As the world turns...the lumbar burns

So, I mentioned having a locked up lumbar yesterday morning which eased up during yesterday’s growling LBWO.

As the day wore on it returned with a vengeance & by the time I wrapped it up at the side job last night & made it back to the Grizzly den it was NOT happy. I decided core & cardio that was on deck at Helga’s for this AM was gonna become cardio only on the home Precor bike & crashed.

Took a couple Advil PM then a couple Excedrin Back & Body but by 2AM things weren’t getting any better so I reset the alarm, giving up on the home cardio even, deeming today an unplanned rest day GRRR!

Being a creature of habit but trying to find a solution I then forced myself to crash on my "off side" which I dislike BUT that seemed to ease things up a bit & after a 3 hour nap I awoke & was at least able to get vertical WHILE breathing!

Still MIGHTY sore & stiff today, going through my typical meeting marathon Thursday, but the good news is that my latest meeting for the day, with my boss, his boss & all their cronies, got rescheduled to early next week so at least I caught a break there!

Tomorrow has UBWO on deck @ Helga's again so I’m really hoping this mess straightens out as I REALLY don’t want to miss that iron grindfest GRRR!!!

I’ve had a lumbar nerve that occasionally gets pinched since I was a teenager but the miserable thing is that the older I get the more easily it gets aggravated & the harder it is to get straightened out. Getting old just sucks!!! Might have as much or more to do with the mid drift surplus as it does with age but either way it’s a real pain in the…backside!

My twice weekly core work has really been loading the lower back extension station lately, 1 plate short of max’ing it out, whereas due to the issues I’ve had with the repair & reinjury of an umbilical hernia from Y2K, I’ve been running 3/4ths that load on crunches but have been doing 4/3rds the reps to keep the work even.

I’m now beginning to rethink that logic! Maybe age does bring a LITTLE wisdom but I’m thinking it still requires pain to sink in!!!

Rock on pals!