A close family member of mine recently sustained a series of pelvic fractures from an accident. As part of the PT, she has been doing vigorous water exercises and noodling classes. The results have been good. This must be karma, the curse of the anti-noodling I have been doing for years now.
Don't be ashamed--it can happen in the best of families. Think of it as an alternate aquatic lifestyle.
It is quite ironic. Does this mean your anti-noodling days are over Geek? I hope all that vigorous noodling helps. Sounds like it is.
Hopefully, she won't gain weight and be forced to sue.
Since it's confession time, I have to admit that my son, upon contracting bursitis in his knee from too much running, used to submerge himself in our pool last summer with an "aqua-jogger." He'd do it for an hour at a time with no ipod. I thought he was nuts. Now, I threaten to tell his girlfriend about this episode when he gets out of line.
It looks like Lindsay is a noodler now too. Or at least not anti-noodling.
My husband had a stress fracture in his hip from too much running (he even ran on the broken hip for six weeks before he decided to see a doctor to see why it was hurting:dunno: , MEN :frustrated: ) After he got off the crutches, he used a tether on his legs, tied it to the side of our pool and would 'swim'. This way he got his cardio, but no stress on the hip (it was fractured on one side and the tether was tied to both legs). He has run two marathons since the broken hip, but is like pulling teeth (or getting him to see a doctor) to get him to swim with me.:shakeshead:
A close family member of mine recently sustained a series of pelvic fractures from an accident. As part of the PT, she has been doing vigorous water exercises and noodling classes. The results have been good. This must be karma, the curse of the anti-noodling I have been doing for years now.
Oh Geek, the shame, the shame.......next thing you know, you will be browsing pool supply stores looking for the latest noodle colors.
I would not be caught dead in a aqua-jogger. I have heard tris say they work, but you have to draw the line somewhere. How could he do it for an entire hour and not drown from boredom?!
Before I go rambling on, Aquageek, I hope your family member soon recovers from her injury! Aquavests have been known to be good rehab tools, despite the bad name they get when used by ppl who are "water strolling."
While recovering from a running injury, I was using one of those devices for interval workouts (used time segments instead of distance, since the latter would be pathetic). ;) You can get a decent workout with them if that's your intent. My problem with the vest was that it required me to use the "water walking" lane in the pool, and to work my way around two women bobbing along side by side, barely moving, just gossping, their hair perfectly coiffed. They were totally oblivious to the idea that others might actually want to do a workout w/ a vest on.
One day, I was doing my workout, however, and much to my utter relief, there was another runner (I know this... like me, he was doing this start/stop thing w/ his sports watch and pushing the effort, then easing off, then pushing). We started kvetching to each other about our injuries as runners will, and I learned that he was a h.s. runner--so here I was 50something and had more in common and more to talk about with this high school kid than the women bobbing along chitchatting.
Swimming was my cooldown for these workouts.... I now don't use water vests when I do water workouts. Swimming seems to fill the bill just fine and saves me from irritated looks from ppl who don't see the workout possibilities of aquavests.
One day, I was doing my workout, however, and much to my utter relief, there was another runner (I know this... like me, he was doing this start/stop thing w/ his sports watch and pushing the effort, then easing off, then pushing). We started kvetching to each other about our injuries as runners will, and I learned that he was a h.s. runner--so here I was 50something and had more in common and more to talk about with this high school kid than the women bobbing along chitchatting.
Swimming was my cooldown for these workouts.... I now don't use water vests when I do water workouts. Swimming seems to fill the bill just fine and saves me from irritated looks from ppl who don't see the workout possibilities of aquavests.
So well said! I believe my 14 year old son/runner used a "belt" not a "vest." He did not have to battle bobbers and chatters. He said that, while it was relatively easy, aqua-jogging still better simulated training for running than swimming. (He did intervals and fartlek stuff too.) Although he did say he felt the need to do a little swimming for the cardio after. It still looked weird from my back porch. I wish I had taken pictures to torture him with. I wonder if the high school coaches prescribe this activity? When I got my running injury, I just switched to swimming. (I still love to run though, just not as much. Loose ankles.) Uh, you sound like a pretty fit 50 something, especially with that ultra-runner boyfriend to keep you going.
Since it's confession time, I have to admit that my son, upon contracting bursitis in his knee from too much running, used to submerge himself in our pool last summer with an "aqua-jogger." He'd do it for an hour at a time with no ipod. I thought he was nuts. Now, I threaten to tell his girlfriend about this episode when he gets out of line.
I would not be caught dead in a aqua-jogger. I have heard tris say they work, but you have to draw the line somewhere. How could he do it for an entire hour and not drown from boredom?!
A close family member of mine recently sustained a series of pelvic fractures from an accident. As part of the PT, she has been doing vigorous water exercises and noodling classes. The results have been good. This must be karma, the curse of the anti-noodling I have been doing for years now.
Now that is comical (not the injury of course)..in an ironic sort of way! Hope the recovery goes well.
So well said! I believe my 14 year old son/runner used a "belt" not a "vest." He did not have to battle bobbers and chatters. He said that, while it was relatively easy, aqua-jogging still better simulated training for running than swimming. (He did intervals and fartlek stuff too.) Although he did say he felt the need to do a little swimming for the cardio after. It still looked weird from my back porch. I wish I had taken pictures to torture him with. I wonder if the high school coaches prescribe this activity? When I got my running injury, I just switched to swimming. (I still love to run though, just not as much. Loose ankles.) Uh, you sound like a pretty fit 50 something, especially with that ultra-runner boyfriend to keep you going.
Thanks! I keep myself together somewhat... I run about 4-5x/wk (depends on how crazy work is!), swim 3x/wk, and again given work, I find I have to do two of the swims on Sat. and Sun.--longer ones--and then can squeeze in a one-hour swim on Wed. Got into swimming b/c I joined a masters' group out of curiosity... wasn't about to stop running, still continue to do that and race (half marathon in March, full marathon if all goes well in Nov.). I'd be rammy if I couldn't get in both the sports... and thank heaven for both b/c on a day when it's too busy for swimming, I can at least get the run in! And I'm getting injured far less frequently and recovering faster from runs b/c I swim. I think I'm still a kid at heart! :)
As for the aquarunning, the kid I talked to may have done a workout his coach gave him, but not sure. He seemed pretty self-motivated too. During my injury, a running coach set up water running workouts so I could stay fit during the recovery period.
Ultra running bf just turned sixty in December! He's reducing his ultra races, though... he says they break him down too much. But he's on a Boston Marathon streak and not likely to stop that any time soon! He's also a walking encyclopedia of running knowledge.
