snap, crackle, pop, what is currently creaky/sore?

Pryn said:
My right hip flexor gets angry with me fairly often when I have too much dancing fun after working really long hours/weeks at the computer.

My doctor thinks it's from Rhythm and all of my Rumba walks practice without proper warm-up. She even demonstrated the rumba walk movement for me! (Yes, my doctor is that awesome and she dances Salsa too!)

I was prescribed a topical medication to reduce the swelling and given a long list of exercises.

So, I've been putting way more emphasis into my warm-ups and doing the exercises for a few months now with minimal relief. The best I feel is when I reduce my time at the keyboard, walk, dance and workout.

So, the only possible solution now is to retire 30yrs early (with my underwhelming retirement savings) and just dance, right?
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So my hips have hurt for over a year now, I feel like my situation is very similar to what you describe. I'm probably paying a price (every time I say/write that, I hear Jim Carrey saying "You will pay a terrible price" from Ace Ventura) for overuse during the years. I also worked with and received a list of exercises from a PT last summer and performed them faithfully, but I don't think that really addressed the issue, which I'm pretty sure is just inflammation or bursitis (not "weak hip muscle"). I still stretch here and there but I'm now a heavy user of ibuprofen and RockSauce. I'm not really sure what to do otherwise.

Also same for me about reducing time at the keyboard - also I've noticed that it seems somewhat correlated with my stress level. If I'm "happy" or feeling recharged, I feel it a lot less.
 
I’ve been having the worst time with my right SI joint. It doesn’t hurt while I dance but in the car ride there and home. Which I don’t know if it’s a hip flexor thing or a psoas or all of it combined. I had this about 6 years ago and the only thing that helped was getting it injected. Which is a whole process. Anyone had any luck with a chiropractor or body work?
 
IndyLady said:
So my hips have hurt for over a year now, I feel like my situation is very similar to what you describe. I'm probably paying a price (every time I say/write that, I hear Jim Carrey saying "You will pay a terrible price" from Ace Ventura) for overuse during the years. I also worked with and received a list of exercises from a PT last summer and performed them faithfully, but I don't think that really addressed the issue, which I'm pretty sure is just inflammation or bursitis (not "weak hip muscle"). I still stretch here and there but I'm now a heavy user of ibuprofen and RockSauce. I'm not really sure what to do otherwise.

Also same for me about reducing time at the keyboard - also I've noticed that it seems somewhat correlated with my stress level. If I'm "happy" or feeling recharged, I feel it a lot less.
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All of this! My bedtime treat is ibuprofen. I'll need to learn more about RockSauce.

I believe its inflammation from decades of overuse. I've also been told it could be a weak hip joint muscle, which I doubt. But, I purchased ankle weights on the advice my favorite physical therapist (a close family member), and do his recommended strengthening exercises 2x per week.

Also, let's not get me started on what I feel in my body under stress and not happy. I could write a small book that would fill the whining thread.

Dance is my favorite form of therapy and my stress reliever. It makes me so happy. I was just thinking I need to drop into a Wednesday night lesson to decompress from the extra pressures of work this week.
 
Pryn said:
My right hip flexor gets angry with me fairly often when I have too much dancing fun after working really long hours/weeks at the computer.

My doctor thinks it's from Rhythm and all of my Rumba walks practice without proper warm-up. She even demonstrated the rumba walk movement for me! (Yes, my doctor is that awesome and she dances Salsa too!)

I was prescribed a topical medication to reduce the swelling and given a long list of exercises.

So, I've been putting way more emphasis into my warm-ups and doing the exercises for a few months now with minimal relief. The best I feel is when I reduce my time at the keyboard, walk, dance and workout.

So, the only possible solution now is to retire 30yrs early (with my underwhelming retirement savings) and just dance, right?
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Maybe get a standing desk?..sitting is so bad for hip flexors
 
fascination said:
Maybe get a standing desk?..sitting is so bad for hip flexors
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I keep hearing this golden nugget of advice. I need to figure out a solution to make it work. My office space is small and has a built in desk (attached to the wall.) There's not much room for a free-standing desk in the room. I would definitely want the monitors to be able to go higher, if I could stand. Otherwise, I'll likely be trading my hip aches for neck aches. Things to ponder...

Overall, though, I think the overarching message I'm hearing is that I need to fix the problem and don't get to retire irresponsibly early.

Dance lessons have to be funded somehow, I guess...(sigh)
 
Pryn said:
My office space is small and has a built in desk (attached to the wall.) There's not much room for a free-standing desk in the room. I would definitely want the monitors to be able to go higher, if I could stand
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Something like this, that stands on top of your existing wall-mounted desk, and raises the keyboard and mouse to standing level, and raises the monitors too:

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It also accommodates multiple monitors:

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There are lots of other good ideas here.

Good luck!
 
