Full week

It was a non-stop week. I got the bad news (cut down my runs to 1mi/wk) at PT on Monday. Hit the gym Tuesday night to do extra PT exercises. Wednesday night run club. Thursday in LA for my mid-year review, then climbing and another trip to the gym to do my extra PT exercises. This evening was my first acupuncture appt with a licensed acupuncturist (I used to go to students at PCOM). And that's not the end of it. Tomorrow, me and Angelo will be getting hair cuts. Sunday....not sure what I'm going to do yet - get up early enough to watch some run club buddies run in the AFC 1/2 marathon? go to the gym? I really should just sleep in.

It was so good to go climbing last night after about a month off. In that time I was hoping my right arm pain would go away, but it didn't. I ended up not even finishing my last route last night because my arm hurt and I was just wiped out. At least my arm would have fresh pain for my acupuncture appt this evening.

I think my acupuncture appt went well. My arm and left knee feel pretty good now, well neither one was bothering me today. The part of her evaluation I was looking forward to was the posture grid. The first thing she noticed was that my left shoulder was higher than my right. Check. To compensate, my right shoulder pulls forward and my neck tilts to the right so I can walk straight. In addition, my right hip is lower and tilts forward. Next, she did some mobility tests on my right arm. Only one of the rotator cuff tests she did on me hurt, and I was weak in another test. All other tests went well. On to the treatment. She says to dress down to my undies, lay face down. Wow - I never had to do that at any of my appts at PCOM. She needled areas on the right side of my back and shoulder, and a few points on my calves. 20 mins. Then she cupped my back. Two cups, but I didn't see any marks on my back after the treatment, so that was nice. Then she did a few more points, on my flip side, on my feet, legs, and arms. 10 mins. I decided to make an appt for next Friday - she said I need to come back at least a week later, so she can see how I responded to the treatment. The pain could be contained for up to 1.5 days. As my treatments progress, the area of the pain could be reduced, but become more painful. So I need to monitor how things feel between my treatments, and let her know what changes.

During the spinal injury test she did on me, I felt that odd tingling in the right side of my neck. I didn't say anything, since it doesn't really have anything to do with my right arm pain. Or does it? I should monitor that tingling thing as well, let her know if it gets worse.