I did my 45-min. "easy" walk today and I feel fantastic! I had no tightness and felt good the entire time. The warm-up felt good and didn't take too long. My knees were not swollen earlier today and that's a good sign. To help make sure they did not swell up again, I started icing as soon as I finished stretching. Oh, I did ALL of my stretches and they felt great, too. (I still need to find a better IT stretch. I feel it is not being stretched effectively.)
I'm confident I have finally turned the corner. I think I'll start building more muscle and have less swelling and muscle pain.
2 comments:
Cindi, the April 2007 issue of Runner's World magazine has an article on IT band stretching. I will try to remember to scan and e-mail a copy of this article to you. Dan
Thanks, Dan! I have not read my April issue yet. I'll take it with me on my business trips next week and read it on a plane. (I knew someone who reads this blog would have some stretches for me.)
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