Now that I’m starting to gear up for my training for my next marathon, I’m hurting. The last 2 weeks or so, my hips seem like they want to take over as the central pain center in my body. I can just hear them now, “hey, you’ve had knee, hamstring, calf, and IT band problems. Now it’s our turn to cause you discomfort. That’s right, we’re hip.” I know, bad pun, but it’s all I could come up with. I think that maybe it’s just tightness in that whole hip area region, but my fear is that it is either arthritis, or something related to my MS. I took it a bit easy this week running, and on Monday I’m going to a muscle and joint alignment specialist. And no, it’s not a chiropractor. At least that’s what she said.
I think that if it is just tightness, I should be getting off my ass and start doing yoga. I hardly stretch at all to begin with, which I know is not good. I used to do yoga and I really enjoyed it except I looked like an elephant trying to squeeze into a Volkswagen. All these other people in the class seemed so small and limber, and I’m struggling with even trying to just touch my toes. Maybe it’s different now since it’s a lot more popular, and there are other Dumbo’s in the class.
I would think that if it was arthritis or MS, it wouldn’t affect both hips at the same time. It would be more like a pain in one side, but not the other. At least that’s what I’m guessing and I do watch the show Dr. House, so I am a bit of an expert.
I was diagnosed with MS about 4 years ago and I am one of the lucky ones. I don't have too many problems associated with it, and the disease has actually slowed down. I took up running 3 years ago just to see if I could do it. So far I've run 3 marathons in a year and a half.