges and planks, but I replaced the other lower body moves with banded side steps, leg raises, and clam shells, and replaced her forearm planks with side planks. Camilla’s ride was a lot, so I hope my hip doesn’t make me regret it later.

I usually look forward to running on my business trips, but this week’s trips are not to running-friendly places so I won’t be tempted. I’ll be packing my resistance bands and plan to continue my PT focus in the hotel gyms—or even my hotel room. 😉

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.