Life at a Trot

…..or maybe it is more like a limpy walk!  My pace has certainly slowed a bit.

I seem to have some how hurt my back.  Boo hoo!  To be honest there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have some sort of ache or pain.  When I get up in the morning it usually takes me a few minutes to straighten myself out and get moving and I often wonder what state I will be in in 20 years time.

I put my creakyness (if I that is a word) down to old riding injuries and not stretching before I ride, but now that I have reached 40, does age play a part?  The aches and pains have got worse since I started working full time again. My job involves a lot of standing and spending most of the day on my feet.  When I first started I looked forward to needing to go to the loo as I got to sit down for a few minutes.  Now when I finish for the day everything from the waist down hurts, pelvis, hips, knees, feet and toes.

As usual I have been just been carrying on and battling through the pain, but over the last few weeks it has been wearing me down.  I went to the doctor who suggested the pain could be stress related, due to the “Work Life Balance” I wrote about in a previous post.  To check things out he sent me for some blood tests and whilst waiting the 7 days for the results the creaking and stiffness has become more of a pain.  I am currently walking as if I have a snowball in my pants, I am struggling to put socks on my feet and ibrupofen tablets are my best friend.

Believe it or not I have managed to ride, only hacking in walk.  My dressage saddle seems to keep me in a nice pain free position.  As I am off work today I had plans to give the house a clean and tidy (especially the kids bedrooms), do some poo picking in the fields and cut the grass (before it becomes like a field again).  So far all I have managed is some ironing and a sit down with a cuppa to write this post, just hope I can get up again.  I haven’t quite figured out what relieves most pain.  To sit and rest or to keep moving.

This evening after school we are going to and inter-schools sports day to watch our girls take part in various track and field sports suitable for primary school children.  I’m not sure that 2.5 hours sitting on a hard football stadium seat is going to be the best for me.  I think I would rather be soaking in some warm water enjoying the hot tub health benefits with some hydro-massage.  That will have to wait for another day!

Must go and do a bit more before school pick up.