He said that if I were to have surgery I wouldn't be able to get back to crossfit for around six weeks.
Six weeks? Is that all? I could do that no problem.
However, first I will try conservative treatment to see if addresses the pain, and if not then we'll do surgury. Here's the Hierarchy of treatment, starting from the most conservative to the least, being surgery.
- Physical Therapy
- Prolotherapy
- injection of the hip joint of a numbing agent
- Arthoscopic surgery
Regardless, I'm very excited about prolotherapy and am not afraid of surgery anymore. I'm also very, very happy to have a game plan. I think the mental anguish of not knowing what to do was worse than anything else. Now that I have a plan, nothing looks that bad.
I think the mental boost was very helpful for Wednesday, because we had another heavy lifting day, and tried to find our 3 rep deadlift max. Last time we did this (6/23/09) my 3 rep deadlift max was 265. Today it was... 305. A full 40 pounds more. I also managed to do 2 reps of 315, which is 20 pounds more than my previous two rep max.
I'm very happy with how I approached this workout. I caught myself mentally giving up, looking at the 305 bar and doubting my ability. Thankfully, because I caught it I reminded myself that this is my chance to prove my strength, that I have to make this moment count because this exact moment won't come around again. This motivated me to address the bar, take a deep breath and pull. At first nothing happened, and I almost gave up, but then I dug a little deeper and the bar started to move, and then I was standing. I could feel my back bend under the weight, but I kept the core tight and nothing hurt. This was great because I found a way to keep focus and push though, and most importantly, I didn't hurt myself.
It seems that I'm addicted to making large gains, it's like I've been going through withdrawal and Wednesday I got my fix, and it was quite a high.
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