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Body care, body challenges
Sep. 10th, 2018 05:39 pmMy toe is already well on the way to recovery! I'm frankly astonished. It was fully purple yesterday, but putting arnica on it, taking care of it and getting lots of sleep seems to have been helping - the bruising has already gone down a lot. I'm surprised but relieved - I guess it was probably a bruise rather than a sprain. So glad I didn't call it and sell my Microburn ticket!
Leo's back is faring less well. They managed to sell their ticket yesterday, so at least they've recouped their costs. I'm less nervous about going on my own now that it looks like my toe is likely to be well on the way to recovery by then. I've got lovely friends offering to help me transport my stuff from the car, and a sturdy pair of hiking boots, and I'm totally open to going a day late or whatever if that seems like it would work better.
I'm actually excited about flying solo. I'll miss Leo of course, but I've not done a solo festival since we got together, and it'll be really good to have the chance to do my thing and make new connections. If I can't do my normal bouncing-around-the-dancefloor act there'll be time for lots of workshops and chats instead - I'm looking forward to deepening friendships, meeting new people, doing my volunteering shifts and seeing what the burn has to offer. I've emailed the Rangers to let them know that I might not be able to do much ranging, but I imagine a slightly limpy Ranger will be better than no Ranger at all, and honestly based on current progress I might even be fully healed by then.
We had a lovely Sunday yesterday. Went swimming before breakfast - non-gravity-dependent activity being my concession to the toe - which was the first time I'd done so in several years. It was really nice. I slipped straight back into my old rhythm, and enjoyed the meditative focus of ottering up and down. Took it quite easy, with a few rests and a bit of a sit in the sauna (before I realised that was for members only, oops!) but still did 50 lengths in the hour. Got back home, ate a massive brunch and then we both read in bed and had a nearly-two hour nap in the sun. Perfect. I'd like to go back to the pool soon, it feels like swimming is really good for my body, and I think it would be a great complement to the Tai Chi.
I haven't been back to Kung Fu yet. I do want to - my teacher has asked where I've been - but last time as well as wiping me out for the whole of that day, it also gave me noodle legs, knee pain and a fatigue crash that took four days to recover from. That's fine, as long as it's temporary - I'm not going to keep it up if that happens every time, but hopefully I'd get stronger quickly at first, in the way you do when you're a total n00b at a new fitness thing, and reach a stage where it was sustainable. But if I'm going back, I want it to be on a day when I can reasonably take it easy for the next couple of days, and the last couple of weeks have been so full that I haven't had the opportunity. I'm certainly not going to do it before Microburn. So Kung Fu is on the back burner for now.
Looking after a human body is like walking a tightrope. If you never challenge it it atrophies, and if you push it too hard you can do yourself damage. Trying to work out how much activity is the right amount of activity is a constant challenge.
Leo's back is faring less well. They managed to sell their ticket yesterday, so at least they've recouped their costs. I'm less nervous about going on my own now that it looks like my toe is likely to be well on the way to recovery by then. I've got lovely friends offering to help me transport my stuff from the car, and a sturdy pair of hiking boots, and I'm totally open to going a day late or whatever if that seems like it would work better.
I'm actually excited about flying solo. I'll miss Leo of course, but I've not done a solo festival since we got together, and it'll be really good to have the chance to do my thing and make new connections. If I can't do my normal bouncing-around-the-dancefloor act there'll be time for lots of workshops and chats instead - I'm looking forward to deepening friendships, meeting new people, doing my volunteering shifts and seeing what the burn has to offer. I've emailed the Rangers to let them know that I might not be able to do much ranging, but I imagine a slightly limpy Ranger will be better than no Ranger at all, and honestly based on current progress I might even be fully healed by then.
We had a lovely Sunday yesterday. Went swimming before breakfast - non-gravity-dependent activity being my concession to the toe - which was the first time I'd done so in several years. It was really nice. I slipped straight back into my old rhythm, and enjoyed the meditative focus of ottering up and down. Took it quite easy, with a few rests and a bit of a sit in the sauna (before I realised that was for members only, oops!) but still did 50 lengths in the hour. Got back home, ate a massive brunch and then we both read in bed and had a nearly-two hour nap in the sun. Perfect. I'd like to go back to the pool soon, it feels like swimming is really good for my body, and I think it would be a great complement to the Tai Chi.
I haven't been back to Kung Fu yet. I do want to - my teacher has asked where I've been - but last time as well as wiping me out for the whole of that day, it also gave me noodle legs, knee pain and a fatigue crash that took four days to recover from. That's fine, as long as it's temporary - I'm not going to keep it up if that happens every time, but hopefully I'd get stronger quickly at first, in the way you do when you're a total n00b at a new fitness thing, and reach a stage where it was sustainable. But if I'm going back, I want it to be on a day when I can reasonably take it easy for the next couple of days, and the last couple of weeks have been so full that I haven't had the opportunity. I'm certainly not going to do it before Microburn. So Kung Fu is on the back burner for now.
Looking after a human body is like walking a tightrope. If you never challenge it it atrophies, and if you push it too hard you can do yourself damage. Trying to work out how much activity is the right amount of activity is a constant challenge.
