For a few years now, I’ve been adjusting my running and exercise around a pulled upper thigh muscle. After having an MRI and a consult with a neurosurgeon, it's been pretty much determined that nothing serious is going on. As the years pass, pulled muscles and aches and pains come more frequently. We all know this!
Two or three years into it, I’ve treated the condition with an anti-inflammatory, and toned down my exercise routine.
Recently, however, I was able to run for four days in a row, and I started believing that the muscle had mended itself! Wrong! Once again the pain returned, after being absent for several weeks. The worst part was the emotional letdown. Because I let myself, albeit cautiously, think the problem had finally been corrected, when it came back I was bitterly disappointed.
Of course I could stay in that place of feeling bad, but why would I want to do that? Instead, I’m moving into acceptance. This is my new normal! A modified workout is better than no workout at all! Now I believe that this pulled muscle is something I just have to learn to live with.
It is what it is.
Ah yes, acceptance, how necessary that becomes as we age. Good for you that you are working towards the idea of a body that is no longer young, but still "works" well and looks so good! Living with gratitude for what is also becomes so important------I am working on both attitudes. Happy new normal. Peace and love, Tess
ReplyDeleteTo have a friend as wise and loving as you are has blessed me through the years. I think it is so important to age with grace, dignity and gratitude. To become bitter and thankless is anathema to me. Hugs, Mary
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