So day 40 was a little bittersweet. The sweet part was that I had an awesome class in terms of seeing some progress in a few postures. I fully executed Standing Head-to-Knee (Dandayamana Janushirasana) and held it until it was time to come out (when kicking the right leg), I touched my head to the floor for the first time in Standing Separate Leg Stretching (Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimottanasana), and during the floor series on both sides of Head-to-Knee (Janushirasana) I was able to lock my knee and get my heel off the floor. Also, Jenn was teaching and all my favorite studio buddies were practicing tonight. To me there was a great energy in the room.
But now the bitter part: Since about Sunday night my shoulders and upper back have been bothering me. I have some general soreness and even a little pain when I move certain ways. I don't think this is the result of something specific I did; I tend to agree with my teacher Audrey who said, "Doing this much yoga just tears your body apart to make room for healing." Well, this afternoon at work I took an OTC pain reliever to soothe my torn up body. It masked the soreness/pain alright... so much so that I think it was the only reason I was able to push myself tonight. That was not my intention when I took it, but I still feel like I cheated or something. Oops.
Anyway, I won't make that mistake again. Because I know I'm going to pay for it tomorrow. I can already feel the rebound soreness setting in. I just hope I didn't REALLY injure myself. I'm going to take it easy until I start to feel good in class again without the use of Motrin and the like. I really like pushing myself though, so that kind of bums me out. But I know it's the smart thing to do. Take the good with the bad and live and learn, I guess.
But now the bitter part: Since about Sunday night my shoulders and upper back have been bothering me. I have some general soreness and even a little pain when I move certain ways. I don't think this is the result of something specific I did; I tend to agree with my teacher Audrey who said, "Doing this much yoga just tears your body apart to make room for healing." Well, this afternoon at work I took an OTC pain reliever to soothe my torn up body. It masked the soreness/pain alright... so much so that I think it was the only reason I was able to push myself tonight. That was not my intention when I took it, but I still feel like I cheated or something. Oops.
Anyway, I won't make that mistake again. Because I know I'm going to pay for it tomorrow. I can already feel the rebound soreness setting in. I just hope I didn't REALLY injure myself. I'm going to take it easy until I start to feel good in class again without the use of Motrin and the like. I really like pushing myself though, so that kind of bums me out. But I know it's the smart thing to do. Take the good with the bad and live and learn, I guess.
Hey, take it easy on yourself for taking the anti-inflammatory. Being in the classroom is probably the best thing for your upper back! Just listen to your body, even through the medication.
ReplyDeleteI have chronic upper back and shoulder pain due to scoliosis/being American, and the 24 hours after yoga are the only times I don't feel a little pain.
thanks for the enouragement! things got a little worse today and i shed a few tears (quietly, to myself) at the end of class. not really because of the physical pain, but because it's just FRUSTRATING to not be able to do what i want to do in class since i'm hurting. it's only been a week since this started acting up and it feels like forever! just can't wait to feel better.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the progress you've made! I too have soreness in the shoulders. It's been present for about a week now and just lingers in the background. It's not terrible, I'm just very aware of that whole area. Tender a bit I suppose...
ReplyDeletethank you! and re: the soreness, i now think my body was actually releasing a toxin in the muscle/tissue! i know this is one of the benefits of Bikram they always talk about, but i just always thought, "yeah, yeah... i GUESS that's probably happening- i feel better." but now i KNOW that actually happens. i'm going to write a new post about it!
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