Girls Gone Wildwood

You can always tell it is Springtime in Forest Park because the Trilliums start blooming. And this weekend on my solo run I spotted quite a few fully bloomed Trilliums. I am so ready for Spring, I normally spend my winters snowboarding (and running), but with my wrist injury I have been very limited on my activities. Just as my wrist started to get better and I am almost graduated from physical therapy, my back starts having issues. I am not quite sure what caused it, but I kept running and not listening to my body, which made it worse. I woke up one morning barely able to stand straight and having major back spasms. 6 days, no running, 3 massage and 2 chiropractic appointments later , my back started to straighten out enough where I thought I was ready for a run. Somehow I was able to hobble through 12 very slow and grueling miles .  Not the smartest idea. To help make this an injury free Spring: I am going to start going back to yoga, buy new running s...

Heavy Metal A quick update on my wrist. It has been 6 weeks since my surgery, which means I had follow-up x-rays to make sure my bone is healing ok, and I got  the green light to ditch my brace. My x-rays came back fine, my bone is 2/3 of the way healed. Still no heavy lifting or snowboarding, my range of motion is still limited, but otherwise I am using my hand normally. I am still experiencing a little pain and swelling, but since I stopped wearing my brace on Thursday I have notice my range of motion improving more than it has in the last 6 weeks. This is really encouraging, since when they have measured my range in PT it hasn't seemed to improve that much. I have started adding weight to my PT which includes a 2 pound weight, a small hammer and putty. I always want to start singing " Hammer Time " when I start doing the exercises with the hammer. Oh, and I also got the green light to go back to Yoga (modifying poses)! New PT Tools

It has been almost 4 weeks since I broke my wrist and 2.5 weeks since surgery. This is the first week since the accident that I haven't been so exhausted that I needed to take a daily nap, well that is until I ran 15 miles. Some of my one handed highlights and improvements from this week: I ran a total of 30 miles this week without my sling. Seeing The Mountain Runners  with Susan, a wonderful documentary on a race that took place from 1911 - 1914 to promote Mt. Baker in Washington. Dinner out with my parents, even though my mom still had to cut-up my food for me. I made peanut butter cookies (all by myself)! I was able to drive my car, but I am still a leery about driving a stick. I even painted a picture at Nedra's   birthday painting party . My first attempt at painting - ever.  Not bad for having only one good hand.  I am noticing small improvements with the flexibility of my wrist while doing my physical therapy exercises, but...

It has been 2.5 weeks since I broke my wrist snowboarding, I had my stitches removed and my first physical therapy appointment this week. I also got to ditch the splint and upgrade to a removable wrist brace. My physical therapist said my wrist looked good and had a little more mobility than expected, but still not a lot. I will be meeting with a PT 2x a week for awhile. The brace comes off in 4-5 weeks, and I can expect to be fully recovered in 3 months. I can run, but I am suppose to take it easy for the next 10 days. So all good news. Snowboarding and yoga will have to wait awhile. I am still really tired, I know it is my body healing, but I really want to make it through the day without feeling like I need a nap. This was my first full week back at work and everyday I came home and took a 1-2 hour nap. This is also the first time I have been out and had beers since the accident! I was so lucky that Apex had my favorite beer on tap, Tripel Karmeliet. First beer post ac...

On New Year's eve I was snowboarding, when I caught an edge and flipped forward, which caused me to do a few somersaults down the mountain. As soon as I tried to push myself up I knew something was wrong. My left wrist felt really stiff and it hurt to put any weight on it. Luckily John was right behind me when I fell, he asked me if I thought I could make it down the mountain to the medical clinic. Somehow I was able to snowboard down to the clinic. My wrist getting iced at the Mt. Hood Meadows Clinic The nurse in the clinic got my gloves and jacket off, and as soon as I saw my black and blue wrist, it really started to hurt. They were able to take x-rays at the clinic, which confirmed I had a fractured wrist. The volunteer doctor at the clinic that day was awesome, his specialties are shoulders and knees, but he told us he practiced at a Sports Medicine clinic at OHSU in Portland and his partner specialized in wrist injuries. He told me that I probably had 2 options: surgery...