Blog – Back to Square One

I was about 80% healthy from the herniated disc when I bent down to pickup the smaller of our two dogs last Tuesday night.  Suddenly, I felt a jolt of lightning go through my back down my leg as I lifted him.  I dropped the dog and realized I couldn’t straighten my body.  I had done it.  I had reinjured myself when I was only a few weeks away from being healthy.  It’s hard to see if falling off a chair the prior week on my back or just too aggressively stetching my hamstring earlier in the day caused the injury, but I knew one thing, it was reinjured.  The worst part of the pain is the reinjured back felt much, much worse than the original injury.  I never had a moment when the back “went out”, but that moment was clear that something had badly slipped out of place, and I would be starting over.  It’s 3 days later and sometimes the pain is worse.  I can’t even think about riding a back since just walking is very painful.  It looks like I’ll have to reset expectations and dial back any 2015 cycling goals.  I can’t see myself getting back on a bike for a bit, and when I do, it’ll be at a snail’s pace.  Heck, that’s life, you win some and you lose some.  I’m just in a losing streak right now…

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