Pryn said:
I keep hearing this golden nugget of advice. I need to figure out a solution to make it work. My office space is small and has a built in desk (attached to the wall.) There's not much room for a free-standing desk in the room. I would definitely want the monitors to be able to go higher, if I could stand. Otherwise, I'll likely be trading my hip aches for neck aches. Things to ponder...

Overall, though, I think the overarching message I'm hearing is that I need to fix the problem and don't get to retire irresponsibly early.

Dance lessons have to be funded somehow, I guess...(sigh)
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Bridge pose in yoga is also helpful and can be done in bed :)
 
IndyLady said:
So my hips have hurt for over a year now, I feel like my situation is very similar to what you describe. I'm probably paying a price (every time I say/write that, I hear Jim Carrey saying "You will pay a terrible price" from Ace Ventura) for overuse during the years. I also worked with and received a list of exercises from a PT last summer and performed them faithfully, but I don't think that really addressed the issue, which I'm pretty sure is just inflammation or bursitis (not "weak hip muscle"). I still stretch here and there but I'm now a heavy user of ibuprofen and RockSauce. I'm not really sure what to do otherwise.

Also same for me about reducing time at the keyboard - also I've noticed that it seems somewhat correlated with my stress level. If I'm "happy" or feeling recharged, I feel it a lot less.
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I've spent some time with the Google pronunciation lady learning to say "Spondylolisthesis" because that's what the ortho doctor indicated on all the paperwork.

I finally went back to see a different ortho doctor about a week ago. My hips never really stopped hurting, and it seemed to really ramp up about a month or two-ish ago. Not just the pain, but it was also starting to radiate down my legs and I was getting tingling sensations (not the good kind) in my legs and feet, the kind that are ominously whispering "nerve damage". It was hurting to roll over in bed, and many days I literally could not bend forward after my shower to put my hair in the towel (ladies you know what I"m talking about). It's weird though.. sometimes I feel it the least when I'm in the height of a physical activity (TKD or dance lesson) but then the aftermath has me wondering if I'm going to be able to get back in my car and if I'm going to need to install one of those stair lift things at my house. Yesterday (before the water heater incident) I started seriously considering if we should get one of those walk-in showers.

Anyhoo, same as last time, took hip x-rays, nothing wrong. Then he ordered back x-rays, and when he came back to the room, he said "I was right". He really did a bang-up job of listening to me describe all my symptoms without giving away that he had a hunch. He showed me where L4 is not sitting nicely on L5, but has shifted forward. If you google that word, you will learn that this is a degenerative condition usually seen in people over 60 so maybe I'm aging faster than I thought (actually I think my years of reckless living are catching up). There is also a slight chance it is a usage/injury issue (my son reminded me about that time I fell over in my office chair and the pain was borderline unbearable).

Ibuprofen and RockSauce are still my go-to's though sometimes not as effective as, say, a year ago. Right now, the Rx is physical therapy again for some core strengthening and stabilization, then see a spine doctor in a couple months and go from there. But first I have to make it through TKD black belt test, a couple more Showcase rumba routine performances, and a Disney World trip. :D
 
I cramp - in my feet and legs - after intense lesson. I've eaten bananas, drank ridiculous amounts of water (that make it hard to get through a 45 mins lesson), stretch afterwards, taken a magnesium supplement... the cramps are milder but still happening.

So I whined to Magic Pro and he said do ice baths.

Problem - I hate being cold. I'm thin-blooded and grew up in warm temperatures and trained in 90+ degree plus heat in college. I've lived in some cold places for close to a decade but I was miserable during those winters. Is much rather be hot than cold.

So, I need some convincing if I'm going to subject myself to this self-torture...

Are ice baths worth it? Are they even necessary for a ballroom newbie? Can cool-ish showers suffice? Or, is there another olive branch you can throw me, so that I can get cramp-free nights of sleep without suffering in cold water?
 
Pryn said:
Problem - I hate being cold.
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Me too!!! Ice baths would emphatically not be worth it to me. I tried the “cold plunge” thing at a spa once, but then crossed it off my list of things to try and haven’t gone back to do it again.

For muscle cramps, I personally would keep trying to hydrate more (even though I totally agree with you that this makes it difficult to get through a dance lesson…I can’t help but think to myself, any time I have to take a quick bathroom break in the middle of a lesson, that “this pee is costing me almost $3 per minute!”), and would spend more time with my Yamuna body rolling balls. And also add epsom salts to my baths because of the numerous benefits I get from them, whether or not they help specifically with muscle cramps.

Good luck!
 
fatherdowling said:
Have you added electrolyte packets to your water? You might need assistance getting hydrated.
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Good question. I haven't used electrolyte packets. I will drink a Body Armor after the lesson hoping that does it the trick for electrolytes, but during the lesson too may be worth a try.
 
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