Rehab - day 1

Since I haven't seen much improvement in my hip flexor, which I believe to be a muscle strain, I am going to stop activity and take a few weeks to actually let it heal. I think I have only been delaying the healing process and aggravating it further by forcing workouts, and I would much rather deal with it now than drag this on into a chronic pain that prevents me from running down the road.

I frequently seem to put myself in this situation by being impatient and taking time off, so this is just a further lesson learned. So starting today I am going to start my own little rehab time progressing from rest, ice, heat, and gentle massage, eventually starting some easy isolation strengthening with bands. After that I will start biking easy and doing bodyweight work, and will eventually work some jogging in. Going to try not to rush it since I would prefer to get it right the first time.

Meanwhile I will continue to work on my upper body weaknesses and hopefully still be able to get some decent metcons in while I let my legs rest. I will continue to post my rehab just so I have some organization, and hopefully it will force me to take it slow and see my improvement.

Here is today's rest day:

Heated for 10 minutes

Gentle massage with tennis ball; easy stretches

Ice massage for 5 minutes

Heat for 20