i hear ya. my pain lasts all day, and i can find a position to lie in at night, but this has a bad effect (lying still for so long) when i get up in the
morning. there are times when putting on shoes just isn't going to work (pre-tied in knots, loosely slipped on). i have to get on my knees at
times to pick something up, but moving in this position is excrutiating. the small of my back reflects years of weightlifting, stubborn to the point of innocent stupidity (sort of) has worked for me.
i've set a dislocated shoulder, set a broken finger, a broken hand, re-aligned (probably impacted by now) a wisdom tooth. all this because i hate
caving when it gets in the way of what i want to do/achieve. i also have lived long enough to see my grandmother indirectly die early at the hands
of her doctor, my mother die of cancer because her doctor was calling it the flu until it was far too progressed (i actually bullied this doctor into
get her into the emergency room--admitted/referred). so, take my advice with a grain of salt, it may only work for me. but i've been self medicating
and self mending far more than i've been willing to put myself into the hands of others.
i'm going out shortly to work out, it's another good day in a series of good days--which lately means a rocky morning followed by stretches that
are slowly gaining avenues into quicker comfort zones--which i then exploit on the pads (which i try and punch like i'm beating someone to death).
i don't want gentle muscle memory forming. i really need to know what i still have in my corner. i then come back and stretch again. and (this may
not be all that bright) fix myself a really stiff pot of real tea--packed with enough leaves to fill eight cups.
lately where i'm at is a place where i truly think i can handle a fight if i pursue it like a dirty boxer--elbows, headbutts, sticking to someone until
they're out for the count (or i am). the next day would really really suck (ha ha) if i managed this. any falls to the ground would be bad for me.
my left leg can still manage a serious low strike--but i don't work this out for now because i think i would undermine the progress i'm getting with
my punches. being able to fast-twitch/explode with my punches is all i can do for now--because the muscle spasm this induces is just about as
much as i can take (the shock wave it sends through my whole body).
i was in a whole lot of pain for a long time, now i'm in less. i hope to be back to a hard striker--legs and arms soon. i can't weight train any more,
i can't 'over-train' in the pool anymore (too much pressure on the small of my back). but i think i can strike, perhaps better than before in time,
because it's all i have left and i don't intend to do this in a token fashion.
that's where i'm coming from with the above training.
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