My Poor Ribs
And no, not ribs you eat. By Sunday afternoon I was starting to get some good zingers with my nagging rib pain. So I told myself if it got worse I’d go into the doc’s on Monday. I mean I know there is nothing they can do about the ribs, but still, what if I’m wrong? So I put it off today thinking it wouldn’t get worse. But by 2pm it was getting pretty bad and I took a nap. Getting up from the nap I was even worse.
After my evening appointments I decided I’d better do what I told myself I would do and head to the clinic before it closes.
Just like I knew, there is nothing they can do except give me some pain pills so I can sleep. BUT, it will be 4-6 weeks for recovery and no physical exertion or it will not heal. OMG, are you kidding? How am I going to do that? I have weight to take off! I have clients to train. I have a senior’s fitness class to teach 3 times a week.
But I know this is why I am hurting so bad today. I overdid. Even though I was very careful, the ribs are so delicate that it doesn’t take much. I can’t even take deep breaths without pain.
So I’ll figure this out. I will do the elliptical without using the arms and get cardio in that way, but not make my breathing too heavy of course. lol But no weights of any kind for at least 2 weeks then I’ll re-evaluate.
Needless to say my snowboarding is done. I’m totally paranoid of falling now. We were planning on my taking ski lessons the beginning of Feb and we’ll have to see about that now as well. I may go up still and sit in the lodge because I’m sad the family wouldn’t still be able to go. Again, that’s a few weeks so we’ll see.
But otherwise, my diet has to be spot on. With how much I hurt last week between the two days of crashing, I put on another couple of pounds. No real workouts happened cause I hurt and my food was out of control because I was comforting myself I guess. I’m at 175 right now again.
So no more climbing up the weight ladder, it has to stop right there. Diet is my only thing I can really control at this time, so diet it will have to be. I must journal my food so I can keep track.
Hope you feel better soon, but if I were you I would rather stick to walking at a moderate pace and not use the elliptical trainer.
Welcome to my site. Why do you suggest walking instead of elliptical? Just curious.
Elliptical puts absolutely no up and down pressure on my body, it’s a smooth motion. Where the treadmill puts a little bit of jostling into my system. I can’t stand to walk to that is a big personal decision as well. I have to hit the incline REALLY high to get my heartrate up to where it belongs.
Thanks for stopping by and I’ll look forward to hearing your opinions. I’m always game for others opinions!
Val, is your ribs still hurting?
If they are I would definitely take things as slow as possible. Although the elliptical puts no pressure on joints, it requires fast movement of the arms in line with the legs, isn’t it? Wouldn’t that hurt your ribs more?
If it doesn’t hurt you or feel uncomfortable in any way, I would say go for it! But if it does, rather take it easy!
That’s why, you missed the part where I said I wasn’t going to use my arms
That way I can be kind of jogging.
I also didn’t go very hard because I don’t want to be heavy breathing since that can make it sore as well. What a mess! lol