“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem.” -Thomas S. Szasz

I can’t do it on my own.

It’s a pride thing, something a lot of runners deal with, but I finally came to the realization that what I am doing on my own is not helping my hip “issue.” I resisted for months, because I thought I knew too much to need a true professional’s opinion. It’s just one of the many ways that I act in a hypocritical manner. I tell people all the time to get things checked out when something doesn’t feel right, that it doesn’t hurt to get it looked at (not even in the wallet if they check out SIMIO PT in Holland – they offer a free 45-minute consultation to anyone in order to educate people in a no pressure environment). And yet, here I sat, watching my waist grow as I assumed that I just needed to take time off.

Well, Adam at SIMIO confirmed during my consultation that simply taking time away from running wasn’t going to solve my problems. What he explained (and what I’ve heard from him and Craig multiple times) was that the body works as a chain. When one thing isn’t working properly, the rest of the body adjusts to “pick up the slack.” Although this sounds great, when a problem goes undiagnosed for years (as in my case), your body can get pretty messed up – all along the chain. If you can find the source (as the guys at SIMIO do), you can re-train your body to work the way it should.

Now that I have the proper information, I’m going to try to be disciplined enough to work through it on my own (still pride). But if/when that fails, I’ll be sure to enlist Adam’s help once again.