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Hi Cathe, so sorry to hear of your injury! This is my first post; I've been lurking alot and have learned much and have a great deal of respect for you and the people who participate in the forums. However, I'm not new to your workouts and enjoy them very much. Thanks for the excellent quality workouts and productions! You have plenty of other workouts for me to use, so please don't sweat the delay in the production of these too much.
Your recent injuries have reminded me of some musculature problems I've been having the last few months -- it may have nothing to do your current injuries but I thought I'd post a question.
I'm 49 years old and have been working out since my early 20's and have suffered the usual plantar fascitis & achillis tendonitis and some other "itis's" through the years. However, last November I woke up early one morning and did something to my knee as I got out of bed. I have no idea what I did as I don't recall twisting or wrenching the knee but I felt terrible pain and pulling sensation and could barely get socks/shoes on or walk down the stairs. The intense pain required a visit to the Dr's and I got the usual pain medication and stipulation to RICE and was given an RX for physical therapy. As the first day worn on I could feel the strange pulling sensation start to ease up and the pain lessened. Recovery took about a week before I could get back into the swing of things with low impact workouts (I didn't follow thru on the PT). Then a colleague (about the same age) was talking how she noticed she suffered strange muscle pulls and injuries the week before her menstrual period and that her doctor told her this was a fairly common phenomenon for perimenopausal women. I immediately checked my calendar and realized my injury was the week before my period also. Then in February I suffered a stange pulling sensation in my back, below the scapula, again requiring medication and the usual rest and ice treatment, and AGAIN, it occurred just before my period.
I'm not trying to get too personal, but I'm wondering if any other perimenopausal woman has noticed this tendancy to suffer an injury (weird or not so weird)the week before their period? I find this strange and will discuss it with my own doctor at my next visit, but was wondering about people's experience? Thanks for your input.
Your recent injuries have reminded me of some musculature problems I've been having the last few months -- it may have nothing to do your current injuries but I thought I'd post a question.
I'm 49 years old and have been working out since my early 20's and have suffered the usual plantar fascitis & achillis tendonitis and some other "itis's" through the years. However, last November I woke up early one morning and did something to my knee as I got out of bed. I have no idea what I did as I don't recall twisting or wrenching the knee but I felt terrible pain and pulling sensation and could barely get socks/shoes on or walk down the stairs. The intense pain required a visit to the Dr's and I got the usual pain medication and stipulation to RICE and was given an RX for physical therapy. As the first day worn on I could feel the strange pulling sensation start to ease up and the pain lessened. Recovery took about a week before I could get back into the swing of things with low impact workouts (I didn't follow thru on the PT). Then a colleague (about the same age) was talking how she noticed she suffered strange muscle pulls and injuries the week before her menstrual period and that her doctor told her this was a fairly common phenomenon for perimenopausal women. I immediately checked my calendar and realized my injury was the week before my period also. Then in February I suffered a stange pulling sensation in my back, below the scapula, again requiring medication and the usual rest and ice treatment, and AGAIN, it occurred just before my period.
I'm not trying to get too personal, but I'm wondering if any other perimenopausal woman has noticed this tendancy to suffer an injury (weird or not so weird)the week before their period? I find this strange and will discuss it with my own doctor at my next visit, but was wondering about people's experience? Thanks for your input.
